Latest news and events from the Institute of Applied Social Studies.
Latest news
- Description
- A new report from the Children's Commissioner entitled 'Nobody made the connection: The prevalence of neurodisability in young people who offend' is based on a review of published evidence conducted by the University of Birmingham and University of Exeter.
- Date:
- 19 October 2012
- Description
- IASS are hosting a one-day PQ Practitioner's Conference: Tools (and Ideas) to Take Home on Monday 10 December.
- Date:
- 05 October 2012
- Description
- IASS takes part in a Europe-wide day of celebrating research. As part of the 'Brum Dine With Me', the name given to the University's celebration - IASS's Chris Allen hosted an event entitled 'A Taste of Multiculturalism' at MAC, Birmingham.
- Date:
- 03 October 2012
- Description
- Around 75 students gathered in the Business School on Thursday 27 September to take part in the 'QuestionTime@IASS' event. Based on the popular BBC1 television programme, the IASS event brought together an eight strong panel of politicians, policymakers and commentators.
- Date:
- 03 October 2012
- Description
- The new website for the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH) has been launched this week.
- Date:
- 07 September 2012
- Description
- HACT and TSRC joins forces with the TSRC to release the Community Investment potential of social housing providers
- Date:
- 05 September 2012
IASS Events
- Date
- 11 (09:00) - 12 June 2013 (16:30)
- Location:
- School of Education, University of Birmingham
- Description
- The University of Birmingham's MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism and the IRiS Institute for Research on Superdiversity, will host a two-day seminar on 'Conceptualizing multilingualism under superdiversity: membership claims, social categories and emblems of authenticity', 11-12 June 2013 at the School of Education, University of Birmingham.
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Date
- 17 July 2013 (09:00-17:00)
- Location:
- TBC
- Description
- This cross-disciplinary, one-day workshop will build on recent revelations of sexual abuse by high profile public figures such as Jimmy Saville, Cyril Smith and Stuart Hall.
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences