Welcome to the Vulnerability 360 website. We want to engage in an exploration of what constitutes vulnerability in its broadest sense and, in doing that, to challenge the predominant assumptions of neo-liberal social policy which sees the poor, the marginalized and the disenfranchised as the architects of their own misfortune.
Almost a third of children have heard racist comments at school, according to research by an anti-bullying campaign that suggests they are most likely to have experienced racism by about the age of 13. A poll of 1,000 six to 15-year-olds found that...
In a letter to children’s minister Vicky Ford, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England questions the independence of the board selected to appoint a replacement for Anne Longfield, due to be announced in December. The letter raises questions over...
A damning report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has raised questions about government decisions to protect vulnerable children in response to the coronavirus pandemic.In its latest review, the Government’s response to Covid-19: human...
“Although the Covid-19 crisis has caused grim new problems for Leicester’s garment workers, the exploitation detailed in the report is not new. Concerns about working conditions and illegally low pay in Leicester’s factories have been subject to...
This article was first published by British Education Studies Association on July 8th, 2020. Our BESA Secretary Dr Steve Dixon has found some time away from his day-to-day work as a Senior Lecturer at Newman University; to reflect upon the...
Throughout the pandemic, lockdown and now an extended lockdown in our home city. Leicestershire cares staff have been working with a range of community, council, and business colleagues to ensure nobody is left behind. Much of this activity has been...
This award willing author has written another affecting novella aimed at a teenage audience that is just as compelling as ‘Because of You’ – a book we also reviewed on this site . Growing up in the shadow of alcohol addiction is an experience that...
It is impossible these days to listen to National Public Radio, watch CNN or MSCNBC, and not to realize that The United States is in a period of potentially huge changes in society, politics and it’s fundamental founding attitudes. In amongst the...
The multi-award winning author is described on the book jacket as ‘a novelist, feminist and philanthropist’ who has so far written twenty- six best selling books that have been translated into more than forty- two languages. She was born in Peru...
In January 2020, Ofsted published a consultation document on the future inspection of initial teacher education institutions in England. The new policy was announced in June and will be implemented in September 2020. Our research involved a survey...
Socio-economic inequalities cannot be blamed for increasing disproportionality in the youth justice system over the last 10 years, a major new report claims.
Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now
The inspectorate’s guidance on Inspecting teaching of the protected characteristics in schools, published on Friday, states that any secondary school not teaching about lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) relationships by summer 2021 will...
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