Category Archives: Tizard

Seattle Club Conference 2012

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Six members of the Tizard team travelled to the Seattle Club Conference, for young researchers in learning disabilities, in Kendal in December, with Prof Glynis Murphy giving the key note speech “Intellectual Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System: Recent Research and … Continue reading →

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Hottest Classroom on Earth

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Trystan Williams, Principal at Springfield Academy, recently took 10 pupils with behavioural problems including ADHD and Autism on a 100 mile trek through Tanzania – his goal to prove that against all odds the most vulnerable children can truely succeed.  The … Continue reading →

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Winterbourne View Hospital – final report

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

The government has  published its final report into the events at Winterbourne View Hospital and has set out a programme of action to transform services so that vulnerable people no longer live inappropriately in hospitals and are cared for in … Continue reading →

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Research Seminar – “Black and minority ethnic men’s constructions of emotional wellbeing”

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Dr Frank Keating, Senior Lecturer at the Royal Holloway University, London, will be giving the third in our series of Seminars.   “Black and minority ethnic (BME) men’s constructions of emotional wellbeing”.  This is being held on the 28th November 2012 at … Continue reading →

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Domestic violence and women with learning difficulties project

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Dr Michelle McCarthy, Senior Lecturer at the Tizard Centre, has been granted funding by the School for Social Care Research (part of the National Institute for Health Research) for a 2 year research project on Domestic Violence and Women with … Continue reading →

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Database

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Staff at the University of Kent’s Tizard Centre and School of Psychology have come together in the hope of developing an official database of willing participants with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the local area.  The need for this platform … Continue reading →

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IASSID 2012 Halifax

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

In July 2012, a number of the Tizard team travelled out to attend the World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID), held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  IASSID is the world’s largest international association … Continue reading →

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“Everybody Matters” film

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

We are delighted to announce that following the sad and untimely death of Prof Jim Mansell, a large number of friends, relatives, and colleagues as well as individuals who had never met Jim, donated a significant amount of money, just … Continue reading →

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German Paralympics Team Lecture

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

During the recent paralympics, Gillian Ziegner, MA Autism Studies (Distance Learning)  gave a lecture to the German Behinderten-Sportverbrand (Association of Sport for the Disabled) and disabled atheletes from Germany “Inclusive Education in England: present reality or utopian dream?”  This outlined … Continue reading →

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Tizard Research Seminars 2012/2013

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

We are delighted to announce that Dr Marcus Redley, Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, will be giving the first in our series of Research Seminars on Wednesday 26th September at 1700-1800 hrs.  The talk is held in … Continue reading →

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