Carole Willis' Keynote Speech and the Workshop Presentations are available below.

DCSF Research Conference 2008 - Keynote Speech
Carole Willis, Head of Research and Analysis, DCSF

Understanding and Improving Wellbeing and Happiness for Children and Young People

What does DCSF mean by ‘wellbeing’? And why might it matter?
Gill Ereaut (Linguistic Landscapes)

Children’s Social Well-Being in Primary School
Leslie Morrison Gutman (Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning)

Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - The Need for Better Data

Disabled Children: Numbers, Characteristics and Local Service Provision
Ann Mooney, Charlie Owen and June Statham (Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London)

Bercow Review: 6 Case Studies of Provision for Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Professor Geoff Lindsay (CEDAR, University of Warwick)

Learning from and Preventing Child Deaths and Serious Injuries

Improving Safeguarding Practice: Study of Serious Case Reviews
Wendy Rose and Julie Barnes (Open University)

Analysing Child Deaths and Serious Injury through Abuse and Neglect: What can we Learn?
Marian Brandon (University of East Anglia)

Achieving World Class Standards in Education - How Do We Compare?

Excellence and Equity – Making England’s School System World Class
Steve Leman (International Evidence Team, DCSF)

A Comparison of the Core Primary Curriculum in England to those of Other High Performing Countries
Dr Graham Ruddock (National Foundation for Educational Research)
Dr Marian Sainsbury (National Foundation for Educational Research

Sure Start - Measuring and Improving its Effectiveness

Sure Start – Measuring and Improving its Effectiveness
Ted Melhuish (Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck College)

The Sure Start Jouney
Dan Racher (Children’s Centres and Extended Schools Division, DCSF)

Pupil Attainment - The Influences of i) Ethnicity and ii) Absence

Social Class, Ethnicity and Gender: Attainment Gaps and the LSYPE
Dr. Steve Strand (Warwick University)

Absence and Attainment at Key Stage 4
Jo Hutchinson (Schools Analysis and Research Division, DCSF)

Engaging Young People in Education, Training and Employment

Activity Agreement Pilots Evaluation: Small Steps to Jobs and Learning
Jim Hillage (Institute for Employment Studies)

Supporting Families to Prevent Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour

Targeted Youth Support: Rapid Evidence Assessment of Effective Early Interventions for Youth at Risk of Future Poor Outcomes?
Dr James Thomas (Institute of Education, University of London)

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB): Findings from the Evaluation of Family Intervention Projects (FIPs)
Eleanor Ireland (National Centre for Social Research)

Supporting Families – What Works?

Implementation of FNP in 10 Pilot Sites in England
Professor Jacqueline Barnes (Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London)

A Review of How Fathers Can be Better Recognised and Supported through DCSF Policy
Shane Beadle (GHK) James Page (formerly GHK)

Child Poverty - Everybody’s Business? The Cross-Government Child Poverty Unit and the Challenges Ahead

Research Poverty Unit
Laura Adelman (Research and Measurement Team, Child Poverty Unit, DCSF)

Perspectives on Child Poverty
Paul Harvey and Emma Wallace (Ipsos MORI Social Research)

Supporting Parents to Support their Children - Latest Findings from Two Pilot Programmes

Evaluation of the Parent Support Adviser Pilot
Professor Geoff Lindsay (Director of CEDAR, Warwick University)

Influences on Pupil Progress in Primary School - Narrowing the Gaps within Key Stage 2 (Findings from EPPE 3-11)

EPPSE - An Associate ESRC TLRP project: Mind the Gap
Brenda Taggart (Institute of Education, University of London)
Professor Kathy Sylva (University of Oxford)
Professor Pam Sammons (University of Nottingham)

What do we know about our Customers? Children, Young People and Parents