ADR UK Researcher Symposium: Care experienced children and young people

Register now for the next ADR UK Researcher Symposium, taking place online on Tuesday 17 June 11:00 – 12:30. This free event will explore insights on children and young people’s experiences with social care. 

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Administrative data contains a wealth of information that can help us understand people’s experiences and enables critical research evidence that can improve lives. Embedding administrative data into research and policy development will have real-world implications for care-experienced children to ensure they all can thrive. 

Following the recent report and online event from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) in collaboration with ADR UK, we are delighted to bring together researchers from across the UK whose studies were used in the report.

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This event is for anyone with an interest in research insights around the care system across the UK. This includes all researchers – whether you’re familiar with administrative data or not – as well as policymakers, practitioners and professionals working in the voluntary and community sector. 

Agenda

• 11:00 to 11:05: Chair’s introduction – Dr Aideen Maguire, Co-Director ADR Northern Ireland 

• 11:05 to 11:15: ADR England Community Catalysts and NatCen report (Aideen Maguire in conversation with Professor Karen Broadhurst, Lancaster University) 

• 11:15 to 11:30: Childhood contact with social services and risk of suicide or sudden death in young adulthood: identifying hidden risk in a population-wide cohort study (Dr Sarah McKenna, Queen’s University Belfast, ADR NI) 

• 11:30 to 11:45: Growing up in kinship care (Dr Joanna Soraghan, University of Strathclyde, ADR Scotland) 

• 11:45 to 12:00: Born into care: Understanding care pathways and placement stability for infants in Wales (Dr Laura Cowley, Swansea University, ADR Wales) 

• 12:00 to 12:15: Care experience, ethnicity and youth justice involvement: Key trends and policy implications (Dr Katie Hunter, Manchester Metropolitan University, ADR England) 

• 12:15 to 12:25: Any further questions  

• 12:25 to 12:30: Closing words from Aideen Maguire   

Meet the chair and presenters 

Event details

When: 11:00 - 12:30, Tuesday 17 June 2025

Where: Online

Cost: Free

How to attend: Register on Eventbrite.