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Maternal and Child Health Network - UKPRP-funded network @uofgshw.bsky.social Aims to evaluate policy impacts on child and maternal health by harnessing administrative data across the 4 UK nations.
MatCHNet webinars are back for 2026! Online lunchtime sessions on policy evaluations in the early years, from 12.30-1pm Come along on 7 October - Anna Pearce will talk about BEGIN. Birth and early years grants in the UK: an evaluation All welcome Register here: tinyurl.com/bdey87nu
Join the BEGIN team! The Birth and Early Years Grants in the UK evaluation project are recuriting a qualitative RA. Role involves conducting interviews across UK, working with peer researchers & lived experienced panels. Details here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... (Deadline 25 June)
Research Associate
Job PurposeTo make a leading contribution to a research project examining the impacts of welfare grants in pregnancy and the early years on maternal and child health inequalities. The post holder w...
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Emma Stewart recently completed an evidence review as part of an Academic Fellowship at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). 📄The impact of cash transfers in the first 1000 days on child health outcomes and health inequalities digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBrie...
The Scottish Parliament | Recent Research Briefings
The Scottish Parliament | Recent Research Briefings
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Missed any of our 2025 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/ #earlyyears #SureStartNI #housing #HealthyStart @amy-clair.bsky.social
Thanks Meng Le Zhang @Cardiff University for a great webinar on Sure Start Northern Ireland. Interesting results on reduced social service intervention and esp for younger mothers. Look forward to hearing more in the autumn. Thanks also to Emma Hitchen @Parenting Focus NI for chairing!
Final reminder about next week's #earlyyears webinar on Sure Start Norther Ireland 👇 Tuesday 10 June, 12.30pm All welcome! Please register: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: MatCHNet webinar 17: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on health and social care. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: MatCHNet webinar 17: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on health and social care. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi...
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MatCHNet@matchnet.bsky.social · 2y ago📢Interested in using #admindata to evaluate #earlyyears policy? Come along to our lunchtime webinar to hear Meng Le Zhang (Cardiff University) talk about work on Sure Start Northern Ireland. 📅10 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A new report from the Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland (CHES) highlights the gradient in inequality across health outcomes in Scotland, including some interesting local-level analysis. www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-re...
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Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluation? Come along to hear @christinaavogel.bsky.social present primary data to evaluate the UK Healthy Start Scheme. 📅24 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
New @who.int global report o social determinants of health equity is a much needed reminder that to improve health equity we must improve society, say @michaelmarmot.bsky.social and @jessjallen.bsky.social #AllforEquity www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Call to action on social determinants of health
“Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale” was the rallying cry of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), published in 2008.1 It remains appropriate to the World Health...
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📢How does housing affect children's health? Come along to hear @amy-clair.bsky.social present findings from #admindata in the UK and Australia. 📅17 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A recording of our second webinar, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland", is now online. feat. Ruth Dundas, @chirstyresearch.bsky.social @hlrandolph.bsky.social and @emmanomics.bsky.social Watch it here:
A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland
Our second webinar focussed on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality.The webinar was chaired by Emma Congreve and featured co...
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📢Interested in using #admindata to evaluate #earlyyears policy? Come along to our lunchtime webinar to hear Meng Le Zhang (Cardiff University) talk about work on Sure Start Northern Ireland. 📅10 June, 12.30pm ✍️Register now: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for our webinar, "A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland" ft. @chirstyresearch.bsky.social @hlrandolph.bsky.social and Ruth Dundas on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-future-a...
A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland
Join us for our second webinar, focusing on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality.
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𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧! 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 Leveraging data across multiple countries for improved research into children's health and education SEE: ijpds.org/calls/educat...
Please do post this opportunity to come work with me as a research associate far and wide :-) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMG693/r...
Research Associate in Educational Inequalities at University of Glasgow
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Associate in Educational Inequalities. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Our new Childcare Survey published this week shows there are continued gaps in availability of childcare places for children with special educational needs and disabilities. bit.ly/Childcare2025Survey #ChildcareSurvey2025
Useful food-for-thought in Coram's analysis of childcare costs, which have increased by almost 5% for 3 to 4-year-olds.
Coram@wearecoram.bsky.social · 2y agoCoram has today published the @coramfam.bsky.social Childcare Survey 2025 report, revealing the average cost of a part-time nursery place for a child under two is now £70.51 a week in England for parents eligible for govt funding. Full report: www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-survey-2025
📢Interested in #earlyyears policy evaluations? Join our new lunchtime webinars 📅Tuesdays - June 10, 17 and 24 🕜12.30-1pm Topics: 1. Sure Start Northern Ireland, 2. housing and children's health, and 3. UK Healthy Start Scheme Register now: matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/ All welcome!
1/5 🧵 Wealth disparities & health inequalities: what does the latest research tell us? A new study from Norway finds that people with lower wealth at age 37-38 have significantly higher mortality rates before 62. We explore what this means for Scotland. #HealthInequality #Wealth
Wealth disparities and health inequalities - Scottish Health Equity Research Unit
Two new studies of the health impacts of cash transfers reach conflicting conclusions. Are there lessons for Scottish efforts to improve health and reduce health inequalities?
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📢PhD studentship opportunity Tackling child poverty locally: what are the benefits for family health and wellbeing and how can local actions be improved? #ChildPoverty #HealthInequalities #Glasgow tinyurl.com/3cbhk6cs
Tackling child poverty locally: what are the benefits for family health and wellbeing and how can local actions be improved? at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Tackling child poverty locally: what are the benefits for family health and wellbeing and how can local actions be improved? at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
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We interviewed 40 experts on what works to deliver real change for children in poverty. Raising incomes matters most, but every department and level of government has a role to play. Good practice already happening in many parts of the UK, so effective collaboration and coordination will be key.
Child Poverty Action Group@cpaguk.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat would a good child poverty strategy mean for children? CPAG with @savechildrenuk.bsky.social have published new research on how to deliver a child poverty strategy. This is why it’s so important to get it right.
Do you want to involve young children in health research? This new toolkit includes interactive slides and hands-on activities to make #healthdata fun & accessible for young learners Engaging Children with Health Data: A Toolkit Explore: eprints.gla.ac.uk/345833/ #STEMEducation
Exciting opportunity to join the @changingrealities.bsky.social team at a time when the work we do together has never mattered more. Please do share widely jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
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New systematic review that evaluates the impact of the UK's Sure Start programme on the health of disadvantaged children. Important work on role of community interventions for child health equity. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2...
Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review
Objectives With rising poverty and widening health inequity among children in the UK, the objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Sure Start programme on child health outcomes in disa...
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Join our @moragtreanor.bsky.social keynote speaker at the ON-CAMPUS National Conference During #Debt Awareness Week, on Monday 17th March 2025! #childpoverty and #publicdebt. www.aberlour.org.uk/about-us/pol... @aberlourcharity.bsky.social
Aberlour | Child Poverty and the Public Debt Crisis: A National Conference
Aberlour is co-hosting a national conference with the University of Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy, focusing on tackling child poverty through public debt reform this Debt Awareness Week.
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NEW study from @uniofbathipr.bsky.social explores the lived experiences of childcare for parents on Universal Credit. Good to see the report support our call for an early years workforce strategy and recommendations on equalising access regardless of parent’s employment status tinyurl.com/yyttr57m
A big, vast, grey area: Exploring the lived experiences of childcare for parents on Universal Credit
This report explores how parents in receipt of Universal Credit manage childcare costs, and their experiences of childcare and work conditionality requirements.
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4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
Missed any of our 2024 policy webinars on #childhealth? Our bitesize 15 min recordings are online - catch up now! matchnet.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/events/
