Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance
The Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is a University designated Centre of Research Excellence
Enduring Love? Project Launch
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Conference Rooms
The County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB
The Enduring Love? project launch will take place on Monday 16 January 2012 at The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Conference Rooms, The County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB.
The launch aims to provoke thinking around how adults experience, understand and sustain long-term couple relationships, methodological issues in researching personal lives, and different dimensions in relationship support. It will bring together policy makers, third sector organisations and researchers working in this area.
Panel speakers include Annabel Burns, Deputy Director, Family Law and Relationship Support (Department for Education); Kate Figes, Author and Journalist, author of Couples: The Truth; Professor Lynn Jamieson, Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (University 0f Edinburgh).
Programme
13:30-13:50 Registration, tea and Biscuits
13:50-14:00 Welcome and Introductions: Janet Fink, Jacqui Gabb, Jane McCarthy and Martina Klett-Davis (OU)
14:00-14:20 The Enduring Love? Project: Jacqui Gabb and Janet Fink (OU)
14:20-14.40 Supporting Relationships: the Policy Agenda, Annabel Burns (Dept for Education)
14:40-15:00 Writing about Couple Relationships: Kate Figes (Author and Journalist)
15:00-15:20 The Intimate Couple: Professor Lynn Jamieson (University of Edinburgh)
15:20-15:50 Discussant (tbc)
15:50-16:20 Questions and Discussion
16:20-16:40 Tea and Cake
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