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School of Social Work & Social Policy

News

  • United Nations launch for global Justice for Children initiative

    A global initiative, based at the University of Strathclyde, is launching a campaign to place children at the heart of justice at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva on Thursday, July 4.

  • Service User Involvement Guide to support community justice innovation - Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice

     

     

     

    A practical guide to service user involvement in community justice that can contribute to service innovation, and help recovery and support desistance from offending, has been produced by the University of Strathclyde and the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ).

     

  • Social Work Student of the year award

    Congratulations to Calum Glasgow who won the Social Work Student of the year award at the SASW Social Work Awards 2019 . Calum is in his third year of the BA social work course.  Congratulations too to Rosie Moore (fourth year BA student) who was short-listed for the award.  This is a great achievement for them both.  Well done Calum and Rosie!

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Events

  • Friday
    May
    31st

    Newly Qualified Social Workers Conference 2019

     

    The School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde is delighted to invite you to the 2019 conference for Newly Qualified Social Workers.

  • Wednesday
    March
    27th

    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!

  • 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 Children’s Care and Protection. We improve children’s lives by supporting people and organisations to drive long-lasting change in the services they need, and the practices used by people responsible for their care.

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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.