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In an article featured in the Times Educational Supplement on 8 January, Henry Hepburn summarises research carried out by Alison Struthers of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice into Human Rights Education in teacher training programmes at Scottish universities. Alison has recently published an article based on the research findings in the Scottish Educational Review. She investigates whether the paucity of Human Rights Education within teacher training programmes is related to, or is the reason for, the broader negative attitudes of some teachers towards human rights, and argues that better Human Rights Education provision in teacher training is necessary for improving the current situation.

Dr Joanne Coysh, a former Centre PhD student and Fellow, is currently involved in the exciting #CoLab project, which recently published a timely report on What is Birmingham doing towards the elimination of violence against women? (click on link to access the report).

The next #CoLab event will be held on 20^th January in London to explore the question: How can we enable and support learning for social transformation? To book your place click here.

Don't miss Lacuna magazine's latest features, which include Adam Weymouth’s 3-part exploration of the ‘rewilding’ debate and the reintroduction of wolves, and Tomaso Clavarino's investigation into the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS in Bucharest.