Core Assets Announces New Centre for Research in Fostering and Education

Core Assets Announces New Centre for Research in Fostering and Education PR Newswire BROMSGROVE, England, October 8, 2012 BROMSGROVE, England, October 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Assets has announced Minister for Children and Families, Edward Timpson MP, has officially launched a new and innovative research centre at the University of Oxford that sets out to improve the lives of children and young people in foster care. The Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, based in the Department of Education, is thought to be the only dedicated research centre in the world to examine how policy makers and agencies can improve educational outcomes for children and young people in foster care. The Rees Centre will involve carers, fostered children and young people and service providers in identifying urgent areas for research. Edward Timpson MP, said: "Foster carers make a massive difference to the lives of vulnerable children by helping to give them a loving and caring home, and the much needed stability for them to succeed at school. We need to know what works and why, so that we can give more children in care a better chance to succeed. That is why the work of Rees Centre is so important to children across the country. I very much look forward to working with the centre." Coinciding with the launch, the centre has published an international review of research on why people become foster carers.