Category Archives: Tizard

An overwhelming demand for our postgraduate courses in 2014 has led us to announce an early closing date for admissions on all of these courses. Please note that all applications received before April 4th are guaranteed to be considered for … Continue reading →

Representatives of the University of Kent and the Tizard Centre  were presented with a Queens Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education by the Queen during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday 27 February.  The Prize was for the work of the … Continue reading →

Dr Nick Gore, Lecturer in learning disability at the Tizard Centre, is the lead author of this Local Government Association publication. http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/12137/L14-105+Ensuring+quality+services/085fff56-ef5c-4883-b1a1-d6810caa925f The aim of this Core Principles Commissioning Tool is to support the commissioning of high quality and safe … Continue reading →

The University of Kent has increased the number of study hubs across the Canterbury campus.  All locations have WiFi, a nearby printer and student PCs.  Students can check whether there are PCs free by either looking at the link: http://www.kent.ac.uk/itservices/pcs/free.html … Continue reading →

We have been contacted by MCCH who are currently running a recruitment campaign to find additional staff for their challenging behaviour service at Holly Lodge in Hildenborough. For full job details and an application form, please see their web site: … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that the Tizard Centre and PSSRU  at the University of Kent, have been successful if their joint application to be intramural members of the new refreshed NIHR School for Social Care Research.  The School for … Continue reading →

The NAS Conference is being held on the 4th & 5th March 2014, at Harrogate International Centre in Harrogate.  A 2 day international conference for senior professionals to discuss best practice and to share learning. The Conference is aimed primarily … Continue reading →

The fourth lecture in our Seminar Series is due to take place on Wednesday 26th February 2014.  This is being held in the lecture theatre at Kent Business School 1700 hrs.  The talk will be given by Dr Paul Cambridge … Continue reading →

On 19th December 2013 the Tizard Centre held the inaugural meeting of the Kent Learning Disability Research Network. The event was very popular, with about 50 people attending, including Kent psychologists, psychiatrists, other health care staff, social care staff, commissioners, … Continue reading →