News and media

Blogs

Repealing the presumption of parental involvement in private child care law cases
09/12/2025 Members from the Centre for Childhoods and Social Justice (CSJ) reflect upon the government’s recent announcement to repeal the presumption of parental involvement from the Children Act 1989.
Reflections on the launch of the Centre for Childhoods and Social Justice
22/12/2025 Dr Gözde Doğanyılmaz-Burger, reflects on the launch of the Centre for Childhoods & Social Justice, in the Faculty of Arts, Law, and Social Sciences.
First impressions of the government's Youth Matters strategy
23/03/2026 Dr Hannah Charnock, Dr Jessica Roy, Prof Debbie Watson, Pen Williams reflect on the government’s flagship National Youth Strategy.

Podcasts

How connected is practice and research in children’s social work?
22/12/2025 In the first of the centre’s planned series of podcasts, Dr Vicky Sharley, Co-Director of the centre, poses six central questions which require panellists to reflect upon their knowledge, past and current practices. Play time: 59 minutes