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PROMISE is a collaborative research project exploring young people’s role in shaping society, focussing specifically on young people ‘in conflict’ with authority.

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Meeting the Experts: PROMISE’s first UK National Policy and Practice Network (NPPN) meeting

NPPN Agenda January 2017Early in January 2017, we held our first meeting with our UK National Policy and Practice Network (NPPN) at The University of Manchester. It was a constructive and energetic meeting with a range of youth experts from across several organisations who have many years of experience working with young people. The meeting was very timely, coinciding with the planning of our fieldwork for the two case studies that are taking place in Manchester, and the input of the NPPN members in helping to develop these plans was very helpful. There are two case studies being conducted for the PROMISE project in Manchester:

 

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New UCP PROMISE website goes live!

UCP, Portugal are delighted to announce that their new PROMISE project website is now live!  The website provides details of the project, the partners they will be working with as well as information about the UCP PROMISE research team. The new UCP PROMISE website will also host a variety of outputs that result from the PROMISE project, so check the website for updates on UCP’s work.

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PROMISE is funded under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Grant Agreement no. 693221.

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Research, question
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Open all senses
Open all defenses, ask
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