🎉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

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

New research. Fresh insights. Upcoming webinars. 📩 Sign up to our Rees Centre newsletter: bit.ly/47BYqOs

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!

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?

Our researcher Georgia shares three reflections on ‘Pathways into and through higher education for young people with experience of children’s social care’. Read more taso.org.uk/news-blog/hi... Or watch our recent webinar www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOvQ...

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

Job Vacancy Alert - Senior Academic Research Leader in Children’s Social Care (CSC) ➡️ Scan the QR code below or apply here shorturl.at/GmnRE

🚨 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/...

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!

🎉 We’re now on LinkedIn! Follow the Rees Centre for the latest research, insights and updates on children’s social care, fostering, education and more. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/rees...

Prof Leon Feinstein will be presenting on Care experienced students: Pathways into and through HE. This session will examine how different groups of young people with experience of children’s social care tend to differ in their progression to & through HE. 📆3 July, 9.30am bit.ly/446Ly0y

📈 Too often, children’s needs are lost in systems built to collect rather than serve. This new framework to the government supports ethical, effective information use across children’s services. This project's funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org Find out more: bit.ly/3HYst82

This small charity week #WalkforNNECL, a national challenge to walk, run, or cycle 364 miles to raise £5,000 for care experienced, estranged, and sanctuary-seeking young people accessing higher education. From 23–30 June 2025. For details, visit www.nnecl.org/pages/small-...

🎥 Missed our lunchtime webinar on Pathways into and through higher education for young people with experience of children’s social care? Catch up now on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOvQ...

📢 Join us for our webinar next week on Pathways into and through higher education for young people with experience of children’s social care. 🗓️ 10 June, 12.30pm 💻 Department of Education & Online 🔗 Register here bit.ly/4kkdLWL

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧The Children’s Information Project, led by the Rees Centre, is transforming how data from children & families informs support at local and national levels. Want updates? 📰Sign up for our newsletter bit.ly/4dETBol 👉Visit website bit.ly/43S1lzZ

💛We’re grateful for all the support during #FosterCareFortnight Your blogs, shares, quotes & reflections helped us amplify this year’s theme on the power of relationships. #FCF25 #ReesSupportsFCF25

Have you looked at some of our past reports on Kinship and foster care? ➡️Read the reports here: bit.ly/3F2yUWM #FCF25 #ReesSupportsFCF25

Victoria shares her experience teaching a care-experienced student who kept her distance, until a chance encounter changed their path. She says that the equations our students need to solve in life are often more difficult than we could ever imagine. 💛 Read her blog: bit.ly/43ELwg2 #FCF25

💛 Growing up in care, our Rees Centre Research Officer learned to rely only on herself after early experiences of neglect. Over time, trusted relationships helped her feel supported into adulthood. 🔗 Read her blog: bit.ly/4mkcMrD #FCF25 #ReesSupportsFCF25

New blog from Vania: A heartfelt reflection on children in foster care and the essential support foster carers provide. Read her blog here ⬇️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/... Explore our other blogs and reports ⬇️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/... #FCF25 #ReesSupportsFCF25

The final webinar in a series exploring themes from the Children's Services Reform Research, which looks at what the findings tell us about leadership in supporting transformational change in services for children, young people and their families and carers, is available now: buff.ly/DZO5H5m

We celebrated #FosterCareFortnight at our recent Centre Day with a splash of orange! 🧡A wonderful show of support for this year's theme on the Power Of Relationships. Find out more about our work here: www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/... #FCF25 #ReesSupportsFCF25

🧡 Rees Centre’s Dr Priya Tah highlights how strong, secure bonds between children and caregivers shape their wellbeing. Explore her report: Raised by Relatives – Experiences of Black & Asian kinship carers ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/... #FosterCareFortnight #FCT25

💛 Foster Care Fortnight is here (12–25 May)! 📝 We’re marking The Power of Relationships by sharing blogs, key reports & powerful quotes on fostering. Follow along as we celebrate the connections that change lives. #FCF25 Read more ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/...

Childhood maltreatment is the world’s costliest and least discussed public health problem. It is perhaps the principal preventable cause of mental illness, addiction, criminality and violence. 🧑‍💻Join our webinar on Ending Child Maltreatment. 📆Tues 6 May, 2pm (on Teams) 🖱️Register now bit.ly/42QSbSO

Researcher Dr Priya Tah shares her reflections on a recent workshop where kinship carers and sector representatives came together to turn the Raised by Relatives report recommendations into practical actions. ➡️ Read her blog on the workshop bit.ly/4cOnmCF

👏🏽 Congratulations @lucygbrobinson.bsky.social on winning the 2025 BERA Doctoral Thesis Award for her dissertation: How does military life shape service children’s identity and school experiences?🏆

👏Big congratulations to our researchers Alice Tawell and Teresa Williams on being awarded the Sustainable Development Goals Impact Fund! The 12-month project will build on Rees Centre & Excluded Lives research, focusing on relational practice and school exclusion. 🔗https://bit.ly/3E36hbv

🆕 New research from the Rees Centre & @kinshipcharity.bsky.social highlights the challenges faced by Black & Asian kinship carers. Barriers include financial struggles, cultural stigma & systemic racism. 📖 Read more: shorturl.at/xjud2

Around a third of those who have ever been in care who entered higher education pursued a vocational pathway, compared to just 13% of the general population. Read more in our report with @reescentre.bsky.social taso.org.uk/libraryitem/...

Our report, published today, presents research by the @reescentre.bsky.social that finds that young people are less likely to enter higher education if they had experience of children’s social care taso.org.uk/libraryitem/...

🌍Webinar: Ending Child Maltreatment We are the first generation in history to understand the causes and costs of child trauma. Could the time be now for a Child Development/Protection Revolution to eradicate child maltreatment? 🔗 shorturl.at/tqQcA

📢 New research from the Rees Centre & @taso.org.uk reveals that proportionally fewer young people with experience of children’s social care enter and progress through higher education. 🔍 Read the full report: bit.ly/4i0y7Ui

📢 Join our Lunchtime Webinar Series tomorrow! 🧐 Does investing in prevention reduce rates of children in care? 📅 4 March | ⏰ 12:30pm - 1.30pm 🖥️ Register now for in-person and online attendance: bit.ly/41qvYud

🚨 Report Launch! 🚨 Join us for the launch of our report with @taso.org.uk on 'Pathways into and through higher education for young people with experience of children’s social care'. ➡️More information www.tickettailor.com/events/taso/...

If you were unable to attend this month’s webinar on 'Strengthening Kinship Care: Research and Innovations for Assessment and Group-Based Support Programs', watch the recording on our YT channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEtW...

Our Lunchtime Webinar Series are back for 2025! Join Professor Nuria Fuentes-Peláez for a webinar on 'Strengthening Kinship Care: Research and Innovations for Assessment and Group-Based Support Programs' 📅 Tues 4 Feb, 12.30pm (UK time) on Teams ➡️ More info and link to join: bit.ly/40T3ysz

How do you represent the reality of children's lives through data? 📊 #NuffieldFunded Children's Information project aims to transform how councils collect and use data about children & young people. Led by Prof Leon Feinstein @reescentre.bsky.social 📖 Read more: ow.ly/aWtb50UthL1

👋 We're hiring! We’re looking for a Research Fellow to to lead the data analytic elements for children in foster and kinship care. ➡️Explore the job description and apply here education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/... #ResearchJobs #ReesCentre

🗣️Exciting job opportunity! 💼Join our team as a Senior Academic Research Leader. Help drive impactful research in children's social care and education. 📝 Find out more and apply here: education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/... #AcademicResearch #ReesCentre

💻Lunchtime webinar: The Virtual School for Care Experienced Learners – A View from Scotland with Michael Bettencourt, Education Consultant at @celcis.org 🕒Tues 17 Dec, 12.30pm ➡️Join on MS Teams bit.ly/3DrXgaV 📝More info bit.ly/4gzyOTs

We're hiring! Find out more about the roles and how to apply here: bit.ly/3D7k7bZ

How do you represent the reality of children’s lives; the challenges they face, their hopes & strengths through data? The Children’s Information Project aims to transform how councils collect & use data to improve services for children & young people. ➡️https://bit.ly/3Zcjxkx

We're the Rees Centre and we produce research & evidence that enables practitioners, policymakers & the research community to understand and improve children’s social care and education. Website: www.education.ox.ac.uk/rees-centre/ 📑Read our latest 5-year strategy report bit.ly/415xBPn