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Why our staff chose their subjects
Staff motivations
Whilst you can view all our staff and their academic backgrounds and publications on our academic staff profile pages, we would like to share here the reasons why our staff decided to study and research their subjects.
Selected lecturers and professors have outlined what got them interested in either social policy or social work. If you're a prospective student, you might find that some of their reasons could be the same as yours.
Jonathan Bradshaw always intended to make an impact in society |
Kevin Hall is interested in the implementation of policy |
Andrew Hill was inspired by volunteering opportunities at University |
Dan Horsfall wanted to find out how decisions that affect populations are made |
John Hudson looks at the interface between politics and social policy |
Stuart Lowe looks at the policy process generally and housing in particular |
Liz McDermott looks at the links between sexuality and mental health |
Lisa O'Malley continues to study the links between crime and place |
Ian Shaw focuses on the research-practice relationship within Social Work |
