Barbie Clarke spoke at the Naace Conference to a large audience of school leadership, local authorities and advisors about research carried out the FK&Y on one-to-one tablet devices in schools. The talk can be seen here

Family Kids & Youth’s Barbie Clarke discussed children’s safe use of social networking sites on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on Tuesday 5 February which was Safer Internet Day. Organised by 70 countries, Safer Internet Day aims to raise awareness of the challenges faced to ensure children are protected online. Safer Internet Day

FK&Y’s Tablets for Schools full report can be downloaded from the Tablets for Schools website at Tablets for Schools

at the MRS Kids and Youth Conference – Siv will talk about findings from a UK nationally representative survey carried out with parents, children and teachers. Digital Kids and Youth Research

Participation v Protection: Defining the boundaries of research with children. Barbie Clarke, Richard Ellwood Director of Brand and Marketing Research, Disney Channels and Agnes Nairn, Professor of Marketing at EM Lyon Business School join debate with Barry Ryan, Director of the MRS Policy Unit. MRS Members Evening

Speakers from Carphone Warehouse, TOTP Magazine, CBBC, Morrisons, Brook, Soreen, Immediate Media, Complete Control, The Walt Disney Company, Egmont Publishing – MRS

Family Kids and Youth take part in discussion on children and social media at Social Media Week Conference.

Results presented by AA’s Karen Fraser at the ‘Marketing and Children: What Next?’ event on 17 October at which Minister for Children and Families Edward Timpson MP formally launched the Bailey Review’s ‘stock take’.

Launching the Digital Kids day Barbie presented Family Kids and Youth’s latest digital survey carried out with parents, children and teachers. Blog

The report looks at the cognitive, social and psychological benefits of children’s interaction with music.