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PhD opportunity on technology and work-life boundaries

The proposed doctoral project will be supervised by Dr Karolina Kazimierczak and Professor Natasha Mauthner from the University of Aberdeen Business school, building on their existing study, Digital Epiphanies. This project will explore organisational policies and practices related to … read more

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Chief Medical Officer comments on new breastfeeding research

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Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Aileen Keel, welcomed new research which shows an encouraging trend in breastfeeding among mothers from disadvantaged backgrounds. CRFR’s new briefing, ‘Changes in Scottish infant feeding policy and breastfeeding habits between 2004 and 2011’, authored … read more

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Book now for knowledge exchange impact course!

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A few places still remaining for this 2-day course tutored by KE expert Melanie Barwick.

The course is intended for anyone who has an interest in:

  • Sharing research knowledge with (multiple) audiences beyond the traditional academic community
  • Increasing (and
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Child contact proceedings for children affected by domestic abuse/Taking abuse seriously?

Researchers Fiona Morrison and Kirsteen Mackay are speaking at the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending in Glasgow. Fiona will be presenting research Kay Tisdall and colleagues from cl@n childlaw were commissioned by SCCYP to do. Kirsteen’s talk is … read more

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New blog – Making children’s rights real

This week marks the launch of ‘Social Justice, The Common Weal and Children and Young People in Scotland’, with the Jimmy Reid Foundation. In this blog, Authors John Davis, Louise Hill, Kay Tisdall , Liam Cairns and Selwyn McCausland consider read more

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CRFR non-executive Director elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Sarah Cunningham-Burley has been elected to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). The competition for these prestigious awards is extremely fierce so congratulations to Sarah from CRFR.… read more

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