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Blog Humare Avaaz – Our Voice (Part 3): Research as a transaction?
1st August 2018
Whether it’s a consequence of experience, culture or education, different Asian groups have presented different research experiences. This is a truism of course.
Asian women in East London have proved interesting. We already knew from a small community research project into ‘hidden carers’, i.e. those not supported by/known to social services, that they would be hard ...
“Legally Disabled?” Transforming the culture of the legal profession
17th July 2018Why are disabled people seemingly unexpected in the legal profession and what can we do to create a culture of inclusion and access?
These are the questions that the Cardiff University based “Legally Disabled?” research team are setting out to answer. Working in coproduction with the Lawyers with Disabilities Division of the Law Society, the researchers ...
CARP Collaborations: From existing to living
24th May 2018
Today young people with learning disabilities are delivering powerful messages to Welsh politicians about the social isolation and social segregation of their peers.
Young people with disabilities feel they face many prejudices which harms their life chances and well-being. They feel they are too often ‘just existing’ rather than living a good life. They face problems ...
DRILL Grants Success QUB
16th May 2018DRILL Grants Success
The Disability Research Network at the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work (SSESW) is delighted to be involved in three grant award successes in Northern Ireland as part of the DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) programme, a £5 million scheme led by people with disabilities and funded by ...
