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This book arises from teaching carried out by the editors on the MSc in Childhood Studies, offered since 1999 at the University of Edinburgh (www. childhoodstudies. ed. ac. uk). As part of this degree, we offer a specialist course,‘Listening to children: research and consultation with children and young people’, which aims to enable postgraduates to develop advanced skills in these areas. Through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Methods Programme, we received additional funding to develop this course for continuing professional development, with a significant e-learning component. Much of the book’s content builds from resources developed for this online course, including the case studies, group work toolkit, top tips and glossary. The main chapters also incorporate many insights gained through our teaching on this course. This book is therefore very much a collaborative creation …