UHI Centre for Rural Childhood - Sustainability & Policy [Claire Cody, Perth College UHI]

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The Centre for Rural Childhood is based at Perth College UHI, and is a centre of international significance on all aspects of rural childhood.

Education

Overview of the UHI Centre for
Rural Childhood, Perth College
Sustainability and Policy
October 2010

Contents
• Background to the Centre
• Activities of the Centre:
1. National research
2. International research
3. Knowledge transfer projects
4. Teaching

Background
• The Centre for Rural Childhood (CRC), based at
Perth College UHI, is a centre of international
significance on all aspects of rural childhood
• Vision for the Centre came from the late
Professor Stewart Asquith
• Opened officially in May 2007
• Appointment of Prof. Rebecca Wallace as new
Director in April 2009
• 4 full time staff and 3 part time staff members

National research
• The nature and extent of child trafficking in
Scotland
• Commissioned by Scotland’s Commissioner for
Children and Young People
• Human rights awareness raising
• Funded by the Equality and Human Rights
Commission

International research
• Support for child trafficking victims in West
Bengal, India
• Restorative practice for young offenders in
the Bahamas
• In partnership with the College of the
Bahamas

Knowledge transfer
• Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the
company Mindstretchers
• Home: the child recovery and reintegration
network
www.childrecovery.info

Teaching
• Post-graduate certificates:
Socio-legal issues of childhood
Restorative practice
• A supporting institution for the University of
London postgraduate laws programme
(distance learning).

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