Media news
Dr. Ilhan Raman appearing on live TV programme
Londra Penceresi (London Window), on Genc TV at 22.30-0.30, 7th July 20011. Hosted by Mr Ertanc Hidayettin and co-guest Dr Tozun Issa, London Metropolitan University. The objective of the programme is to address educational needs of the Turkish speaking community in the UK with particular attention to SEN, Free Schools and dyslexia. Dr Ilhan Raman will be talking about the psychology of normal and impaired literacy acquisition; her research and related projects at Middlesex on bilingual dyslexia; and what can be done to increase dyslexia awareness within the community from parents to educators.
Sexual health professionals 'revert to rape myths'
Professionals occasionally revert to using myths about rape when discussing individual cases, even if they think they have seen past common misconceptions.
This is according to new research presented at the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology conference in Manchester yesterday, which was conducted by Susan Hansen of Middlesex University and Dr Catherine Butler of Barts and the London NHS Hospitals Trust.
http://www.bps.org.uk/media-centre/news.cfm?id=800271857
The findings came from a focus group of four sexual health professionals, who were encouraged to talk about three cases of sexual assault and Dr Butler noted that even though the "professional discourse on 'rape as power' was applied to the individual scenarios", it was not done so on a consistent basis.
She explained participants occasionally "reverted back to 'common-sense' rape myths", something that, if done during actual interaction with a victim, could "compound the psychological impact of the rape".
Professor Olga van den Akker provided expert advice on the following articles:
(1) You can tell everybody, this is our son: Elton John becomes a father at 63, Baby Born to surrogate mother in California ,Couple could face legal issues in UK over payment. Page 3 of the Guardian News Paper, Wednesday 29 December 2010.
(2) ‘Just one more baby’ page 24 of, Take a Break Magazine, 23 December 2010 issue Number 51.
Attitudes to Surrogacy, Research Study by Professor Olga van den Akker, Middlesex University and colleague
Miss Aimee Poote, University of Warwick Medical School, coverage in:
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080706194247.htm
Bio News
http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_13442.asp
London Turkish Gazette
coverage of a half-day seminar organised by Dr Ilhan Raman, on Dyslexia in Turkish speaking pupils in the UK, held on Monday 29 November 2010.
http://www.londragazete.com/haber_detay.asp?haberID=7005
