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Welcome to OXA Associates - Graham Goulden
Graham Goulden is a retired Scottish police officer. The last years of his career were spent as a Chief Inspector with the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit.
Now Graham is a leadership and violence prevention trainer. He is a passionate advocate for using the bystander approach to engage communities to help address levels of harm in society, in workplaces, in schools, and in sports teams. He works nationally and internationally and is a sought-after speaker and trainer about violence prevention. Graham has in recent years supported the development of successful prevention campaigns aimed at engaging men in the prevention of violence.
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Welcome to OXA Associates - Professor Niven Rennie
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Having over 30 years’ experience as a police officer, Niven was heavily involved in the Scottish police reform process and represented the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents throughout the consolidation of the eight police forces of Scotland into a single national force - Police Scotland.
On leaving the Police Service he became the CEO of a homeless charity before being appointed as the Director of the multi-award-winning Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU), serving from July 2018 until December 2022. The SVRU were pioneers in adopting a public health approach to violence prevention and became the template for the UK Home Office programme to reduce serious violence across England and Wales.
Welcome to OXA Associates - Professor John Coxhead SFHEA, FRSA
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Professor John Coxhead is an experienced pracademic who has worked in professorial roles, at the Universities of Keele and Loughborough, and in specialist professional policing roles, with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
Better outcomes for children and young people with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Prof. Gilmour's T2A Interview about how early intervention could prevent children and young people with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) from coming into contact with the criminal justice system.
"T2A has had a longstanding interest in Stan’s research into ABI, which can impact the process of becoming a fully mature adult1. That’s why it’s crucial to raise awareness of how it presents and impacts people’s behaviours.
The exact number of young adults in the justice system who have an ABI is unknown, but studies suggest that 49-72% of young people in custody have an ABI. Hence we can assume there’s a comparable percentage within the 18- to 25-year-old group."
Scottish International Policing Conference 29 November 2023 - The James Smart Memorial Lecture
Prof. Gilmour was awarded the James Smart Memorial Lecture Medallion by the Chief Constable of Police Scotland and Prof. Liz Aston of SIPR following the delivery of his Keynote Lecture at the Scottish International Policing Conference on Community Well-Being & Safety: Building Partnerships in Policing
"In the rush of urban existence, we find ourselves caught up in the relentless pursuit of success after success, leaving little time to nurture our relationships, passions, and, most importantly, ourselves. The pace of life has left many feeling like strangers in their own lives, as if they are merely spectators, commentators, or influencers, rather than active participants in change."
Prof. Stan Gilmour
Lecture summary available on Blog Page
Workshops for the preparation of the 2024-28 Youth Strategy for the Canton of Sarajevo.
27 September 2023
Our CEO was invited by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to speak with work stream leads and representatives during two days of preparations for the Sarajevo Canton Youth Strategy.
The OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Youth of the Canton of Sarajevo and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, held a multi-stakeholder event on 27 and 28 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to support the development of the 2024-2028 Youth Strategy.
“The strategy aims to meet the needs and aspirations of young people and to create a better future for them and for the Canton of Sarajevo as a whole,” said Nikad Uk, Prime Minister of the Canton of Sarajevo.
Launch of the UN Toolkit on Gender and Human Rights -
Vienna 21 September 2023
Having participated in the Expert Group during the preparation of the Toolkit, our CEO, Stan, was invited back to the UN for the Launch.
“We must work together internationally to ensure there is a renewed emphasis on prevention efforts where the most marginalized, and the most at risk from harm and victimization are at the centre of our response and are protected,”
highlighted Minister Sarah Dines, UK Minister for Safeguarding in a video statement.
Blogs link
Scopium Workshop - Protecting Vulnerable Populations in the Digital Age
University of Oxford
Professor Gilmour spoke of data collaboration in the research papers presented at this event - with special thanks to Prof Ying Yu, Scopium resident Director of its Digital Research Cluster, who brought about the opportunity for our participation - examined a range of topics. These included the mark of technology on daily life; how individuals utilise technology; and the challenges that individuals, consumers, children, lovers, societies and researchers face, all with a sincere concern for protecting vulnerable populations. The speakers were seeking to bring peace and resolution, questioned policies and definitions, illuminated on potential future challenges in AI, and discussed gaps in academia and policy due to the ‘missed use’ of data and lack of insight.
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