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Past events

The Deprivation Idyll: recollections of growing up in Scotland by professional football players

Thursday 09 April 2009

Dr McKendrick will present a paper to the International Conference on Well Being and Place at the University of Durham. The paper will be based on on-going research funded by the Carnegie Trust for Universities in Scotland. The paper appraises the way in which the childhood environments of professional football players are portrayed in their autobiographies. Use the link below to contact John or visit http://www.geography.dur.ac.uk/Conf/Default.aspx?
More info: j.mckendrick@gcal.ac.uk

'Transmitting Deprivation: The Media, Poverty and Public Opinion'

Thursday 02 April 2009

Dr Sinclair will present a paper to the Policy Studies Research Centre (University of Lincoln). The paper discusses key findings from the recent SPIU project examining media representations of poverty and welfare in the UK, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Use the link below to contact Stephen or visit http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/policystudies/Research/current_events.htm
More info: stephen.sinclair@gcal.ac.uk