Monthly Archives: August 2013

Seattle Club Conference December 2013 Cardiff

The 13th Seattle Club Conference is being hosted by the Unit for Development in Intellectual Disability (UDID) and is being held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cardiff, 9th & 10th December 2013.  This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr … Continue reading

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‘Stand by Me’ campaign against hate crime.

Too often people with a learning disability become the victims of crime because of their disability. Mencap are working with other organisations to help people understand more about hate crime and how to stop it. They constantly receive reports from around … Continue reading

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PAsSA Trial funded by NIHR

The PAsSA trial is a research project looking at the effectiveness of group CBT for people with Asperger syndrome and anxiety.  The project is funded by NIHR and headed by Dr Peter Langdon at UEA.  Dr Langdon is coordinating the … Continue reading

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Isabel Schwartz Scholarship for Master’s programmes

We are delighted to announce this scholarship, available to a student accepted on one of our Master’s programmes in intellectual disabilities, autism or applied behaviour analysis. The scholarship will pay for the equivalent of Home/EU student’s fees and possibly some … Continue reading

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Japanese Trip

Prof Glynis Murphy will be in Japan next week for the IASSIDD Asia Pacific conference – see www.iassid.org . Prof Murphy is Immediate Past President for IASSIDD and is responsible for leading on a number of issues for IASSIDD. She will be … Continue reading

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Support Beckie’s mammoth triathlon attempt September 2014

Beckie Hardiman, PhD student studying at the Tizard Centre is undertaking a triathlon at the end of September, hoping to complete an 800m open water swim, 40km bike ride and 8km run.  She is hoping to raise money for the … Continue reading

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New support programme for family carers – Volunteers sought

Are you a family carer for a child with a learning disability, autism or developmental delay aged 0-5 years? Dr Nick Gore (Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at Tizard) has developed a new programme for family carers of young children who … Continue reading

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Pilot Study: Fragile X Syndrome

Rebecca Hardiman, PhD student at the Tizard Centre, is recruiting for an applied pilot study investigating the relationship between hormonal indicators of stress/arousal (measured through saliva samples) and challenging behaviours (such as self-injurious behaviour and aggression) in boys with Fragile X … Continue reading

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University Funding 2014

For information concerning funding for students 2014 please see the main University website page:  http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/funding/undergraduate/fees/2014/funding.html Fees for courses at the Tizard are shown on the course detail pages:  http://www.kent.ac.uk/tizard/courses/index.html.  We also have a Finance Officer, Simona Uberti, who is on hand … Continue reading

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Opportunity for new PhD students starting in September 2013

Costs and Benefits of Social Care Support for Ex-offenders with Intellectual disabilities’ (OFFSCA-ID); a research project that is currently run by Prof Glynis Murphy and funded by the SSCR, are providing a scholarship for one exceptional PGIDD candidate who is interested in … Continue reading

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