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Educational outcomes of children in contact with social care in England: a systematic review

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2019
Background In England, the state intervenes in the lives of children through Children’s Social Care (CSC) services with the aim of supporting and maintaining their welfare.
Matthew A. Jay, Louise Mc Grath-Lone
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Translational Considerations for Injectable Biomaterials and Bioscaffolds to Repair and Regenerate Brain Tissue

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the divide between education and social work in order to improve the prospects of looked after children

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2014
In the same period that British researchers have revealed a lack of effort to promote looked after children's ability to cope with academic challenges, extensive and efficient methodologies have been worked out within the field of education.
Terje Halvorsen
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Looked after children and further education in Scotland : a briefing paper [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The paper begins with a brief account of the Scottish education system and the further education college sector in particular. This account is set within the wider policy context of providing opportunities for some of the least academically qualified ...
Connelly, Graham, Duncalf, Zachari
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Three‐Dimensional Ovary Model to Improve and Study Murine Follicle Growth

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
To develop new methods for fertility preservation in women, novel culture systems for small follicles need to be established. In this work, a poly(ethylene glycol) based scaffold, with appropriate mechanical and bioactive features to support mouse follicle and ovary cell growth is developed, and the formed cell‐follicle interactions are visualized ...
Mira Jacobs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN’S PERSPECTIVES ON BOOKS BEING DELIVERED TO THE HOME DURING THE LETTERBOX CLUB SCOTLAND PROJECT

open access: yesInternational Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2017
The low educational achievement of looked after children — children in the care of a local authority — is well documented in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Andy Hancock, Juliet Hancock
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Care leavers : year ending 31 March 2002 : England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
"This bulletin presents provisional statistics on the educational qualifications of young people who ceased to be looked after in England, aged 16 or over, during the year ending 31 March 2002, and on the activity & accommodation of former looked after

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Respiratory Organ‐on‐a‐Chip for Disease Modeling: From Architecture to Functional Integration

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Respiratory organ‐on‐a‐chip (ROC) models capture key mechanical and cellular cues of the human respiratory system, enabling quantitative dissection of disease mechanisms. This review links ROC architectures to disease modeling, functional integration, and commercialization, and proposes a decision framework that aligns model complexity with mechanistic
Jinzhuo Hu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Young people in residential care talk about peer violence

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2003
Residential care for children has aroused much controversy. Several scandals involving the physical and sexual abuse of residents have led to public inquiries and reports (Kent, 1997; Utting, 1997; Waterhouse, 2000). These have almost all concerned abuse
Christine Barter
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