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Childhood and Youth Studies

Childhood and Youth Studies

Contributing to realising children and young people’s human rights through research, teaching, policy and practice in childhood and youth studies

Month: January 2025

Two young girls walking hand-in-hand in the countryside

Reading Time: 4 minutes All children have human rights. Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) establishes that, for the purposes of the Convention, “a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years”. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child states that “The Convention requires that children, including the very youngest children, be respected as persons in their own right” (2005, page 3).

Three children sitting together on grass

Reading Time: 7 minutes Incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law represented a pivotal moment in Scotland’s efforts to become a nation where children’s human rights are taken seriously and where there is accountability for them.

A fountain pen

Reading Time: 2 minutes Remember that paper you’ve been avoiding for months? The one that makes you suddenly discover a burning desire to reorganise your sock drawer? Well, what if I told you that two days of “structured procrastination prevention” could transform it – from a cloud that is following you around – to an almost conquered challenge?

school children reading together to a dog with their teacher in a classroom

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading to Dogs (RTD) in classrooms may at first seem unconventional, yet research in favour of the practice is growing.  RTD programmes, intended to support wellbeing and reading, are undoubtedly becoming more popular across schools in the UK and abroad, with demand often exceeding supply.

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