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The CRC is all about children by children. Our primary objective is to empower children and young people as active researchers. The CRC recognises that children are experts on their own lives. We value the child's perspective and believe in promoting child voice by supporting children to carry out research on topics that are important to them. The CRC is based at the Open University in Milton Keynes. We offer diverse groups of children and young people a taught programme on all aspects of the research process followed by one-to-one support to design and carry out a research project. We also help them to disseminate their research findings and support a variety of outreach programmes. We have links to numerous schools and community organisations nationally and internationally and exist to contribute to the body of knowledge on childhood and children's lived experiences.

Some new youth-led research on cyber bullying, commissioned by the Diana Award in collaboration with the Children’s Research Centre, has just been released.  It sheds light on the experiences of and attitudes towards cyber bullying, with a particular focus on age comparisons between older and younger youth. This is the largest survey carried out on cyber bullying in England. The research captured the views of 1,512 young people about the nature and prevalence of cyber bullying and makes several recommendations on effective ways to tackle the issues.
Young people’s voices on cyberbullying: What can age comparisons tell us?