Minister sees how Welsh Assembly Government projects are helping substance misuse services

Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Social Justice, Dr Brian Gibbons, has seen how a number of new Welsh Assembly Government projects are helping substance misuse service users when he attended the Gwent Service User Seminar at Greenmeadow Farm in Cwmbran.

 

Wired-Gov press release 17/9/09

Children’s Low Vision project launched

Rhodri Morgan, Welsh Assembly Government’s First Minister spoke at the the annual Welsh Eye Care Conference at Cardiff University’s School of Optometry. 

 

He said: “As part of our Welsh Eye Care Initiative we are funding the Children’s Low Vision project, which enables children and young people with Low Vision to access the services provided by health, education, social care and third sector organisations.  It also encourages multi-disciplinary working between professionals from health, education, social care and third sector organisations. We also look forward to the launch of the Children’s Low Vision Toolkit in a few months time”.

WAG press release from Wired-Gov 28/09/09

New books in Voyager

The new books search is now working in Voyager. Simply click the New items tab and select the time period you want to search. You can also restrict your results to a particular location such as the Library and Information Centre.

A-Z list of journals

The Library has a new page for the A-Z list of journals.  You can use this to get to a journal title we subscribe to quickly.

The listing allows you to browse and search for both print and electronic journals and to see what titles we have in a particular subject category.

Child Poverty Bill

From Intute:

The Child Poverty Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 11th June 2009 as Bill 112 Session 2008-09.

“The Bill would provide a statutory basis to the commitment made by the Government in 1999 to eradicate child poverty by 2020.” It “places a duty on the Secretary of State to meet four United Kingdom-wide income poverty targets by the end of the financial year 2020″. These are Relative poverty; Combined low income and material deprivation; Persistent poverty; and Absolute poverty.

The progress of the Bill can be followed from this Parliament webpage and the full text of the document can be accessed in html or PDF format. http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2008-09/childpoverty.html

Looking for somewhere to study?

Are you looking for a quiet place to study? Do you need a group study area to work on an assignment together? Need to use a PC? The LIC has a number of different defined study areas to cater for you different study needs or learning styles. The Group Study Area is in the Study Hall (West Level 3) next to Costa Coffee and Silent Study Areas can be found on West Levels 1 and 2 and East Levels 2,3 & 4. More information can be found on our web pages or ask at the Information Desk in the LIC.

Child wellbeing and child poverty

Child wellbeing and child poverty : where the UK stands in the European table.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090423-1057587

Survey Resources Network

From Intute:

The Survey Resources Network (SRN) is a service funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to “co-ordinate and develop ESRC activities related to survey research methods”. The aim of the Network is to “provide a coherent and integrated approach to the development of skills and knowledge, the dissemination of research findings and research resources, and the promotion of best survey practice”.

SRN offers flexible and practical training in survey skills; it contributes to ESRC strategy in survey research methods; and it explores new data management processes with the intention of improving the data collection process. SRN also offers online resources including the Survey Question Bank (the successor to the ESRC Question Bank) and links to other relevant online material.

SRN is based at the University of Essex, in partnership with the Institute for Social and Economic Research, the National Centre for Social Research, the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Southampton, the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute of Education, and the UK Data Archive.

http://www.surveynet.ac.uk/

Community Payback

From Intute:

Community Payback is part of the main UK government website Direct.Gov. It enables UK citizens to vote for the schemes which they would like offenders sentenced to community work to undertake in their local area/ community. The site includes general information on the work of the Parole Board and the nature and purpose of community sentences, as well as the opportunity to vote online and view public feedback.

http://communitypayback.direct.gov.uk/

Care Quality Commission

From Intute:

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an independent regulator of health and social care services in England which was created in 2009. Its remit includes NHS social care services, nursing homes, dentists and mental health services. Its website provides information on its aims and remit. It provides access to press releases and reports containing guidelines on standards in social care for professionals and assessments of quality and policy in health and social care.

http://www.cqc.org.uk/