Annual Report 2004/2005 - ICAR
Annual Report 2004/2005 - ICAR Annual Report 2004/2005 - ICAR
ICAR’s contribution to knowledge transfer‘Knowledge transfer is about combining education,relationship building, innovation and investment, totransfer the outcomes of universities' teaching andresearch to industry and society’.‣ Asian Development Bank - Commissioned Christopher McDowell to advise Indian,Chinese and Cambodian governments on the management of impoverishmentrisks arising out of planned development investments and involuntary populationdisplacement.‣ Greater London Authority - Commissioned ICAR to apply its methodology formonitoring press coverage, to examine the local and cross-London presscoverage of refugee and asylum issues. Draft report submitted in April 2005influenced GLA’s new initiative for Press Awards acknowledging good reportingof asylum in London.‣ Coventry City Council - Have commissioned ICAR to undertake research inresidential areas of Coventry to gauge people’s attitudes to asylum seekers andrefugees and evaluate City Council initiatives to improve community relations.Commission based on ICAR’s Understanding the Stranger work.‣ The Law Society - Have commissioned ICAR to advise The Law Society on aproject to assess why immigration detainees receive often poor quality legaladvice in UK detention centres. Commission based on ICAR expertise inresearch methodologies among refugees and knowledge of the asylum legalsystem.‣ Refugee Council - Invited ICAR to sit on Council Research Advisory Group‣ Housing Association - Invited ICAR to sit on Advisory Committee for CharitableTrustICAR 4th year report August 1 st 2004 to July 31 st 2005 28
AcknowledgementsConsultative CommitteeICAR would especially like to thank members of our Consultative Committee fortheir help, advice and guidance. By guarding ICAR’s commitment to independenceand acting as a rigorous sounding board they play a vital part in ICAR’s developmentand progress. ICAR's consultative committee meet three times a year in an advisorycapacity to ICAR's staff. ICAR is very grateful to the following members for theircontinued support:‣ Lord Browne-Wilkinson - Chairman - retired Law Lord‣ Professor Michael Clarke - Director of the International Policy Institute, King'sCollege London‣ The late Sir Jack Hibbert - former Director of the Central Statistical Office‣ Professor Roger Jowell - Director of the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys,City University‣ Dr Khalid Koser - Lecturer in Human Geography, University College, London‣ Lord Moser - former Director of the Central Statistical Office, Chairman of theBritish Museum Development Trust‣ Professor Phyllida Parsloe - Emeritus Professor of Social Work, Bristol, Chairmanof the North Bristol NHS Trust, Trustee of the Sir Halley Stewart Trust‣ Dr Vaughan Robinson - Director of Migration Unit, University of Wales, Swansea‣ Sam Younger - Chairman of the Electoral Commission, former head of the BritishRed Cross & the BBC World ServiceExternal consultants and partner organisations‣ Amy Barbor and Rose McCausland from Living Lens are working on the focUSproject in Peterborough.‣ Fran Porter and Sean Spencer from Frontline AV is working on the focUS projectin Coventry.‣ Candida Blaker is an arts evaluation consultant working on the focUS project.‣ Neil Amas, formerly of Praxis, is working on the Building bridges communityhandbook.‣ Kate Smart of asylum initiatives is involved in the research of ICAR's asylum inthe media projects.ICAR 4th year report August 1 st 2004 to July 31 st 2005 29
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AcknowledgementsConsultative Committee<strong>ICAR</strong> would especially like to thank members of our Consultative Committee fortheir help, advice and guidance. By guarding <strong>ICAR</strong>’s commitment to independenceand acting as a rigorous sounding board they play a vital part in <strong>ICAR</strong>’s developmentand progress. <strong>ICAR</strong>'s consultative committee meet three times a year in an advisorycapacity to <strong>ICAR</strong>'s staff. <strong>ICAR</strong> is very grateful to the following members for theircontinued support:‣ Lord Browne-Wilkinson - Chairman - retired Law Lord‣ Professor Michael Clarke - Director of the International Policy Institute, King'sCollege London‣ The late Sir Jack Hibbert - former Director of the Central Statistical Office‣ Professor Roger Jowell - Director of the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys,City University‣ Dr Khalid Koser - Lecturer in Human Geography, University College, London‣ Lord Moser - former Director of the Central Statistical Office, Chairman of theBritish Museum Development Trust‣ Professor Phyllida Parsloe - Emeritus Professor of Social Work, Bristol, Chairmanof the North Bristol NHS Trust, Trustee of the Sir Halley Stewart Trust‣ Dr Vaughan Robinson - Director of Migration Unit, University of Wales, Swansea‣ Sam Younger - Chairman of the Electoral Commission, former head of the BritishRed Cross & the BBC World ServiceExternal consultants and partner organisations‣ Amy Barbor and Rose McCausland from Living Lens are working on the focUSproject in Peterborough.‣ Fran Porter and Sean Spencer from Frontline AV is working on the focUS projectin Coventry.‣ Candida Blaker is an arts evaluation consultant working on the focUS project.‣ Neil Amas, formerly of Praxis, is working on the Building bridges communityhandbook.‣ Kate Smart of asylum initiatives is involved in the research of <strong>ICAR</strong>'s asylum inthe media projects.<strong>ICAR</strong> 4th year report August 1 st <strong>2004</strong> to July 31 st <strong>2005</strong> 29
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