Centre for Disability and Social Inclusion

The Centre for Disability and Social Inclusion is a specialist hub in the School of Health Sciences at City University London. The aim of the Centre is to promote social inclusion for disabled people and others at risk of social exclusion, through research, teaching and consultancy.

• Information on entrance requirements for the MPhil/PhD programme

Upcoming Seminars

All seminars from 1pm to 2.15pm unless indicated otherwise.
For more information please contact Doria Pilling, D.S.Pilling@city.ac.uk

A Whistlestop Tour through Equality, Human Rights, Mental Health and Mental Capacity

• Jo Honigmann and Camilla Parker, Just Equality: a human rights and equality consultancy
• Tuesday May 15 2012
• Room A107

Experience of the Work Programme

• Martyn Rosser, Policy and Research Analyst, Ingeus, a leading welfare-to-work provider
• Tuesday June 12 2012
• Room AG01

Evaluation of the 'Fit for Work' Pilots

• Jim Hillage, Director of Research, Institute for Employment Studies
• Tuesday July 10 2012
• Room AG01

Previous seminars from October 2011

The Ethics of Telecare

• Jennifer Francis, Research Analyst, Social Care Institute for Excellence
• Tuesday April 17 2012
• Room AG01

Evaluation of the Employment and Support Allowance

• Sara Dewson, Associate Director and Helen Stevens, Research Officer, Institute for Employment Studies
• Tuesday, March 13 2012
• Northampton Suite Room A

Changing the storyline: disability led recovery and the purple pound

• Philip Connolly, Independent Living Campaigner, RNIB
• Tuesday 19 July 2011
• Convocation Suite

Insurance and social inclusion

• Nick Kirwan, Assistant Director, Health and Protection, Association of British Insurers
• Tuesday 12 July 2011
• Northampton Suite Room A

Evaluating welfare to work programmes for disabled people

• Sara Dewson, Principal Research Fellow, Unemployment and Labour Market Disadvantage team, Institute for Employment Studies
• Tuesday 28 June 2011
• Northampton Suite Room C

Personal budgets - benefits and disadvantages

• Jose-Luis Fernandez, Deputy Director and Principal Research Fellow, Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics
• Tuesday 14 June 2011
• Room AG01

Cerebral palsy and online social networks

• Makayla Lewis, PhD Researcher, Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design, City University London
• Tuesday 12 April 2011
• Room AG01

How will Third Sector disability organisations fare in the new era of austerity?

• Mark Deal, Head of Research and Development, Enham: a disability charity
• Tuesday 8 March 2011
• Northampton Suite Room A

Investigating the usability of web interfaces for people with learning disabilities

• Peter Williams, Research Fellow, University College London
• Tuesday 8 February 2011
• Room AG01

Changes in the benefits system for sick and disabled people: are they working out?

• Sue Royston, Social Policy Officer (Sickness and Disability Benefits), Citizens' Advice Bureau
• Tuesday 11 January 2011
• Room AG01

Defying Conventions: Challenges to monitoring the disability convention in the UK.

• Marc Bush, Head of Policy, Scope
• Tuesday 7 December 2011
• Room AG01

Moments and methods:
challenges in altered lives after brain injury

• Paul Barrett, Researcher, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Interprofessional Practice, City University London; A Director of Brí, Acquired Brain Injury Advocacy Association, Ireland.
• Tuesday 9 November 2010
• Northampton Suite Room B

Communication aid mediated contributions in children's peer interactions

• Michael Clarke, Lecturer in Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London
• Tuesday 12 October 2010
• Room AG04