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Latest press coverage

Project Solo Living
  Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4. Wed 9 Dec 09.

The number of people living in single person households has nearly
doubled since 1971. Why are more people living alone and what are the
consequences for the environment, economy and wider society? Laurie
Taylor talks to people researching one of the biggest demographic
shifts since World War 2.

Available at: www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ta
Media/publication

Edit (The University of Edinburgh alumni magazine)
Daily Mail
The Herald
Daily Express
The Times
Times of India
STV
The Sun
The Metro
Daily Record
BBC Radio Scotland

 

Project CRFR, Co-director Sarah Cunningham-Burley discussing changing familiy policy in relation to recent and upcoming party conferences
Media/publication

Radio Scotland - Newsweek Scotland
Click to listen until 10/10/09


Project Developing nursing practice: a counselling approach to delivering
postdiagnostic dementia support
Media/publication stv news
  The Herald
  Perth Courier

Project Growing Up in Scotland
Media/publication stv news (March 2009)
  The Herald (March 2009)

Project Care and Support Needs of Men who Survived Childhood Sexual Abuse
Kaye Adams show -
BBC Radio Scotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/
Media/publication The Herald

Project Supporting care homes residents with and without dementia at night
Media/publication The Herald (April 2008)

BBC News (April 2008)

Edinburgh Evening News (May 2008)

The Guardian (May 2008)

JRF press release

Project Growing Up in Scotland
Media/publication

BBC Radio Scotland (19th March 2008)

The Scotsman & Scotsman online (19th March 2008)

The Herald

The Sunday Herald



Coverage pre-2008    

Connect in Care
The Herald - 30th October 2007
Headline - 'Health staff can now connect with care'

Connect in Care

Evening News - 22nd October 2007
Headline - 'Care staff to share tricks of trade'

Rural and Urban Solo Living Study
Scotland on Sunday (also editorial comment), July 1st 2007.
The Guardian (Women's Page), July 4th 2007.
The Scotsman, 24th January 2006, .
'There go the grooms', ES (Evening Standard) magazine, 14 July 2006

Cool with change

Third force news - 16th March 2007
Family breakdown rates soar as Scotland falls behind UK for support services
Cool with Change CRFR and EdU mentioned

Cool with Change
Sunday Herald - 11th March 2007
Children left ‘dangerously vulnerable’ in times of crisis due to lack of support
Quote by Lynn Jamieson, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Care and Support Needs of Men who Survived Childhood Sexual Abuse
Third force news - 9th March 2007
Surviving sexual abuse
Article by Sarah Nelson

ChildLine
Times - 2nd March 2007
Tell us the facts of life
CRFR mentioned

ChildLine
Herald - 2nd March 2007
Abuse children left ‘worthless, trapped, numb and ashamed’
Quote by Elinor Newall, CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Scotsman - 2nd March 2007
One in every five child abusers ‘is a woman’
The Herald online 22nd January 2007 A picture of poverty GUS

Work-life balance
Herald - 17th January 2007
Behind every superwoman is…a man?
Quote by Laura Airey, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Scotsman - 27th December 2006
Paying respect to victims of prostitution
Article by Sarah Nelson

BBC Radio 4 - 21st December 2006
Spoilt by choice
Lynn Jamieson speaking on relationships

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey
Sunday Herald - 5th November 2006
Survey clues to drop in fertility
Fran Wasoff, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Staying together
Herald - 16th October 2006
Scientist to hunt for the secret of a long, happy marriage
Quote by Andrew Bell, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Staying together
Sunday Mail - 15th October 2006
What’s secret of your married bliss?
Quote by Andrew Bell, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Family values
Scotsman - 1st July 2006
Grandparents less likely to look after the children as care booms
Quote by
Fran Wasoff, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Holyrood - 28th February 2006
We are family Quote by
Fran Wasoff, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Cool with Change
Holyrood - 28th February 2006
Best for the children CRFR mentioned

Solo living
Herald - 13th February 2006
Meeting the right person CRFR and EdU mentioned

Cool with Change
Herald - 7th February 2006
School is where the help is
Quote by Gill Highet, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Cool with Change
Herald - 6th February 2006
Being together is ‘the way to go’ Cool with Change Gill Highet,CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Edinburgh Evening News - 13th December 2005
Hidden face of Capital’s alcohol shame EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Herald - 12th December 2005
Is this the right answer for children in desperate need:
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Herald - 11th November 2005
Family life is not for everyone Quote by Fran Wasoff
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Herald - 11th November 2005
Baby boom gone bust

Herald - 11th November 2005
One in three women born in the early 1960’s is childless

Growing Up in Scotland
Times Educational Supplement - 4th November 2005
Family futures
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Solo-living
Scotsman - 1st November 2005
Bachelor boys’ declaration of independence CRFR and EdU mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
Times - 31st October 2005
Long-term study of Scots children
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
Herald - 31st October 2005
Plan to track babies through to teenage life
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
Press & Journal - 31st October 2005
Mapping out future services for the young

Growing Up in Scotland
Press & Journal - 31st October 2005
Future generation focus of new study
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Solo-living
Scotsman - 31st October 2005
Ms Independent is married to her job
Quote by Fran Wasoff. CRFR and EdU mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
Courier - 31st October 2005
Family to join study of children
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
BBC News Online - 31st October 2005
Study to track children’s lives
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Solo-living
Scotland on Sunday - 30th October 2005
Single-minded success
Quote by Adam Smith.

Solo-living
CRFR and EdU mentioned
Scotsman - 29th October 2005
Just because you’re living alone doesn’t mean you’re single
Quote by Fran Wasoff. CRFR and EdU mentioned

Grandparents and teenage grandchildren
Daily Mail - 3rd October 2005
Yes it’s true…grannies really do know best

Grandparents and teenage grandchildren
Daily Mail - 3rd October 2005
Grandparents are teen favourites
Quote by Malcolm Hill

Grandparents and teenage grandchildren
Sunday Herald - 2nd October 2005
Forget the generation gap…teenagers say their best friends are their grandparents
Quote by Malcolm Hill

Grandparents and teenage grandchildren
Press & Journal 30th June 2005 Teenagers prefer to bend ears of their grandparents
Quote by Nicola Ross.
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Grandparents and teenage grandchildren
Daily Record Online - 30th June 2005
Kids like a gran of truth
Quote by Nicola Ross.
CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
UoE Bulletin Summer 2005 Children need more help to deal with parent’s problems
Quote by Sharon Ogilvie-Whyte.
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
Motherwell Times - 9th June 2005
Youngsters in national survey
CRFR and UoE mentioned

Young people, cannabis and family life
Daily Mail - 28th May 2005
14-year-olds recruited to sell heroin and cocaine
UoE mentioned

Young people, cannabis and family life
Edinburgh Evening News - 27th May 2005
Heroin dealer aged 14 caught in city
UoE mentioned

ChildLine
TV/Radio/Internet coverage - May 2005
For details see bound media coverage report

ChildLine
Daily Record - 24th May 2005
Help children to cope with illness

ChildLine
Times Educational Supplement - 20th May 2005
Problem parents drag children down
CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Community Care - 19th May 2005
CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Metro - 18th May 2005
Children abused by drunk parents
UoE mentioned

ChildLine
Children Now - 18th May 2005
Care plans must include friends
CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Scotsman - 18th May 2005
Parents’ poor health is leading to child abuse
Quote by Sharon Ogilvie-Whyte. CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Dundee Evening Telegraph - 18th May 2005
Scot’s children’s hidden problem
Quote by Sharon Ogilvie-Whyte. CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Greenock Telegraph - 18th May 2005
Abuse concern
Quote by Sharon Ogilvie-Whyte.
CRFR and EdU mentioned

ChildLine
Evening Times - 16th May 2005
Alcoholics’ children in heartbreak calls
CRFR and UoE mentioned

ChildLine
Sunday Herald - 15th May 2005
Study reveals despair of addicts’ children
Quote by Sharon Ogilvie-Whyte. CRFR and EdU mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
Ellon Advertiser - 13th May 2005
Growth study
CRFR and UoE mentioned

Growing Up in Scotland
Courier - 9th May 2005 Study of children’s services
CRFR and UoE mentioned

Solo-living
Daily Mirror - 17th March 2005
Best if mates
UoE mentioned

Solo-living
Edinburgh Evening News - 11th March 2005
Future will single out new lifestyle
Article by Fran Wasoff & Sarah Morton

Solo-living
Scotland on Sunday - 6th March 2005
Half 30-somethings ‘don’t expect family’
Quote by Fran Wasoff. CRFR and EdU mentioned by name

Solo-living
The Times - 12th February 2005
Power of one is turning the tables
Quote by Fran Wasoff.
CRFR and UoE mentioned by name

Edinburgh Evening News - 9th December 2004
Child drug victims treble in five years
Gill Highet EdU mentioned

Solo-living
Daily Express - 16th November 2004
The Japanese women who want our men
UoE mentioned

Solo-living
Mail on Sunday - 14th November 2004
Single-minded
EdU mentioned

Solo-living
The Times - 13th November 2004
Singletons sicker
Quote by Adam Smith, CRFR and EdU mentioned

Solo-living
The Independent - 11th November 2004
Bridget Jones, a role model for us all
EdU mentioned

Solo-living
The Guardian - 10th November 2004
As Bridget counts calories, PR gurus count pounds
CRFR and EdU mentioned

Solo-living
BBC News Online - 9th November 2004
Forget Bridget Jones-meet Brad
Quote by Adam Smith.
EdU, CRFR, Prof. Lynn Jamieson and Dr Fran Wasoff mentioned