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.
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.”
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04.02.2026 13:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌟 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
29.01.2026 09:49 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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...
27.01.2026 15:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Relational Poverty Perspectives as a Pedagogical Research Lens for Child Welfare and Protection Services
👨👦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
21.01.2026 11:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
13.01.2026 11:20 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
🎉 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.
08.01.2026 13:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
👏 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
27.11.2025 14:35 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 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
26.11.2025 11:54 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
👋 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
19.11.2025 10:11 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
👏 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
14.11.2025 12:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
13.11.2025 13:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 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
11.11.2025 09:51 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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
29.10.2025 12:09 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
📢 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
27.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
24.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
23.10.2025 08:59 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
⭐ 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
21.10.2025 12:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
09.10.2025 11:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
07.10.2025 11:28 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎉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
03.10.2025 14:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
29.09.2025 12:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New research. Fresh insights. Upcoming webinars.
📩 Sign up to our Rees Centre newsletter: bit.ly/47BYqOs
09.09.2025 11:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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?
05.09.2025 14:49 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Vacancy: Senior Research Fellow
📍 The role offers the chance to lead impactful projects and collaborate across disciplines in a supportive, mission-driven environment.
🖱️ Apply now using the QR code below or visit shorturl.at/8kPy3
23.07.2025 14:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Job Vacancy Alert - Senior Academic Research Leader in Children’s Social Care (CSC)
➡️ Scan the QR code below or apply here shorturl.at/GmnRE
23.07.2025 14:05 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 We’re hiring at the Rees Centre!
Join us in leading world-class research to improve the lives of children and young people supported by children’s social care services.
Apply or share with your networks www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/...
21.07.2025 12:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
A few colleagues from our team recently enjoyed a change of scene with a working trip to Oxford’s libraries. They then wrapped up the day with a few drinks at the local pub and some ice cream!
15.07.2025 10:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Senior Research Fellow, Rees Centre, Department of Education, University of Oxford
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Working together to transform the educational outcomes of young people with experience of being in care, who are estranged or seeking sanctuary.
Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
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Transforming Access & Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO).
We identify and disseminate effective practice in widening access and participation.
Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching, comprised of 16 core departments and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
CTMGH, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. Network of research groups based in Oxford and across Africa and Asia. Tackling infectious diseases, from clinical studies to behavioural sciences.
The MRC WIMM is a research institute at the University of Oxford with 5 core research areas: rare diseases, haematology, immunology and infection, stem cells and developmental biology and cancer biology.
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Catalysing discovery by bringing the physical sciences into the cell.
The Department of Paediatrics is a global leader in the research, delivery and advancement of the health and care of children and adolescents. It hosts internationally renowned programmes in drug development, gastroenterology, vaccinology to name a few.
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Our vision is a world where high-quality, evidence-based care is accessible to all.
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Our aim is to promote the healthy mental and physical development of children, adolescents & their families globally, irrespective of life circumstances.
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