Postgraduate courses in Sociology of Law: from 8 January to 22 March, 4 courses on different topics will be taught by or featured by former students of our Master’s programme which shows the high academic level of the Master. There is time to participate!
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Delighted to have Bragi Gudbransson from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with us Children'sRightsQUB today in conversation with civil society about #ChildRights in NI. ⁦Children's Law Centre (CLC)⁩ ⁦SSESW at Queen's⁩

Today is #WorldChildrensDay

I am calling for he #UNCRC to be inshrined in law

#ForEveryChildEveryRight

#WorldChildrensDay #UNCRC . An introduction in 9 minutes. youtu.be/TFMqTDIYI2U?si…

I’ll be kicking off session 1 with a talk called “HEARING VOICES OR ADDLED BY ADULTISM?” #participatoryresearch

Register now to attend 'Demystifying Law: Making law accessible for younger audiences' with great presentations on exciting work being done in this area to make law interesting & engaging for children & young people.

Monday 11 Dec from 10-11:30am ⬇️

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Really useful report on child participation in decision-making in education from OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives, synthesising & discussing existing research, models, policies. oecd.org/education/chil…

💬The voice of the infant and child

📣NHS Education for Scotland (NES) webinar 'Rights based participation for children and young people'

📅Wednesday 1st November 2023
⏰noon - 13:30

Further detail to register here: togetherscotland.org.uk/media/3505/voi…

Delighted to meet Anne-Mette Friis in person today to discuss all things #ChildRights & #ChildParticipation including Child Friendly Governance Project

One week to go until the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Voice of the Infant and Child Webinar! Delighted to have Laura Lundy Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland Anne McFadyen TalkingMats join us for this opportunity to share best practice across Scotland and beyond. Not to be missed! Register forms.office.com/pages/response…

Check out call for inputs from UN Special Procedures Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs on #child and #youth human rights defenders: bit.ly/3SdnQdn

This is a fantastic opportunity for adults who are interested in putting youth voice into practice, and supporting a fully youth-led organisation! We are particularly interested in those with safeguarding experience, but welcome all applications.

Finding out how various Danish Kommune have adapted & adopted the #LundyModel , drawing on the Irish National Framework & work of HubnanOg

Denmark has a new law on child participation coming into force in January and it is a really good example of the impact incorporation of the #UNCRC in domestic law can have across childhood services and education.

‘Retirement’ do for ⁦Tony Gallagher⁩. Friend, ally, mentor, collaborator, colleague (and former HoS) - in that order.

The Lundy Model allows children to make an impact in 4 main areas: space, voice, influence and audience.

It focuses on the human rights of a child, particularly article 12 which states that it is a child’s right to have their view heard and given due weight. Laura Lundy

We're working with NI Youth Forum and Pure Mental NI on a project about young people's experience with mental health and wellbeing in education.

Make your voice heard and fill in our survey!

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Historically, much of the gender gap in earnings could be explained by differences in education and occupational choices. However, this year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin has shown that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same…

I thought I understood the best interests of the child (Art 3, UNCRC) but in an hour Nigel had me in mental somersaults rethinking my whole attitude to it. My conclusion is he’s partly right but still pondering so not sure where I’ll end up
A reminder that I have so much to learn

Thought-provoking critique of the best interests principle (as as a poor substitute for children’s human rights) by Nigel Cantwell. Had everyone in a packed room rethinking their established take on it.