We're delighted to share our CIRCY Annual Report 2024/25. You can download the full report from: www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate... The report strong sense of the breadth, creativity and impact of our research with children and young people. We hope that you will enjoy looking through it!

We are delighted to have been ranked 3rd in the UK for Social Work by the Guardian University Guide 2026! 🏆🤝 #GuardianUniversityGuide #GuardianUniversityGuide2026 #University #SussexUni

If you're in Edinburgh on 10th June, I will be taking part in this fantastic event on 'Stories of Decolonisation: Experiences from Children and Young People' which is being organised by Dr Hamide Elif Üzümcü. There are still a few places left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-of...

Congratulations to @theinnovateproject.bsky.social colleagues - you can access their paper via the link below!

Today! Our CIRCY annual symposium on 'Post-humanist Perspectives on Forest School Education'. 15:30-17:30 in Woodland 2, The Student Centre building. Sign up via the QR code in the poster.

Beautiful spring day at University of Sussex. Getting ready to present on the MA and PG Diploma in Social Work at our PG Open Day tomorrow. Hope the sky is as dramatic as today www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-...

What system conditions and processes, cultures, resources & skills are needed to help innovation flourish in social care settings? See our latest paper from @theinnovateproject.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/... with @innovationunit.bsky.social @sussexcircy.bsky.social 1/5

My new research with Matt Jay shows 1 in 4 of all children require services because they do not achieve a basi level of wellbeing www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A fantastic event co-hosted with @sussexsrp.bsky.social, addressing issues of children & youth, climate change and sustainability.

Such a joy working with these two brilliant, generous and immensely fun colleagues on the Imagining Resistance project- and this paper!

Do take a look and let us know what you think!

Very excited to share our new paper on why social care services should rethink how they calculate the cost-effectiveness of interventions to include young people’s perspectives doi.org/10.1177/0017... co-authored with the wonderful twitter.com/Lisa_Holmes_... through @theinnovateproject.bsky.social

CIRCY colleagues Elaine Sharland, Lisa Holmes, Liam Berriman, Perpetua Kirby, Caitlin Shaughnessy and Ruth Goodman are all involved in this highly innovative @nuffieldfoundation.org funded study on Children's Information in local authorities: nuffieldfoundation.shorthandstories.com/the-children...

Next week we are hosting an exciting event on 'Schools, playgrounds, communities: The cultural infrastructures of childhood', with Prof Ben Highmore and Prof Hester Barron in conversation. Date: Wednesday 4 December Time: 2-4pm Location: Fulton 103 Please email [email protected] to RSVP

Check out our new open-access paper on #TransitionalSafeguarding by me, @jldamman.bsky.social Gillian Ruch & Susannah Bowyer based on theinnovateproject.co.uk & part of a @sussexcircy.bsky.social special issue. Read it at: ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📢 The @sussexcircy.bsky.social 23/24 annual report is now available to download and read! It contains news on lots of fantastic projects and events that our members have been involved in this last year. Download here: t.co/HxqlOsRPoJ