| Currently Kay is Professor of Childhood Policy, School of Social and Political Science, Programme Director of the MSc in Childhood Studies, and Co-Director of CRFR.
From Oct 1999-March 2003, she also served as Director of Policy
and Research, Children in Scotland. Children in Scotland is the national membership agency for
organisations and individuals working with children and their families.
For further information see, http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/social_policy/tisdall_kay
Consultancies include: Barnardo’s Scotland; Children in Scotland; ChildLine; European Network on Masters of Children’s Rights; Fife Rights Forum; Glasgow City Council; Govan Law Centre; Save the Children Scotland; Save the Children Sweden; Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People; Scottish Consumer Council.
• Visiting Speaker: Göteborg University (2003), Oslo University (2004) and University of Copenhagen (2005), University of Fribourg, Switzerland (2005), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania (2007), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (2008), University of Delhi, India (2010)
• Member of the UNCRC Incorporation Working Group, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People (2011- )
• Member of Play Scotland, Play Reference Group (2010-2011) • Co-chair of Millennium Cohort Survey ethics and methodology of surveying children working group (2010)
• Member of the NSH Health Scotland Advisory Board, Children and Young People's Mental Health Indicators for Scotland (2008-2009)
• Chair of Education Working Group, Inclusion Europe (2008)
• Member of the Education and Children Quality Assurance Panel, Office of National Statistics (2007-2009)
• Member of Children in Scotland’s Policy Committee (2006-2009)
• External Examiner for Undergraduate Social Policy, Queen’s University Belfast (2007-2011)
• External Examiner and validator postgraduate degree ‘Childhood in the 21st Century’, Liverpool John Moores University (2002-2007)
• External Examiner for Masters degree (University of Cape Town) and PhD (Queen’s University Belfast, University of Durham, University of Otago, University of Sheffield, University of York)
• External Reviewer for MA Education programme (Children & Young People route, Liverpool Hope University (2010))
• Validator undergraduate BA in Childhood Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands (2004)
• Academic Adviser to the Scottish Executive’s Children & Young People’s Group (2002-2003)
• Member of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Special Educational Needs (1999-2003)
• Consultant for the Disability Rights Commission (2001-2002)
• Member of the Scottish Executive Review Group on Provision of Educational Psychological Services (2001-2002)
• Member of the Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights Board of Management (1999-2001) |
