The Social Workers Union (SWU) are offering four grants of £500 to social work students who can write the most compelling argument for how the profession can solve austerity. Timed
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Scotland has changed, politically and culturally, in recent years, with persistent demands for independence culminating in a referendum in 2014. On this fluid political landscape, social welfare can be co-opted
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Cambridge University has said it has a “significant problem involving sexual misconduct” as it emerged it had received 173 reports of improper behaviour in nine months since launching an anonymous
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The Sir John Cass’s Foundation is to fund a series of ‘Completion Bursaries’ for care experienced students – those who have spent time in care under the age of 18
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Training programmes for social workers are helping improve skills, understanding and confidence, but a high number of practitioners don’t finish them. These are the main findings of an independent evaluation
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Patient care in the NHS could suffer because of a workforce “crisis” among doctors, leading medics have warned. Fewer people are choosing to enter medicine or remain in the NHS
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Students are being urged to get vaccinated to protect themselves against meningitis before starting university amid “rapid increases” of cases of a deadly bug. Health leaders are encouraging soon-to-be university
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Social Work graduate, Hiba Nour, has shared her experience of arriving in the UK from her home country of Sudan eight years ago to ultimately qualifying and securing employment. On
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Stroke patients are benefiting from an idea two Essex occupational therapy students came up with during a placement at Colchester General Hospital. A Cognitive Stimulation Room has been established on
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An innovative and exciting new collaboration was celebrated this week with the official launch of the Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery. The School is a partnership between Oxford Brookes
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