June 2026 - May 2027
Projects
The enactment of part-time timetables in English schools
Adopting a policy enactment framing, this mixed methods research study will investigate how national policy on the use of part-time timetables is being interpreted, translated, and put into practice in England.
Interdisciplinary hub to promote developmental recovery for infants
November 2025 - December 2026
This hub focuses on promoting optimal outcomes for infants who have had significant adverse early life experiences and whose cognitive, social and emotional development may have been impacted as a result.
Belonging in education: co-designing an evidence-informed model of practice
April 2025 - March 2027
Building on previous work, this project focuses on progressively working towards building more equitable and inclusive education systems, where belonging is the guiding principle.
The Welsh Basic Income Scheme
July 2022
The two-year pilot intends to give each eligible care leaver a monthly payment of £1,280 (net) over twelve months with the aim of giving greater financial security during the vulnerable period of leaving care.
Family Routes: Growing up in adoptive and Special Guardianship families
November 2021 - December 2028
If you would like to join the study or have any questions, you can contact the research team on: Family.
Children’s Information: Improving lives through better listening and better data
October 2021 - September 2026
Lots of information is collected about the children and families involved with children’s services but this information is not always used to best meet the needs and interests of children, young people and families.
Born into Care: Towards Best Practice Guidelines when the State intervenes at birth
This research project is a partnership between Lancaster University and the Rees Centre for the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Bright Spots: the subjective wellbeing of looked after children
The Bright Spots programme supports local authorities to systematically listen to their children in care and care leavers, about the things that are important to them.
Hadley Programme- Adoption
A range of adoption-related projects led by Professor Julie Selwyn.
Hadley Programme- Kinship Care Research
The Hadley Trust
One of the major contemporary concerns is how best to provide stability and permanence for children whose own parents are unable to care for them consistently or predictably.
Hadley Programme- Foster Care
The Hadley Trust
One of the major contemporary concerns is how best to provide stability and permanence for children whose own parents are unable to care for them consistently or predictably.
Hadley Programme – Looked After Children
Project: Independent Advocacy Services
The characteristics of young people using independent advocacy services funded by the Hadley Trust.