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This year’s Seattle Club Conference is being hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University in association with the University of Glasgow and Napier University Edinburgh. An impressive … Read more

In 2011 Professor Theresa Gannon secured a grant to undertake a three year project on the development, implementation and evaluation of a specialist treatment programme … Read more

Prof Glynis Murphy attended the Conference on Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour as a key note speaker, presenting on the NICE guidelines to 160 delegates … Read more

Study Plus at the University offers a diverse range of courses in lots of different areas, these are totally separate from your degree.  Courses are … Read more

Following on from Sally Phillips’ film about Down’s syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, there have been a number of posts on the Tizard … Read more

Congratulations to Caroline Chatwin, Marian Duggan, Roger Matthews and Camille Stengel for winning the Social Sciences Faculty teaching prize this year. First prize was awarded … Read more

The 15th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) in Melbourne, Australia was attended by a … Read more

Together with Bev Murphy from United Response, Prof Julie Beadle-Brown(Tizard Centre) has developed a new resource for inspectors, quality monitors, commissioners and anyone else who … Read more

Emma Pleasant, Sophie Rowland and Luke Shoveller, postgraduate students from the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, hosted an inter-disciplinary conference entitled ‘Heritage … Read more

Talking Mats communication symbols tool is based on extensive research and designed by Speech and Language Therapists. It uses unique, specially designed picture communication symbols … Read more