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About Us

The Centre for Child and Family Research (CCFR) was established in 2002 and co-founded by Professor Harriet Ward.

Aim

  • To carry out high quality research that informs, influences and supports policy and practice for children, young people, adults, families and communities
  • Devise a programme of research that investigates issues relevant to current social policy that will inform practice.

  • Develop a robust framework for the governance of research activities

  • Adopt a critical approach to the applicability of different methodologies to the conduct of research

  • Advance the research programme, incorporating different perspectives and a wide contextual background and draw on the wealth of related expertise at Loughborough

  • Develop relationships with other universities

  • Build the profile of CCFR through widespread dissemination and marketing
 
Tel: +44 (0)1509 228355        Fax: +44 (0)1509 223943        Email: ccfr@lboro.ac.uk