Abstract
Presenting the first report from the new, enlarged SPRU. Between our last report and this one, which covers two years, SPRU has undergone significant change. In 2007, we began the process of merging with the Social Work Research and Development Unit (SWRDU), which had worked alongside SPRU for many years. A newsletter in Spring 2008 outlined progress and in September 2008 our successful conference on children's research, at which Estelle Morris gave the opening address(see page 6), signalled the final stage of the merger. Large scale change of this sort is always challenging, however the reports of activity included here are testimony to the way in which colleagues rose to the challenge while working as hard as ever. My thanks go to them all. The four research teams that now constitute SPRU have retained their distinct focus, but we are reaping the benefits of a single administrative and support structure and opportunities for cross-team working on children and young people. Since the beginning of 2007, we have worked on 48 research projects, supported by a wide range of funders...
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | University of York, York |
| Publisher | Social Policy Research Unit, University of York |
| Number of pages | 50 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- social care services issues
- children on the edge of care
- employment/benefits
- ill/disabled children
- ill/disabled adults