Improving life chances and making hope possible through education, RPDC2025: Keynote slides

The theme of the 2025 Research and Development Conference at Edge Hill University was 'Improving life chances and making hope possible through education'. The conference took place on 16th and 17th July 2025 and explored how best to understand and address challenges facing children, families, young people, and communities, and how it is essential that we work together, share knowledge, and collaborate. The two keynote talks were given by Professor Eunice Lumsden (Professor of Child Advocacy and Head of Childhood, Youth and Families, University of Northampton) on 16th July and Professor Miranda Thurston (Professor of Public Health, University of Inland Norway) on 17th July. The slides for their talks are attached here. Professor Eunice Lumsden, 'Back to the future: Nurturing the child in the moment, nurturing the child in the young person and nurturing the adult they will become' (PowerPoint file). Professor Miranda Thurston, 'From physical activity interventions to physically active learning: schools as ‘ideal settings’ for promoting physical activity' (PDF file).