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The Tizard Centre has one departmental scholarship to award to an outstanding applicant (to start in September 2014).  This covers tuition fees, at the level of Home/EU fees as well as offering a bursary of £13,726 per annum for a … Continue reading →

Prof Glynis Murphy was invited to present a plenary on ‘People with Learning Disabilities in Prison: What we Know and What we Need to Do’, at the Scottish National Prison Healthcare Network conference, in Glasgow last week. Other plenary speakers … Continue reading →

Professor Glynis Murphy last week attended tea at the House of Lords along with others interested in learning disabilities and the Criminal Justice System.  Speakers at the event included Lord Bradley, as well as Juliet Lyons and Jenny Talbot (from … Continue reading →

A three-year research project  carried out by Autism London, MCCH, Kent Police and the Tizard Centre, University of Kent has now reached its conclusion.  This is an opportunity to share the findings and recommendations which have been made. Monday 11th November, … Continue reading →

Kate Blamires is currently undertaking an MSc at the Tizard Centre and for her dissertation she is hoping to look at how the new DOLS procedures are working for people with learning disabilities (supervised by Prof Glynis Murphy).  The aim … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce this scholarship, available to a student 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 additional … Continue reading →

Learn a new language with Language Express – The Centre for English and World Languages (CEWL) is offering a range of different exciting language opportunities for all to study.  You can attend a ‘meet the tutors’ event on 30 September, 1-3pm … Continue reading →

The Tizard Centre would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new and returning students. If you need help, please contact one of the following: Jahanara Ahmed/Trish Barton:  Undergraduate Student Support Officers Nicky Allen:  Postgraduate officer Simona Uberti: … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones has been awarded a research grant to make a comparative study looking in to the welfare of older people in the UK, France and Italy. “How do different welfare regimes influence … Continue reading →