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School of Social Work & Social Policy

News

  • PhD success in the School!

    Mhairi Gavin, who was supervised by Professor Laura Piacentini and Dr Claire McDiarmid (Strathclyde Law School), successfully defended her PhD Thesis on 17th October with no corrections.

  • Nordic Welfare Research Conference
    Chris Deeming and Johannes Kananen, University of Helsinki, have had a Panel accepted for the forthcoming Nordic Welfare Research Conference “Towards Resilient Nordic Welfare States: Challenges, Responses and Consequences” 14-15 March 2019, University of Helsinki, Finland.
  • Funding from the Scottish Universities Institute 
    The Bereavement Research and Innovation Group (BRIG) and colleagues from Dundee University successfully applied for funding from the Scottish Universities Institute
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Events

  • Wednesday
    October
    24th
    Research Seminar Series

    Find out more about our exciting research seminar schedule for this semester. We have a wide range of interesting topics by staff and visiting scholars!

  • Friday
    October
    25th
    Upcoming launch of ‘The Inner Level’

    Glasgow Life, Strathclyde Centre for Health Policy and the Mental Health Foundation are partnering to bring you the Scotland launch of The Inner Level.

  • Tuesday
    November
    13th
    Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research 2018 Annual Lecture 

    You are invited to the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research 2018 Annual Lecture which will take place at the University of Strathclyde on Tuesday 13 November, 17:00.


Discover more about the School of Social Work & Social Policy

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Equally Safe in Higher Education

This Scottish Government funded programme aims to eradicate gender-based violence in Higher Education. The research team works on generating new data on attitudes to and the extent of gender-based violence with Scottish Higher Education institutions. Find out more about the programme.

StrathLife

Find out everything you need to know about life at Strathclyde!

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Research Seminar Series

Find out more about our exciting research seminar schedule for this semester. We have a wide range of interesting topics by staff and visiting scholars so please come along!

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Study with us

Thinking of joining us at Strathclyde? We can help with any questions.

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CELCIS

Find out more about the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, where children, young people and their families are at the heart of their services.

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Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ)

We're home to CYCJ - Scotland's national youth justice centre. It's funded by the Scottish Government and supports improvement in youth justice, contributing to the realisation of better lives for individuals and communities.

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Kilbrandon Lectures

The lecture series was set up to commemorate the Kilbrandon Report of 1964, which led to the establishment of the Children's Hearings System.

Take a look at our links to previous lectures.