Universal Children's Day was celebrated on campus today (20 November) with a breakfast drop-in in Essex House hosted by the Centre for Inquiry & Research in Cognition, Learning and Teaching in Sussex (CIRCLETS).

Professor of Education Judy Sebba gave a presentation on a three-year qualitative study of UNICEF UK's Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA), published this month.

The project, which is running in more than 1,000 UK schools, teaches children to distinguish between their wants, needs and rights. Through working with teachers to develop school charters on classroom behaviour, children learn that with rights come responsibilities.

Judy has been working with Dr Carol Robinson at the University of Brighton on the study.