{"id":2044,"date":"2022-11-15T16:35:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:35:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:35:39","slug":"school-of-history-professor-speaks-at-houses-of-parliament-for-once-in-a-generation-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/2022\/11\/15\/school-of-history-professor-speaks-at-houses-of-parliament-for-once-in-a-generation-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"School of History professor speaks at Houses of Parliament for &#8216;once-in-a-generation opportunity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, academics in the School of History contributed to a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the lives of children in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/history\/people\/382\/anderson-julie\">Professor Julie Anderson<\/a>, who leads the ground-breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/living-assessment\/about-us\/\">Living Assessments Project<\/a> addressed an audience of policymakers, politicians and academics at an event at the Houses of Parliament organised by the National Children\u2019s Bureau. During her address, Professor Anderson and her team shared some of the project\u2019s eye-opening findings, as well as the testimonies of people with experience of health and living assessments in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Living Assessments Project begun in 2021, following the Inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children\u2019s Social Care which identified the need for further investigation into children\u2019s social care. The project is an Wellcome Trust collaborative award at the University of Kent, the University of Cambridge and the National Children\u2019s Bureau which examines the experiences and impact of health and social care assessments on children, young people and their families. The project brings together historians, sociologists, non-profit sector workers and policy makers, as well as three groups of Experts by Experience, who also contributed to the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Experts by Experience groups are key contributors to the project, composed of individuals with lived experience of children\u2019s social care in the UK. The groups \u2013 care leavers, disabled young people and parents whose children have undergone health and social care assessments \u2013 offer invaluable insights and perspectives to the project.<\/p>\n<p>As well as shining light on how project has \u2013 and will continue to &#8211; contribute to policy, Professor Anderson\u2019s speech highlighted the project\u2019s examination of the association between mental health and child maltreatment, an aspect which was reiterated in the moving testimonies of the Experts by Experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was honoured to introduce our project and the Experts by Experience, who are fundamental to the Living Assessments research,\u201d Professor Anderson said, reflecting on her address. \u201cThis is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to present research findings that may influence policy in the future for children, young people, families and carers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2045\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2022\/11\/living-assessment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2045\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/history\/files\/2022\/11\/living-assessment.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with shoulder length hair, wearing a grey blazer and black trousers stands at an orange lecturn.\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Julie Anderson addresses the audience of policy makers, politicians and academics at the Houses of Parliament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, academics in the School of History contributed to a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the lives of children in the UK. 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