Author Archives: Helen Walker

Family meals media coverage roundup

The Growing up in Scotland research published by Valeria Skafida on children’s eating habits hit the headlines last week. Here’s a full summary of coverage:

Health value of traditional family meals is challenged‘ The Herald 24/04/13
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Family meals research in news

Young children who eat the same meals as their parents are more likely to have healthier diets than those who eat different foods.

Read The Herald’s feature based on Growing up in Scotland research findings by Valeria Skafida, research fellow … read more

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Did London 2012 ‘inspire’ a generation?

And what will be the legacy of  Glasgow 2014? Read our latest CRFR Blog, by Liz Such, who is exploring the impact of of London 2012 on perception, intention or sporting action in young people’s lives

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CRFR’s International conference 10-13 June 2013, Edinburgh

Book now for CRFR’s international conference, Researching families and relationships: innovations in methods. theorys and policy relevance 10-13 June, 2013, Edinburgh. Full list of papers now online. Speakers coming from 25 countries: Uganda, New Zealand, Denmark, Israel, Sweden, UK, Portugal, … read more

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Podcast from Future of Impact conference

Listen to a podcast of CRFR’s Sarah Morton’s presentation on the Future of Impact conference along with other speakers on assessing the impact of research http://www.researchtoaction.org/2013/04/future-of-impact-conference-podcast/ and read a blog about the different presentations http://www.researchtoaction.org/2013/04/are-we-losing-sight-of-the-true-value-of-research-impact/

Read Sarah’s briefing: Assessing research … read more

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Missing people

Read the latest CRFR Blog: Missing people – Hester Parr’s seminar next week, part of CRFR’s Emotions Seminar series,  will explore interviews with 23 family members of missing people in order to understand something of the emotions involved in … read more

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