This informal group of representatives from Nottingham Children’s Services, Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham is putting together the programme for the 2nd Annual Conference on Tuesday 8th January. This conference, hosted by the University of Nottingham will enable participants to share research and join discussion networks. There will also be an opportunity to learn about how to access and use the Nottingham Research Network (SEN) website hosted by Nottingham Learning Gateway.

The 1st annual conference hosted by Nottingham Trent University in January 2007 was attended by over 80 people from a wide variety of Nottingham services with interest in special educational needs, social and educational inclusion and health and disabilities.

The main purpose of the Nottingham Research Network is to enhance the well being of people with additional support needs and the skills and confidence of their carers and other professionals through:

• Promoting collaborative research in this area
• Connecting people with shared research interests in children, young people and adults with additional support needs
• Optimising the use of existing resources
• Attracting resources and enhancing networks and collaboration
• Identifying areas for development and sharing insights in order to assess the impact and effectiveness of activities
• Ensuring greater harmony and mutual benefit between research agendas and local needs/priorities
• Changing practice through theory and theory through practice

You can join the network website (www.nottmlg.org.uk) by sending your first name, last name, special interests, workplace and email address to the website administrator: Anne Emerson (anne.emerson@ntu.ac.uk). You will then be added to the interests database and be allocated a password to enter the website. You can gain information and contribute to the site by adding announcements, news, links and documents.

Downloads

Nottingham Research Network (SEN) 2nd Annual Conference (192kb)

Contact Details

anne.emerson@ntu.ac.uk

Useful Links

www.nottmlg.org.uk
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/SEN