Disability-Studies@Leeds... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:04:42 GMT Feed43 Proxy/1.0 (www.feed43.com) 360 29bd705abffbeb8800679add5d9d90fe Congratulations to all of our students who received their degrees in the University's summer graduation ceremonies. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

]]> 8c218ae6aebd539130db369719b8060f Ray Holt (Engineering) and Angharad Beckett (Sociology and Social Policy) were awarded a Leverhulme grant on'Designing f... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Ray Holt (Engineering) and Angharad Beckett (Sociology and Social Policy) were awarded a Leverhulme grant on'Designing for Inclusive Play: facilitating meaningful play between disabled and non-disabled children'.

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]]> 7776feb04e15e4d9477fbc1c25afc364 CDS will be partners in a major new EU FP7research award in 2011 to establish an Initial Training Network on 'Disability... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm 'Disability Rights Expanding Accessible Markets' (DREAM), involving international academic and industrial collaborators, co-ordinated by the Universty of Ireland Galway. Two research assistants/trainees will be appointed in the School of Sociology and Sociology.

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]]> fdf98df2981842d3bbe74fa47cf0a3f0 CDS were partners in a successful tender to the European Fundamental Rights Agency for research on the 'Fundamental Righ... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

]]> 42c5aca00171e0cd240bf39545c94abb Angelo Marra (visiting research fellow) published a new book, arising from his research Diritto e disability studies [La... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Diritto e disability studies [Law and Disability Studies, in Italian].

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]]> 6b3f1440ada93dbb829b30a182c42492 A revised second edition of Exploring Disability: a sociological introduction is now available. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Exploring Disability: a sociological introduction is now available.

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]]> 2702df6a69131ffe712fb1bf4a99f219 This month's guest seminar featured two presentations from Prof Anne Waldschmidt (University of Cologne, Germany) on 'Cr... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Prof Anne Waldschmidt (University of Cologne, Germany) on 'Critical Disability Studies – a German perspective', and Dr Cristóbal Miralles Insa (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) on 'Making worplaces accessible through Universal Design'.

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]]> dae86c302d368db478a4467df3a5b9f3 Welcome to Randall Owen, who joins the Centre as a visiting doctoral student from the disability studies programme at Ch... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

]]> 9c2a08dfee8874599e24719aed6765bf Welcome to Prof Anne Waldschmidt (University of Cologne, Germany) who joins the Centre as a visiting research fellow for... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Prof Anne Waldschmidt (University of Cologne, Germany) who joins the Centre as a visiting research fellow for two months.

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]]> dd102b59808b4a8a6bde24303b946659 Bassey Ebenso (University of Leeds) presented this month's seminar on 'Life-course perspectives on leprosy-related stigm... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Life-course perspectives on leprosy-related stigma: insights into processes of stigmatization and disability causation in Western Nigeria'.

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]]> d7aa570529c37229da400b21fa8a537b Colin Barnes hosted a screening and discussion of Tod Browning's film Freaks. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Freaks.

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]]> 80d90b4bc8c2a052698ed20ba5e6b99a Welcome to Dr Cristóbal Miralles Insa (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) who joins the Centre as a visiting re... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Cristóbal Miralles Insa (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) who joins the Centre as a visiting research fellow for three months (in the School of Engineering).

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]]> 000e251168f84ffae04cf8240023cc92 Karen Beauchamp-Pryor (University of Swansea) presented a guest seminar entitled 'The participation of disabled students... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm 'The participation of disabled students in higher education policy and provision: 'If they are going to consult, then they have to really listen''

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]]> a8162fe2e49826b35590d5adf88cccc9 The Disability Equality in English Primary Schools (DEEPS) project was featured in the Spring Edition of Economic and So... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Disability Equality in English Primary Schools (DEEPS) project was featured in the Spring Edition of Economic and Social Research Council's Society Now magazine.

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]]> faa399631476b4a767cbcb082d5cf8d2 A new book was published in the Disability Press series - Closing the Book on the Big E: An autobiographical tale of a d... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Closing the Book on the Big E: An autobiographical tale of a disabled man, John Swain, available in multiple formats from our online bookstore.

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]]> a3b691ed6eb6a6135cc584eee926a589 John Fuller (Strategic Policy Director, Independent Living Fund) presented this month's guest seminar on ‘The Independen... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Independent Living Fund) presented this month's guest seminar on ‘The Independent Living Fund - supporting disabled people in the 21st century’

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]]> 1642950253c1496bb224d7376ac8cf86 Findings from the Evaluation of Provision and Support for Disabled Students in Higher Education were published by the Hi... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Evaluation of Provision and Support for Disabled Students in Higher Education were published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

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]]> d781747ca01171430162f7a068a87f24 Welcome to Vasi Stamatin who joins the Centre as a visiting PhD student for six months from Babes-Bolyai University (Rom... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Babes-Bolyai University (Romania).

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]]> 93381e95b8e0964a29635e25295c2d9f Congratulations to all of our Disability MA students who graduate this month. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

]]> 6d1971f8b2e70bad5876ffe22c78f09e Representatives from 27 countries joined European Commission staff for the second annual meeting of the ANED network. Ma... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm ANED network. Mark Priestley (Sociology and Social Policy) presented ANED evidence on employment policies to the European Economic and Social Committee, and made a plenary speech on independent living to the European Day of Disabled People conference in Brussels.

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]]> 2cb5a8f056d25b365ec38e2f9fbf5a15 Sonali Shah (Sociology and Social Policy) hosted a dissemination conference combining themes from the AHRC Beyond Text w... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm AHRC Beyond Text workshop project and the 'Time of Our Lives' project.

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]]> 74bbe1dba4e70bb7b48a23775e7c6da4 Shaun Grech (Manchester Metropolitan University) presented this month's guest seminar on 'Disability, International Deve... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

]]> 6c2a003321ff0384303df5fff17b585c Mark Priestley, Sarah Woodin and Anna Lawson attended the second annual meeting of the Academic Network of European Disa... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) in Brussels.

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]]> 4123cc9ed6eaeef6a66d4551408246b2 A new report was published for the Office for Disability Issues assessing research evidence in support of the UK Governm... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm research evidence in support of the UK Government's Independent Living Strategy. Sarah Woodin (Sociology and Social Policy) and Bryan Matthews (Transport Studies) presented the findings to the ODI Evidence Day in London.

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]]> 1e7eaf2d04619df4f4f787c57ec75df8 Dr Alison Wilde (Univeristy of York) presented this month's guest seminar: 'Who do we want to be? Disability, impairment... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm 'Who do we want to be? Disability, impairment and cultural representation'

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]]> 5264e97e9c7cdbd20f46febb0e0945ff A short video called 'Performing Lives' was produced, highlighting process and findings from the AHRC Beyond Text worksh... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm short video called 'Performing Lives' was produced, highlighting process and findings from the AHRC Beyond Text workshops

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]]> d328a728b5ab6103bf0e9ba391110c2b Dr Bill Armer (University of Leeds) presented this month's seminar on 'A Developing Social Conscience, or Applied Eugeni... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm A Developing Social Conscience, or Applied Eugenics? A brief overview of selected UK social policies since 1902'

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]]> 878d9adc7b8dc66c6dd931d8862b2311 Welcome to David Shannon (Law), Holly Jones (Behavioural Sciences), Linzi Carlin and Gordon Cardona (Sociology and Socia... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

]]> 62fc17a63fbf8cceea0525813a0796d3 Welcome to Professor Masatsugu Hori, Kumamoto Gakuen University (Japan) who joins the Centre as a visiting research fell... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

]]> ac8daddcbcc8258533114517192a35d3 Key findings from the ESRC-funded project Disability Equality in English Primary Schools were reported in an article in ... http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm Disability Equality in English Primary Schools were reported in an article in Disability Now.

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]]> 0e239e17dbce66eebecb081a4ac7f02f Visitors to the Centre included Yumika Shirase, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (Japan). http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/news.htm -- Delivered by Feed43 service

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