UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence - Working with Children and Young People
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2003

3 October

Launch of the UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence: working with children and young people. Venue: University of Surrey. For further information contact: marilyn@ukobservatory.com

21 October

Peer Relationships and Bullying: The Role of Peer Support a keynote paper by Helen Cowie at the 24 th Australian Family Therapy Conference entitled Relationships, Reconciliation and Children. Venue: Adelaide, Australia. For further information visit: www.familytherapy.org.au

24 October

Raising Achievement Through Peer Support a keynote paper by Dawn Jennifer at Luton & Bedfordshire Healthy Schools Scheme Annual Conference. Venue: Flitwick, Beds. For further information contact: dawn@ukobservatory.com

27 November

The Role of Peer Support in Schools , a keynote paper by Helen Cowie at the Bullying In Schools: The Role of Peer Support ChildLine Cymru/Wales Conference. Venue: Mold, North Wales. For further information visit: www.childline.org.uk

2004

27 January

Creating Safer Schools by Reducing Violence a seminar by Julie Shaughnessy and Dawn Jennifer at the Birmingham City Council Education Service Inclusion Support Development Day. Venue: NEC, Birmingham. For further information contact: julie@ukobservatory.com

23 February

UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence stand at the Making the Difference, DfES Anti-Bullying Conference. Venue: South West Region. For further information visit: www.teachernet.gov.uk/antibully

26 February

Tackling Violence in School: Principles Into Practice a paper by Helen Cowie at the Tackling Truancy and Anti-Social Behaviour in Schools: Prevention and Early Intervention. Venue: Central London. For further information visit: www.neilstewartassociates.com/ja126

15 March

UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence stand at the Making the Difference, DfES Anti-Bullying Conference. Venue: East Midlands Region. For further information visit teachernet.gov.uk/antibully

15-17 April

Evaluation of Checkpoints For Schools in Birmingham (2002-2003) a poster by Dawn Jennifer and Julie Shaughnessy and Doing Research With Children and Young People a poster by Dawn Jennifer and Helen Cowie at The British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2004. Venue: Imperial College, London. For further information contact: the Conference Office on 0116 252 9555 or visit www.bps.org.uk

20 April

UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence stand at the Making the Difference, DfES Anti-Bullying Conference. Venue: Eastern Region. For further information visit: www.teachernet.gov.uk/antibully

23 April

The Use of CheckpointsFor Schools a seminar led by George Varnava at the Making An Impact Conference, New Directions In Behaviour Support Conference. Venue: Leicester University. For further information visit: www.ndbs.org.uk

26 April

UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence stand at the Making the Difference, DfES Anti-Bullying Conference. Venue: West Midlands Region. For further information visit: www.teachernet.gov.uk/antibully

30 April

Future Projects and Emotional Literacy , a presentation by Julie Shaughnessy at the Primary Headteachers' Conference 2004. Venue: National Gallery. For further information contact: julie@ukobservatory.com

10 May

UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence stand at the Making the Difference, DfES Anti-Bullying Conference. Venue: Humber Region. For further information visit: www.teachernet.gov.uk/antibully

20-21 May

Violence in Schools - Strategies of Intervention - Peer Support , a presentation by Helen Cowie, at the Teacher Training and Conviviencia in Educational Institutions conference. Venue: Palencia.

4 June

Emotional Health & Well Being in Schools , a research seminar by Helen Cowie a the University of Sheffield. For further information click here.

14 June

UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence stand at the Making the Difference, DfES Anti-Bullying Conference. Venue: North West Region. For further information visit: www.teachernet.gov.uk/antibully

27-31 July

Strategies to Counteract Violence in Schools: An Overview a paper by Helen Cowie at the School Psychology: Whose Needs? Whose Benefits? 27 th Annual Colloquium of the International School Psychology Association hosted University of Exeter. Venue: University of Exeter. For further information visit www.ispaweb.org or email r.l.burden@exeter.ac.uk

9-11 September

Peer Support: A Model of Intervention Against Bullying a keynote address by Helen Cowie at the Tackling Violence: Models and Solutions Conference, Institute of Scientific and Public Expertise and Institute of Psychology. Venue: Moscow. For further information visit: www.violence2004.nm.ru

14-18 September

Beating Behaviour in Schools: Organisational Readiness a paper by Julie Shaughnessy at the BERA Annual Conference being held at UMIST, Manchester. For further information visit: www.beraconference.com

18-22 September

Can Peer Support Challenge School Violence? a paper by Helen Cowie at the XVI World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression. Also, a UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence symposium chaired by Helen Cowie on behalf of colleagues, including Dawn Jennifer. Venue: Santorini, Greece. For further information visit www.vasa.abo.fi/svf/up/santorini.htm

2005

31 March - 2 April

The BPS Quinquennial Conference: Psychology for the 21st Century is taking place at the University of Manchester this year. Nathalie Noret from UKO will be presenting papers on 'Help Seeking Behaviour in Adolescence' and 'Islamaphobia in Adolescence'. See http://www.bps.org.uk/events/ac2005/ for further details.

12 April

Helen Cowie will be presenting a paper entitled 'Peer Support' at 'Living Together: a seminar on School Relationships' to take place in Spain. The event is being jointly organised by the Education Office at Guadalajara and the University of Alcala de Henares, near Madrid.

24th June

Reducing Bullying at Break and Lunch Times - The Walker's Stadium, Leicester.
Professor Helen Cowie will be speaking on 'Peer support - a challenge to school bullying'

28th June

Effective Peer Support - Newmarket Racecourse.
Professor Helen Cowie will be giving a talk entitled: 'How effective is peer support?'

12-14 July

The British Society of Criminology Conference 'Re-awakening the Criminological Imagination', takes place this year at the University of Leeds. UKO members are presenting a panel called 'Violence in Schools: Young People as Agents of Change'. For more information, please go here.

18th July 2005

I Power Anti-Bullying Conference for Young People is taking place at Stoke Newington School Media Arts College Theatre in London. For full Conference details please follow this link: www.bully.org

8-9 September

"Ethics of Research with Children and Young People" Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Hull. Dawn Jennifer is presenting a paper entitled "If they don't like the front of it they ain't going to open it".

6-7 October

The IX International Meeting on the Biology and Sociology of Violence will be held at the Queen Sofia Centre for the Study of Violence, in Valencia, Spain. The Conference is entitled 'School Violence'. Helen Cowie will be presenting a lecture on School Violence in the United Kingdom in the Round Table session - Experiences in Europe. For more details, please go to www.gva.es/violencia

January

European Observatory of Violence in Schools, will be hosting the III International Conference on 'Violence in Schools' in Bordeaux, France

20-21 November

National I Power I Anti-Bullying Conference for Young People, Somerset, UK.
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Next Event:

2007

tbc

4th International Conference on School Violence and Public Policies hosted by the European Observatory of Violence in Schools . Venue: tbc. For further information contact: MÈl : Obsviolence@aol.com

Updated: 29-Mar-2007

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