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New evidence on children looked after by local authorities, including trends and effective interventions.
Great to see this briefing published with contributions from Rees Centre Prof Leon Feinstein.
Read: shorturl.at/Vbby6
Great to see this briefing published with contributions from Rees Centre Prof Leon Feinstein.
Read: shorturl.at/Vbby6
Improving outcomes and support for children in care
The number of children in care has risen in the last decade, with many facing challenges in stability, mental health and education. What does the evidence say about which interventions improve outcome...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
New evidence on children looked after by local authorities, including trends and effective interventions.
Great to see this briefing published with contributions from Rees Centre Prof Leon Feinstein.
Read: shorturl.at/Vbby6
Great to see this briefing published with contributions from Rees Centre Prof Leon Feinstein.
Read: shorturl.at/Vbby6
Latest news very much welcomed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prof Judy Sebba: “It's great that the bureaucracy in approving foster carers is being reduced as long as quality of carers is maintained.”
✅ Lit review: shorturl.at/5oxg1
Prof Judy Sebba: “It's great that the bureaucracy in approving foster carers is being reduced as long as quality of carers is maintained.”
✅ Lit review: shorturl.at/5oxg1
Government pledges 10,000 new foster care places in England
Rule changes aim to create thousands of new foster places and help full-time workers.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Latest news very much welcomed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prof Judy Sebba: “It's great that the bureaucracy in approving foster carers is being reduced as long as quality of carers is maintained.”
✅ Lit review: shorturl.at/5oxg1
Prof Judy Sebba: “It's great that the bureaucracy in approving foster carers is being reduced as long as quality of carers is maintained.”
✅ Lit review: shorturl.at/5oxg1
🌟 We’ve launched a new report from the Children’s Information Project on what ethical & effective use of children’s information looks like & how it can be improved.
Funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org , it introduces a practical framework & 8 essential practices.
➡️Read report: shorturl.at/HBllR
Funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org , it introduces a practical framework & 8 essential practices.
➡️Read report: shorturl.at/HBllR
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM
🌟 We’ve launched a new report from the Children’s Information Project on what ethical & effective use of children’s information looks like & how it can be improved.
Funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org , it introduces a practical framework & 8 essential practices.
➡️Read report: shorturl.at/HBllR
Funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org , it introduces a practical framework & 8 essential practices.
➡️Read report: shorturl.at/HBllR
Thank you Assistant Professor Caroline Spaas for presenting at today’s Rees lunchtime webinar.
If you missed her webinar on Relational Poverty Perspectives, the recording is now available to watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZx...
If you missed her webinar on Relational Poverty Perspectives, the recording is now available to watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZx...
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thank you Assistant Professor Caroline Spaas for presenting at today’s Rees lunchtime webinar.
If you missed her webinar on Relational Poverty Perspectives, the recording is now available to watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZx...
If you missed her webinar on Relational Poverty Perspectives, the recording is now available to watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZx...
👨👦Working in child welfare, social work, or policy?
Don’t miss this free talk on relational poverty, offering new ways to think about families, services, & inequality.
📅 27 Jan, 12.30pm | In-person at Department of Education, University of Oxford & Online
Register now shorturl.at/DriGE
Don’t miss this free talk on relational poverty, offering new ways to think about families, services, & inequality.
📅 27 Jan, 12.30pm | In-person at Department of Education, University of Oxford & Online
Register now shorturl.at/DriGE
Relational Poverty Perspectives as a Pedagogical Research Lens for Child Welfare and Protection Services
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January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
👨👦Working in child welfare, social work, or policy?
Don’t miss this free talk on relational poverty, offering new ways to think about families, services, & inequality.
📅 27 Jan, 12.30pm | In-person at Department of Education, University of Oxford & Online
Register now shorturl.at/DriGE
Don’t miss this free talk on relational poverty, offering new ways to think about families, services, & inequality.
📅 27 Jan, 12.30pm | In-person at Department of Education, University of Oxford & Online
Register now shorturl.at/DriGE
This year marks the centenary of the Adoption of Children Act 1926; the 1st legislation to enable the legal adoption of children in England & Wales.
Rees Centre Emeritus Prof Harriet Ward discusses its significance on BBC's Woman’s Hour with Nuala McGovern.
🎧 Listen (at 27:06): lnkd.in/eErY2sMG
Rees Centre Emeritus Prof Harriet Ward discusses its significance on BBC's Woman’s Hour with Nuala McGovern.
🎧 Listen (at 27:06): lnkd.in/eErY2sMG
January 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This year marks the centenary of the Adoption of Children Act 1926; the 1st legislation to enable the legal adoption of children in England & Wales.
Rees Centre Emeritus Prof Harriet Ward discusses its significance on BBC's Woman’s Hour with Nuala McGovern.
🎧 Listen (at 27:06): lnkd.in/eErY2sMG
Rees Centre Emeritus Prof Harriet Ward discusses its significance on BBC's Woman’s Hour with Nuala McGovern.
🎧 Listen (at 27:06): lnkd.in/eErY2sMG
🎉 A big welcome to our 2 new Senior Research Fellows; Bachar Alrouh and Sarah Gorin.
Bachar’s research explores how family justice and children’s social care shape educational pathways and life outcomes, while Sarah will work on the Children’s Information Project.
Bachar’s research explores how family justice and children’s social care shape educational pathways and life outcomes, while Sarah will work on the Children’s Information Project.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
🎉 A big welcome to our 2 new Senior Research Fellows; Bachar Alrouh and Sarah Gorin.
Bachar’s research explores how family justice and children’s social care shape educational pathways and life outcomes, while Sarah will work on the Children’s Information Project.
Bachar’s research explores how family justice and children’s social care shape educational pathways and life outcomes, while Sarah will work on the Children’s Information Project.
👏 A huge thank you to Emeritus Professor Julie Selwyn for presenting at our Rees lunchtime webinar on Tuesday, 'Family Routes – Growing Up in Adoptive and Special Guardianship Families'.
🔗 You can now watch Julie’s recorded session and access the slides here: shorturl.at/tOXrV
🔗 You can now watch Julie’s recorded session and access the slides here: shorturl.at/tOXrV
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
👏 A huge thank you to Emeritus Professor Julie Selwyn for presenting at our Rees lunchtime webinar on Tuesday, 'Family Routes – Growing Up in Adoptive and Special Guardianship Families'.
🔗 You can now watch Julie’s recorded session and access the slides here: shorturl.at/tOXrV
🔗 You can now watch Julie’s recorded session and access the slides here: shorturl.at/tOXrV
🎉 From 1 Jan 2026, Dr Ian Thompson will take up the role of interim Director of the Rees Centre.
This follows the news that Prof Leon Feinstein will transition into his new position as Director of the Department of Education.
👉 Read more: shorturl.at/1bXLp
@education.ox.ac.uk
This follows the news that Prof Leon Feinstein will transition into his new position as Director of the Department of Education.
👉 Read more: shorturl.at/1bXLp
@education.ox.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🎉 From 1 Jan 2026, Dr Ian Thompson will take up the role of interim Director of the Rees Centre.
This follows the news that Prof Leon Feinstein will transition into his new position as Director of the Department of Education.
👉 Read more: shorturl.at/1bXLp
@education.ox.ac.uk
This follows the news that Prof Leon Feinstein will transition into his new position as Director of the Department of Education.
👉 Read more: shorturl.at/1bXLp
@education.ox.ac.uk
👋 Join us next week for the Rees Centre's Lunchtime Webinar Series: Family Routes – Growing Up in Adoptive and Special Guardianship Families with Professor Julie Selwyn.
👉 Register: shorturl.at/NmNCe
👉 Register: shorturl.at/NmNCe
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👋 Join us next week for the Rees Centre's Lunchtime Webinar Series: Family Routes – Growing Up in Adoptive and Special Guardianship Families with Professor Julie Selwyn.
👉 Register: shorturl.at/NmNCe
👉 Register: shorturl.at/NmNCe
👏 Congratulations to former Rees Centre researcher Dr Áine Kelly, whose Doctoral work has helped to inform the new Initial Health Assessment Delivery Standards from @corambaaf.bsky.social.
Read more: shorturl.at/vaKV7
Read more: shorturl.at/vaKV7
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
👏 Congratulations to former Rees Centre researcher Dr Áine Kelly, whose Doctoral work has helped to inform the new Initial Health Assessment Delivery Standards from @corambaaf.bsky.social.
Read more: shorturl.at/vaKV7
Read more: shorturl.at/vaKV7
Building on our Raised by Relatives work and co-produced with kinship carers and professionals across the children's social care sector, Kinship has launched its co-produced recommendations to promote racial equity in kinship care.
➡️ Read report: lnkd.in/eGQQHPbS
➡️ Read blog: shorturl.at/DvxFD
➡️ Read report: lnkd.in/eGQQHPbS
➡️ Read blog: shorturl.at/DvxFD
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Building on our Raised by Relatives work and co-produced with kinship carers and professionals across the children's social care sector, Kinship has launched its co-produced recommendations to promote racial equity in kinship care.
➡️ Read report: lnkd.in/eGQQHPbS
➡️ Read blog: shorturl.at/DvxFD
➡️ Read report: lnkd.in/eGQQHPbS
➡️ Read blog: shorturl.at/DvxFD
📢 Our new report calls for a complete rethink of how we measure success for young people leaving care.
The study highlights how current national data frameworks ignore the emotional realities of entering adulthood from care.
Read story & report: shorturl.at/CSk2f
@becomecharity.org.uk
The study highlights how current national data frameworks ignore the emotional realities of entering adulthood from care.
Read story & report: shorturl.at/CSk2f
@becomecharity.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📢 Our new report calls for a complete rethink of how we measure success for young people leaving care.
The study highlights how current national data frameworks ignore the emotional realities of entering adulthood from care.
Read story & report: shorturl.at/CSk2f
@becomecharity.org.uk
The study highlights how current national data frameworks ignore the emotional realities of entering adulthood from care.
Read story & report: shorturl.at/CSk2f
@becomecharity.org.uk
Yesterday, we welcomed Dr Birgit Larsson, where she gave an engaging presentation on supporting adolescents in care.
Dr Larsson highlighted the need for stronger communication and collaboration between the systems involved in adolescents’ lives.
Slides & recording available: shorturl.at/pE55u
Dr Larsson highlighted the need for stronger communication and collaboration between the systems involved in adolescents’ lives.
Slides & recording available: shorturl.at/pE55u
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yesterday, we welcomed Dr Birgit Larsson, where she gave an engaging presentation on supporting adolescents in care.
Dr Larsson highlighted the need for stronger communication and collaboration between the systems involved in adolescents’ lives.
Slides & recording available: shorturl.at/pE55u
Dr Larsson highlighted the need for stronger communication and collaboration between the systems involved in adolescents’ lives.
Slides & recording available: shorturl.at/pE55u
📢 Join us online tomorrow for a webinar on “Adolescents in Care – Needs, Pathways, and Engagement in Multiple and Interacting Systems" with Dr Birgit Larsson.
➡️ Register: shorturl.at/QSYee
➡️ Register: shorturl.at/QSYee
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📢 Join us online tomorrow for a webinar on “Adolescents in Care – Needs, Pathways, and Engagement in Multiple and Interacting Systems" with Dr Birgit Larsson.
➡️ Register: shorturl.at/QSYee
➡️ Register: shorturl.at/QSYee
Rees researcher Dr Priya Tah, Anam Raja (Kinship) and Emmanuel Onapa sharing stories and research on the experiences of Black and Asian kinship carers, during @corambaaf.bsky.social's Kinship Care Conference.
Photo by CoramBAAF
Photo by CoramBAAF
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Rees researcher Dr Priya Tah, Anam Raja (Kinship) and Emmanuel Onapa sharing stories and research on the experiences of Black and Asian kinship carers, during @corambaaf.bsky.social's Kinship Care Conference.
Photo by CoramBAAF
Photo by CoramBAAF
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We are looking for care experienced parents to complete our survey to share some of their positive parenting moments. Our project aims to challenge stigma and promote positive outcomes. Please help if you can. All rts appreciated. Access the survey through the link or QR code: lnkd.in/eZ_wWUgZ
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We are looking for care experienced parents to complete our survey to share some of their positive parenting moments. Our project aims to challenge stigma and promote positive outcomes. Please help if you can. All rts appreciated. Access the survey through the link or QR code: lnkd.in/eZ_wWUgZ
⭐ We're proud to share our new academic article, co-authored with care-experienced members of the Future of Care project design group and partners at Become, which focuses on what ’success’ means for young adults, and how this can be applied to care leavers.
▶️ Read more: bit.ly/3J1Jtv6
▶️ Read more: bit.ly/3J1Jtv6
October 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
⭐ We're proud to share our new academic article, co-authored with care-experienced members of the Future of Care project design group and partners at Become, which focuses on what ’success’ means for young adults, and how this can be applied to care leavers.
▶️ Read more: bit.ly/3J1Jtv6
▶️ Read more: bit.ly/3J1Jtv6
At the recent EuSARF Conference, researchers Priya Tah and Teresa Williams shared insights from the Raised by Relatives project as part of the Kinship Symposium on international approaches to kinship foster care.
Read more: bit.ly/4nHmjcm
Read more: bit.ly/4nHmjcm
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
At the recent EuSARF Conference, researchers Priya Tah and Teresa Williams shared insights from the Raised by Relatives project as part of the Kinship Symposium on international approaches to kinship foster care.
Read more: bit.ly/4nHmjcm
Read more: bit.ly/4nHmjcm
A new ReesCentre report looks at how extending Virtual School Heads’ duties to children with a social worker (CWSW) has made an impact (Oct 2022–Nov 2024).
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3IY84ke
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3IY84ke
October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A new ReesCentre report looks at how extending Virtual School Heads’ duties to children with a social worker (CWSW) has made an impact (Oct 2022–Nov 2024).
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3IY84ke
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3IY84ke
🎉Congratulations!
Rees student Janique Charles' poster “Young Voices: Understanding the Subjective Well-Being of Children in Caribbean Transnational Families” has won the Best Student PhD Poster at #EUSARF2025
Read more shorturl.at/2iRhs
Rees student Janique Charles' poster “Young Voices: Understanding the Subjective Well-Being of Children in Caribbean Transnational Families” has won the Best Student PhD Poster at #EUSARF2025
Read more shorturl.at/2iRhs
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🎉Congratulations!
Rees student Janique Charles' poster “Young Voices: Understanding the Subjective Well-Being of Children in Caribbean Transnational Families” has won the Best Student PhD Poster at #EUSARF2025
Read more shorturl.at/2iRhs
Rees student Janique Charles' poster “Young Voices: Understanding the Subjective Well-Being of Children in Caribbean Transnational Families” has won the Best Student PhD Poster at #EUSARF2025
Read more shorturl.at/2iRhs
Vania Pinto from the Rees Centre has shared her reflections from #EuSARF2025 in Zagreb.
Together with Prof Gillian Schofield, she led a symposium on Belonging & becoming: Rethinking children’s identity in foster care & adoption.
📖 Read the blog: shorturl.at/7gB62
Together with Prof Gillian Schofield, she led a symposium on Belonging & becoming: Rethinking children’s identity in foster care & adoption.
📖 Read the blog: shorturl.at/7gB62
September 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Vania Pinto from the Rees Centre has shared her reflections from #EuSARF2025 in Zagreb.
Together with Prof Gillian Schofield, she led a symposium on Belonging & becoming: Rethinking children’s identity in foster care & adoption.
📖 Read the blog: shorturl.at/7gB62
Together with Prof Gillian Schofield, she led a symposium on Belonging & becoming: Rethinking children’s identity in foster care & adoption.
📖 Read the blog: shorturl.at/7gB62
New research. Fresh insights. Upcoming webinars.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New research. Fresh insights. Upcoming webinars.
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We’re excited to share that this week, many of our colleagues from the Rees Centre will be presenting their latest research at the EuSARF conference in Croatia.
Keep an eye out for the following symposia, papers!
Keep an eye out for the following symposia, papers!
September 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We’re excited to share that this week, many of our colleagues from the Rees Centre will be presenting their latest research at the EuSARF conference in Croatia.
Keep an eye out for the following symposia, papers!
Keep an eye out for the following symposia, papers!
The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence is changing the way social workers produce case recordings & make use of information.
Listen to podcast by the Children's Information Project bit.ly/4gfJo3c
➡️What opportunities are there for the use of GenAI in social work?
Listen to podcast by the Children's Information Project bit.ly/4gfJo3c
➡️What opportunities are there for the use of GenAI in social work?
September 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence is changing the way social workers produce case recordings & make use of information.
Listen to podcast by the Children's Information Project bit.ly/4gfJo3c
➡️What opportunities are there for the use of GenAI in social work?
Listen to podcast by the Children's Information Project bit.ly/4gfJo3c
➡️What opportunities are there for the use of GenAI in social work?