Michael's research is part of a broader focus on services and educational support available to young refugees. The project is entitled Positive Youth Foundation and the Educational and Service Needs of Young Refugees: An Applied Study The research is a pilot programme to monitor and support the educational transitions of refugee Young People. Working alongside a Coventry based youth organisation, Positive youth Foundation, the aims of the research are to develop an assessment tool for identifying the educational needs of teenage refugees; and to to track small groups of young refugees as they move into further education.

Dr Abdullah Sahin, expert in Islamic Education in the Centre for Education Studies, comments on the car attack outside an Islamic Centre in north London during a time of spiritual significance in both the Islamic and Hebrew calendars.

Michael’s book Childhood, Culture and Society in a global context has just been published by Sage.

This new text focuses on the most pressing topics in the field, providing a multifaceted and extensive analysis of the study of children and childhood.

As one reviewer has commented ‘A major contribution to childhood studies!’ William A. Corsaro, Professor Emeritus at Indiana University

for more detail: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/childhood-culture-and-society/book243262#description

CES Postgraduate Conference 2018

Centre for Education Studies/GRP International Development co-hosted research seminar

Wednesday 23^rd May, 2018, 1:00-2:00pm

Venue: Room C1.11, Centre for Education Studies, Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

“Measuring education for the Sustainable Development Goals: Negative capabilities and struggles over accountability”

Professor Elaine Unterhalter, UCL Institute of Education