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Centre Co-Director elected to British Academy for pioneering work across Law and Sociology

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The UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences has elected the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Co-Director Professor Adam Crawford to its prestigious Fellowship.

Experts call for national connected data model to transform children’s services and boost economy

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A new report shows how proven approaches already working in Northern England can be scaled nationally to address the urgent need for better data sharing across children’s services.