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New research shows the potential of perpetrator programmes to cut violent crime and keep victims and families safe
21 January 2020
‘Publish and fund a domestic abuse perpetrator strategy to cut violent crime and protect victims,’ backers of a new campaign tell Government.
- Nazand Begikhani awarded prestigious Vincent Wright Chair at Sciences Po 23 January 2020 Dr. Nazand Begikhani has been awarded the prestigious Vincent Wright Chair at the School of International Affairs at the Paris Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) in 2020.
- New research shows the potential of perpetrator programmes to cut violent crime and keep victims and families safe 21 January 2020 ‘Publish and fund a domestic abuse perpetrator strategy to cut violent crime and protect victims,’ backers of a new campaign tell Government.
- Researcher and activist receives CBE for 50-year career combating violence against women 3 January 2020 Emerita Professor Gill Hague, from the University of Bristol, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list in recognition of 50 years’ work to combat violence against women.
- Professor David Abbott appointed by NIHR as Committee Chair for newly formed Research for Social Care national committee 19 December 2019
- Schools, parents and grandparents hold key to unlocking China’s obesity problem 26 November 2019 Educating parents and grandparents – as well as improving physical activity and the food provided at school – could hold the key to solving China’s obesity pandemic, according to one of the largest trials of childhood obesity prevention in the world.
- Lower income to blame for poorer attainment of children brought up by single mothers, new study shows 20 November 2019 New research examining the effect of being raised by a single mother reveals lower income and resources has the greatest impact on a child’s development, not poor parenting skills.
- Generation Snowstorm - a Social Change Summer School as a mental health intervention 14 November 2019 Off The Record (OTR) Bristol is an innovative young people’s mental health charity with a focus on engaging young people in service design and delivery. Over 2017-18 Dr Nathan Eisenstadt collaborated with OTR on a Knowledge Exchange project funded by Bristol’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.
- New study finds children become less active each year of primary school 12 November 2019 A new study has revealed a dramatic drop in children’s physical activity levels by the time they finish primary school. Between the ages of 6 and 11, children lost on average more than an hour of exercise in the week, with an even greater fall on weekends.
- New report shows complex nature of prostitution and sex work in England and Wales 30 October 2019 A large-scale report into the nature and prevalence of prostitution in England and Wales, carried out by researchers at the School for Policy Studies, has been published today [30 October].
- International partnership with Seoul National university 24 October 2019 New partnership 1+1 programme in Public Policy