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June 2013

Thursday 6 June 2013
The best laid plans: An assessment of the role of care plans and care planning in the management of long term conditions
Organised by School of Social and Community Medicine
Professor Peter Bower - Centre for Primary Care, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, BS8 2PS, 4:00-5:00pm  
Long-term conditions require patients to make changes to lifestyle and adopt self management, which needs an active partnership between patient and professional. To achieve such a partnership, there have been previous policy commitments to ensure that 'everyone with a long-term condition has a personalised care plan'. Further information is available here
The seminar is free, and all are welcome (including members of the public) without needing to book a place. If you have difficulties with stairs, we have a lift to provide access to the lower ground floor.  Contact Charlene email: sscm-seminars@bristol.ac.uk

Saturday 8 June 2013
Know Your Bristol: Orchard Roots
Organised by Centre for Public Engagement
This event is organised in conjunction with Horfield Organic Community Orchard, and is part of the Know your Bristol series of events on local community heritage.
Horfield Organic Community Orchard, Bristol, nearest postcode is BS7 8JP, 12:00-5:00pm  
Do you love growing fruit? Do you have connections to orchards or market gardens in and around Bristol? Did you work at Long Ashton Research Station? Bring photographs, fruit-related objects and materials and share your experiences of growing fruit in allotments, gardens, and community projects. Further information is available
Admission is free and no booking required.  Contact Kate Miller on +44 (0)117 - 331 8321 or cpe-info@bristol.ac.uk

Sunday 9 June 2013
Historic Tours of Goldney Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Tours at 10.30am and 2.00pm.
Goldney Hall, Lower Clifton Hill, Bristol BS8 1BH, 10:30am  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Booking essential.  Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

Tuesday 11 June 2013
Special Summer Evening Tour
Organised by The Botanic Garden
The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol BS9 1JG, 7:00-8:30pm  
Tours present an excellent opportunity to hear of new developments and learn about plants of seasonal interest. Further information is available
Admission: £7.50 (including guide and refreshments) Booking required.  Contact The Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Wednesday 12 June 2013
Bristol Nutrition BRU Seminar Series - Observational Cohort Analyses of a Large Randomised Trial: New Insights in Lifecourse Epidemiology of Child Health and Development
Organised by School of Oral and Dental Sciences
Professor Michael Kramer, James McGill Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University Faculty of Medicine.
Lecture Theatre 2, UHBT Education & Research Centre, 4:00pm  
Professor Kramer's research are the short and long-term child health effects of breastfeeding; new epidemiologic and statistical methods for analysis of fetal growth, timing of birth, and fetal/infant mortality; socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in pregnancy outcomes, and the effects of increasing induction and caesarean delivery on birth weight, gestational age, and maternal/fetal/infant morbidity and mortality. Further information is available
All welcome. No booking required.  Contact Shirley Jenkins on +44 (0)117 - 342 1754 or Shirley.Jenkins@bristol.ac.uk

Thursday 13 June 2013
Investigating the implementation of complex interventions: from ethnography to equations
Organised by School of Social and Community Medicine
Professor Carl May - Professor of healthcare innovation, faculty of health sciences, University of Southampton.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, BS8 2PS, 4:00-5:00pm  
Over many years, proponents of qualitative methods in health research have argued that such studies provide an empirical and theoretical foundation for research that goes beyond micro-contexts and small groups. This seminar will explore one such approach, Normalization Process Theory. Further information is available here
The seminar is free, and all are welcome (including members of the public) without needing to book a place. If you have difficulties with stairs, we have a lift to provide access to the lower ground floor.  Contact Charlene email: sscm-seminars@bristol.ac.uk

Friday 14 June 2013
Luce Irigaray International Seminar Symposium
Organised by the School of Geographical Sciences
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor Luce Irigaray (CNRS, France) and visiting researchers.
Institute for Advanced Studies, Verdon-Smith Room, Royal Fort House, Clifton, BS8 1UJ, 5:00-7:00pm  
An opportunity for participants in the Luce Irigaray Seminar to share their work with the public. With commentary by Luce Irigaray, one of the world's leading Continental philosophers.
Supported by The Leverhulme Trust, Bristol Institute for Research in the Humanities and Arts (BIRTHA), Geographical Sciences, and the Faculty of Science.
This is a free event, but places are limited. To attend, contact Martisse Foster at martisse.foster@bristol.ac.uk.  Contact Dr Maria Fannin for more information on +44 (0)117 - 928 8928  or m.fannin@bristol.ac.uk

Saturday 15 June 2013 -  Sunday 16 June 2013
Festival of Nature logo The 2013 Bristol Festival of Nature
Bristol Harbourside: Millennium Square, Lloyds Amphitheatre, Waterfront Square and Anchor Square, 10:00am-5:00pm  
Come and visit us and engage in interactive and hands-on activities to learn about the latest research in life sciences that is taking place at the University. Further information is available
Admission free, no booking required.  Contact Mireia Bes on +44 (0)117 - 331 8315 or cpe-info@bristol.ac.uk

Sunday 16 June 2013
Boat Tour to Seeds of Change: A Floating Ballast Seed Garden
Organised by The Botanic Garden
Boat tour leaving from the Amphitheatre Ferry stop, Harbourside, 11:30am-1:00pm  
An Introduction and welcome to the Seeds of Change artwork. Uncover the botanic background to the Floating Ballast Seed Garden. Tour led by Kasha Smal, University of Bristol Botanic Garden.
£5 (concessions £3/free for under 12's). Advanced booking required.  Contact The Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Wednesday 19 June 2013
Historic Tour of Royal Fort Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Royal Fort House, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1UJ, 2:00-3:30pm  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Booking essential.  Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

Wednesday 19 June 2013
Summer Concert
Organised by Department of Music
University Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Neal Farwell; University Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Jack Vaughan; University Chamber Choir Conductor: Jack Hamilton.
Victoria Rooms, 7:30-10:00pm  
University Symphony Orchestra: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; and a new work by a Bristol University student. University Chamber Orchestra: Shostakovich: Cello concerto. University Chamber Choir: Music by a selection of English composers including Parry, I was glad and Sumsion, They that go down to the sea in ships. Further information is available
Tickets: balcony £15 (£10 concessions), stalls £10 (£7 concessions).  Contact Megan Holmes and Margaret Peirson on +44 (0)117 - 33 14044 or music-resources@bristol.ac.uk

Thursday 20 June 2013
Cancer survival in minority populations in the United States in the early 21st century
Organised by School of Social and Community Medicine
Dr Dianne Pulte - Clinical assistant professor, Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, BS8 2PS, 4:00-5:00pm  
Cancer survival in the US has long been noted to generally be worse in people with minority racial and ethnic backgrounds, especially for some of the more common and usually treatable cancers such as breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers. Further information is available here
The seminar is free, and all are welcome (including members of the public) without needing to book a place. If you have difficulties with stairs, we have a lift to provide access to the lower ground floor.  Contact Charlene email: sscm-seminars@bristol.ac.uk

Thursday 20 June 2013
University of Bristol Pop up Festival of Medical Science
Organised by Centre for Public Engagement
M Shed, Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, BS1 4RN, 6:00-8:00pm  
Join us at this Pop-up Festival of Medical Science to celebrate the centenary of the Medical Research Council. Come and find out about cutting-edge medical research at the University of Bristol. This free event will consist of talks, round-table discussions about different diseases, and will be followed by a reception. Further information is available
Free, booking required in advance.  Contact Diane Thorne on +44 (0)117 - 331 8318 or diane.thorne@bristol.ac.uk

Sunday 23 June 2013
Boat tour - Hub of the world: a historical tour of Bristol's past
Organised by The Botanic Garden
Tour lead by Dr Richard Stone, Department of Historical Studies.
Boat tour leaving from Arnolfini; please meet at Arnolfini box office, 5:30-7:00pm  
This boat trip will take you back to Bristol's seafaring past, evoking a world of great ships, wooden cranes and a bustling Harbourside.
£5 (concessions £3/free for under 12's). Advanced booking required.  Contact The Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Tuesday 25 June 2013
Extraordinary Flora
Organised by Centre for Public Engagement
Frances Cartwright, School of Biological Sciences and Melanie Jackson, Artist in Residence, Stoke Bishop, University of Bristol.
The Botanic Garden, Stoke Park Road, Bristol, BS9 1JG, 6:30-8:30pm  
We will explore some surprising facts about plants and ways in which their properties might be used to tackle some of the global problems facing us in the 21st century and discuss ways that plants have appeared in extraordinary fictions, and the stories that science can tell us about ourselves. Further information is available
Free, but booking required in advance.  Contact Diane Thorne on +44 (0)117 - 331 8318 or diane.thorne@bristol.ac.uk

Wednesday 26 June 2013
The title is Open Access: a journey not an event.
Organised by Centre for Mental Health, Addiction and Suicide Research
Dr Christine Smart.
OS6 Seminar Room, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, BS8 2BN, 12:30-1:30pm  
In 2012 RCUK issued a new Open Access policy. Informed by the work of the National Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings, chaired by Dame Janet Finch, the policy makes significant changes to the existing RCUK Open Access policy.
No booking required, all welcome.  Contact Hazel Carrington email: hazel.carrington@bristol.ac.uk

Thursday 27 June 2013
Western Herbal Medicine in the 21st Century
Organised by The Botanic Garden
Sue Redfern.
The Botanic Gardens, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, BS9 1JG, 7:00-9:00pm  
From traditional to modern medicine, plants have an important role to play in human well-being. This tour is designed for people to see the herbs at their best and have an opportunity to draw on Sue's wealth of experience and knowledge as a practitioner whilst immersed in the herb garden in midsummer.
Advanced booking required. Cost £7.50. (Friends £4.00).  Contact The Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Thursday 27 June 2013
Leverhulme Lecture Series: Taming Complexity: Perspectives, Methodologies and Open Problems
Organised by Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences
Prof Guanrong (Ron) Chen.
Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queens Building, BS8 1TR, 5:30pm  
In this era of big data, large networks and supercomputing power, complexity can be described by large-scale structured data, for which network science provides a quantitative approach. Using networked chaotic systems as an example, this talk will present some new network-science perspectives and graph-theoretic methodologies, concluding with a few challenging open problems for future research. Further information is available
Free to all, but registration is required.  Contact for other queries, Sophie Benoit email: Sophie.Benoit@bristol.ac.uk

Friday 28 June 2013
Centenary Festival
Organised by Graduate School of Education
There will be over 30 speakers presenting the latest thinking in education research, practice and policy.
Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, 9:30am-4:30pm  
Join with us in celebrating our centenary through a packed day of hands-on workshops, policy debates, exhibitions and inspiring seminars on issues ranging from education and the environment, the global future of teacher education, to the disappearance of schools and universities. There will also be robots... Further information is available
Free, book your place.  Contact Kate Holmes on +44 (0)117 331 4291 or k.j.holmes@bristol.ac.uk

Saturday 29 June 2013
Know Your Bristol: Avonmouth WWI Stories
Organised by Centre for Public Engagement
This event is organised in conjunction with Bristol City Council and Local Learning CIC, and is part of the Know your Bristol series of events on local community heritage.
Avonmouth Community Centre, Bristol, BS11 9EN, 1:30-5:00pm  
At the beginning of the First World War, Lord Kitchener realised the strategic importance of Avonmouth's large modern docks, good railway links and nearby farmland. It became a military district and site for munitions factories including mustard gas production. Bring your images, artefacts and stories from WWI in this area. Further information is available
Admission free, No booking required.  Contact Kate Miller on +44 (0)117 - 331 8321 or cpe-info@bristol.ac.uk

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July 2013

Sunday 7 July 2013
National Gardens Scheme Open Day
Organised by The Botanic Garden
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol BS9 1JG, 10:00am-5:00pm  
The NGS has been opening gardens for charity since 1927. By visiting the Botanic Garden today you will be making a vital contribution to the nursing and caring charities the NGS supports. Last year the NGS donated £2.6 million to charity. Further information is available
Cost: £4.50 (including Friends) Children free.  Contact for other queries, contact the Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Tuesday 9 July 2013
Cultivation of Herbs
Organised by The Botanic Garden
Horticulturalist, Vicky Reid.
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol BS9 1JG, 7:00-9:00pm  
Herbs originated from around the world. This tour will explore the many different ways in which herbs are cultivated, and will cover site selection, soil improvements, seasonal care and propagation. The tour is hosted by Botanic Garden. Further information is available
Cost £7.50. (Friends £4.00).  Contact for other queries, contact the Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Wednesday 10 July 2013 -  Wednesday 14 August 2013
Capturing the Beauty of the Garden in the Summer
Organised by The Botanic Garden
Annie Morris.
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol BS9 1JG, 7:00-9:00pm  
A series of six evening classes with local artist, Annie Morris. The aim is to capture the summer colour of the garden by using the medium of watercolour. Suitable for all abilities, providing individual tuition/demonstrations. Based in the garden, glasshouses and study room (weather dependant). Please bring your own paints and brushes. Paper provided. Further information is available
Cost £50. Booking essential.  Contact for other queries, contact the Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Wednesday 10 July 2013
Intelligent Policing
Organised by The Systems Centre, Faculty of Engineering
Simon Guilfoyle.
Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queens Building, 5:30pm  
In this session, Police Inspector and Systems Thinker, Simon Guilfoyle, examines what happens when the wrong measures and dysfunctional performance management practices drive organisational activity. Further information is available
Free, all welcome.  Contact Sophie Causon-Wood email: sophie.causon-wood@bristol.ac.uk

Monday 15 July 2013
Commuter cycling: does it help your health?
Organised by Centre for Public Engagement, University of Bristol
Professor Ashley Cooper, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences.
Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, BS1 5TX, 6:00-7:30pm  
The government is encouraging more people to cycle to work or school as a means of improving public health. Professor Ashley Cooper will describe the health benefits of commuter cycling in adults, one of which is a 30% reduction in the risk of dying from anything!. Further information is available
Free, advance booking required at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/2013/121.html.  Contact Amanda Edmondson on +44 (0)117 - 3318313 or amanda.edmondson@bristol.ac.uk

Tuesday 16 July 2013
Folklore of Herbs
Organised by The Botanic Garden
Ann Freeman.
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol BS9 1JG, 7:00-9:00pm  
An exploratory tour with popular medical herbalist, Ann Freeman, who will reveal the varied folklore surrounding many of our common and unusual garden herbs. Further information is available
Cost £7.50. (Friends £4.00). Booking required.  Contact for other queries, contact the Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Wednesday 17 July 2013
Differences in risk factors between self-harm with and without suicidal intent in adolescence
Organised by Centre for Mental Health, Addiction and Suicide Research
Becky Mars.
OS6 Seminar Room, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, BS8 2BN, 12:30pm  
Self harm is highly prevalent in adolescence and is a major public health concern. However, there is currently a lack of consensus surrounding the definition and terminology used to describe self-harm. This study used data from 4810 children in the ALSPAC cohort.
No booking required, all welcome.  Contact Hazel Carrington email: hazel.carrington@bristol.ac.uk

Wednesday 17 July 2013
Historic Tour of Royal Fort Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Royal Fort House, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1UJ, 6:00-7:30pm  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Booking essential.  Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

Wednesday 17 July 2013
Symposium 'History': 10th World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormones
Organised by School of Clinical Sciences
St. George's Bristol, off Park Street, 4:45-6:30pm  
With the generous sponsorship of the Society for Endocrinology. Studies on the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system (HNS) have steered physiological research to novel concepts for over 100 years. This symposium will examine and reflect upon the history of HNS research.
No booking required. All welcome.  Contact Clare Tremlett email: clare.tremlett@bristol.ac.uk

Saturday 20 July 2013
Summer Jazz concert with the Blue Notes Jazz Band
Organised by The Botanic Garden
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol BS9 1JG, 7:00pm  
Tour of Garden 4.30pm. Bar opens 6pm. Further information is available
Tickets £10 in advance, £12 on gate. Available from John Leach, 17 Ashton Crescent, Nailsea. BS48 2JR.Tel: 01275 854992. Cheques payable to 'FUBBG' Please enclose SAE.  Contact for other queries, contact the Botanic Garden telephone: +44 (0)117 - 331 4906

Monday 22 July 2013
Launch of Elizabeth Backwell Institute: How do you feel about using home surveillance technology to keep you healthy and living at home?
Organised by Centre for Public Engagement
Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building, 6:00-8:00pm  
Most people prefer to be looked after at home. However, people discharged from hospital, or those living alone, are often reliant on neighbours, family or over-stretched health services. How can technology help keep us healthy at home? Find out at the Launch of the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research. Further information is available
Free, but booking required in advance via the online booking form.  Contact Teresa Gornalll or Jocelyn Edmonds on +44 (0)117 - 33 12046 or ebi-health@bristol.ac.uk

Thursday 25 July 2013
Special Summer Evening Tour
Organised by The Botanic Garden
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol BS9 1JG, 7:00-8:30pm  
Tours present an excellent opportunity to hear of new developments and learn about plants of seasonal interest. Refreshments at 6.30pm. Further information is available
Admission: £7.50 (including guide and refreshments) Booking required.  Contact The Botanic Garden on +44 (0)117 - 331 4906 or botanic-gardens@bristol.ac.uk

Thursday 25 July 2013
Leverhulme Lecture Series: Recent advances in controllability analysis of complex networks
Organised by Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences
Prof Guanrong (Ron) Chen.
Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queens Building, BS8 1TR, 5:30pm  
This talk addresses some new issues faced by the conventional control theory in a complex dynamical network environment and discusses some research problems regarding pinning control of complex dynamical networks and pinning controllability of directed networks. Raising some challenging technical questions for control theory and practice under the framework of interconnected complex dynamical systems. Further information is available
Free to all, but registration is required.  Contact for other queries, Sophie Benoit email: Sophie.Benoit@bristol.ac.uk

Sunday 28 July 2013
Historic Tours of Goldney Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Tours at 10.30am and 2.00pm.
Goldney Hall, Lower Clifton Hill, Bristol BS8 1BH, 10:30am  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Booking essential.  Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

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August 2013

Sunday 18 August 2013
Historic Tours of Goldney Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Tours at 10.30am and 2.00pm.
Goldney Hall, Lower Clifton Hill, Bristol BS8 1BH, 10:30am  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Booking essential.  Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

Tuesday 20 August 2013
Historic Tour of Royal Fort Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Royal Fort House, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1UJ, 2:00-3:30pm  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Booking essential.  Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

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September 2013

Tuesday 3 September 2013
Why we should all be Bayesians (and often already are without realising it)
Organised by School of Social and Community Medicine
Professor Neil Pearce - Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, BS8 2PS, 12:45-1:45pm  
Most epidemiologists write their methods and results sections as frequentists and their introduction and discussion sections as Bayesians. Thus, in practice, almost all epidemiologists profess to be frequentists, but in practice are qualitative Bayesians. Further information is available here
The seminar is free, and all are welcome (including members of the public) without needing to book a place. If you have difficulties with stairs, we have a lift to provide access to the lower ground floor.  Contact Charlene email: sscm-seminars@bristol.ac.uk

Sunday 15 September 2013
Historic Tours of Goldney Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Tours at 10.30am and 2.00pm.
Goldney Hall, Lower Clifton Hill, Bristol BS8 1BH, 10:30am  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

Wednesday 18 September 2013
Historic Tour of Royal Fort Gardens
Organised by External Estates - Garden and Grounds Services
Royal Fort House, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1UJ, 2:00-3:30pm  
Tours are ticket only, purchased in advance and limited in numbers. The cost will be £5.50 per person, lasting approximately 1½ hours and the tours are lead by knowledgeable guides. Please wear suitable clothing for wet weather and uneven surfaces.
Booking essential.  Contact Nicolette Smith email: nicolette.smith@bristol.ac.uk

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October 2013

Tuesday 15 October 2013
Using Human Rights-Based Approaches to Support the Engagement and Empowerment of Young People
Organised by School of Social and Community Medicine
Professor Ann Taket - The chair in Health and Social Exclusion, School of Health and Social Development. Director of the Centre for Health through Action on Social Exclusion (CHASE), Deakin University.
Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, BS8 2PS, 12:45-1:45pm  
Using ongoing research as well as a critical interrogation of past research represented in the literature, this paper explores the question of the value of human rights-based approaches in supporting the engagement and empowerment of young people. Further information is available here
The seminar is free, and all are welcome (including members of the public) without needing to book a place. If you have difficulties with stairs, we have a lift to provide access to the lower ground floor.  Contact Charlene email: sscm-seminars@bristol.ac.uk

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