Posted on Wednesday 12 December 2018

Vulnerable groups frozen out of initiatives to keep people warm; needs not numbers must drive support measures.

Posted on Monday 10 December 2018

Marilyn Crawshaw delivers presentations as a member of the Donor Conception Network and the steering group of York Human Rights City Network.

Posted on Tuesday 27 November 2018

Reflecting on National Care Leavers Week, looking at the co-production work between York researchers and care leavers.

Posted on Thursday 22 November 2018

SPSW's, Dr Carolyn Snell, presented her research at a parliamentary event aimed at helping people heat homes for less.

Posted on Wednesday 21 November 2018

WelCond research is widely cited in recent UN and parliamentary reports.

Posted on Tuesday 20 November 2018

During October, the Department of Social Policy and Social Work hosted a visit from South Korean researchers and officials working in the field of social care.

Posted on Monday 19 November 2018

New Centre for Housing Policy research has been completed which contradicts the assumption that rough sleeping is largely experienced by lone adult men.

Posted on Monday 19 November 2018

Centre for Housing Policy researchers presented their work at the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, covering topics such as ending homelessness and gender inequalities.

Posted on Thursday 8 November 2018

Social care research at the University of York will receive a share of £20 million funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), boosting research to improve adult social care across the country.

Posted on Tuesday 6 November 2018

The Director of the Welfare Conditionality project takes WelCond's messages to Australia.

Posted on Thursday 25 October 2018

This zine making workshop was to celebrate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October 2018

Posted on Friday 19 October 2018

York's Professor Rebecca Tunstall is among the four successful scholars.

Posted on Tuesday 16 October 2018

Five senior public sector officials from Vietnam have arrived in the Department of Social Policy & Social Work for the autumn term.

Posted on Monday 8 October 2018

York's Dr Gernot Klantschnig has presented a paper at a biennial conference about substance use and sustainable development in Africa.

Posted on Thursday 4 October 2018

Two Visiting Fellowships are available for early career researchers.

Posted on Monday 1 October 2018

The conference will have many themes, but will particularly focus on social workers’ roles in promoting human rights and social perspectives in their work with adults.

Posted on Tuesday 25 September 2018

Social housing has improved over time, and is not as negatively perceived by residents as is so often thought, a major review has revealed.

Posted on Friday 14 September 2018

Students and Early Career Scholars are invited to submit their work for presentation and discussion.

Posted on Monday 10 September 2018

Dr Julie Rugg and David Rhodes, from York’s Centre for Housing Policy, have published a review of the private rented sector.

Posted on Thursday 23 August 2018

The DANASWAC network held their 15th annual seminar at the University of York from 13-16 August 2018, hosted by the Department of Social Policy and Social Work.

Posted on Friday 3 August 2018

The University of York will invest £1m in a collaborative programme of research into housing inequalities and social justice.

Posted on Thursday 2 August 2018

The workshop was held at the University of York and brought together researchers who examined Social and Public Policy in East Asia.

Posted on Monday 23 July 2018

Officers see their own policing of cannabis possession offences as largely ineffective, SPSW research finds.

Posted on Wednesday 18 July 2018

SPSW PhD student's research challenges the 'paradox of contented female worker'

Posted on Tuesday 17 July 2018

Dr Kay Cook returns to York for her latest collaboration with Professor Christine Skinner.

Posted on Monday 16 July 2018

The call for abstracts for the 9th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, July 2019 at York, is now open.

Posted on Tuesday 26 June 2018

For one day per week from April to December 2018, Dr Nicola Moran will be working to further develop the Connect mental health awareness training for police officers.

Posted on Tuesday 26 June 2018

Research Fellow and Lecturer, Dr Nicola Moran, has contributed to a podcast showcasing the bespoke mental health training developed for North Yorkshire Police.

Posted on Friday 22 June 2018

SPSW's Professor Martin Webber visits new social work research team at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in India

Posted on Thursday 7 June 2018

Research calls for rebalancing of sanctions and support, review of the system and end of benefit sanctions for disabled and vulnerable people.

Posted on Thursday 31 May 2018

Professor Nina Biehal presents findings from her latest research at an international conference in Florence.

Posted on Wednesday 30 May 2018

Dr Carolyn Snell will be completing the triathlon for charity, Basis Yorkshire.

Posted on Tuesday 29 May 2018

SPSW researchers analysis on the increasing child poverty gaps is featured on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Posted on Tuesday 29 May 2018

Social Policy and Social Work keeps its place in the top 10 UK Guardian University rankings

Posted on Tuesday 22 May 2018

Welfare conditionality within the social security system is largely ineffective and in some cases pushes people into poverty and crime, a major study led by an SPSW's Professor Peter Dwyer has found.

Posted on Tuesday 15 May 2018

A Research Fellow from the University of York has had her book, Ownership, Narrative, Things, published.

Posted on Friday 4 May 2018

The International Centre for Mental Health Social Research (ICMHSR) hosted a visit from its collaborators from India and Australia in April as part of a project developing social interventions for people with chronic disease in India.

Posted on Friday 4 May 2018

York professor has co-edited and contributed to a revised, go-to text book, about social security.

Posted on Tuesday 1 May 2018

A student and an alumna contributed to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April.

Posted on Friday 27 April 2018

Getting on the ladder: Researchers recruit for major new study on first-time buyers

Posted on Wednesday 25 April 2018

Welfare Conditionality consortium releases new report.

Posted on Wednesday 25 April 2018

CHP researchers find trapping effect of housing ladder on people with low incomes.

Posted on Tuesday 24 April 2018

SPRU researcher shares work on dementia.

Posted on Wednesday 18 April 2018

Dr Marilyn Crawshaw speaks at a celebratory reception at the House of Lords.

Posted on Friday 13 April 2018

SPSW Reader gives talks across the country

Posted on Thursday 12 April 2018

Dr Mathilde Maitrot reports on her research in rural Bangladesh

Posted on Thursday 12 April 2018

University of York's Social Policy and Social Work receives media coverage for their Think Ahead programme.

Posted on Thursday 12 April 2018

Dr Carolyn Snell from the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, adds to her work around fuel poverty issues

Posted on Monday 26 March 2018

Social work placement providers, Hospice Africa Uganda, celebrate with our staff after achieving accreditation for new MSc.

Posted on Tuesday 20 March 2018

Researchers from the University have contributed evidence outlining Germany’s long-term care social insurance scheme to an inquiry examining the sustainability of adult social care funding in England.

Posted on Wednesday 14 March 2018

MA Social Work students travel Uganda for unique experience of international social work

Posted on Wednesday 14 March 2018

SPSW's Charlie Lloyd speaks as part of Irish campaign

Posted on Tuesday 13 March 2018

The Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) has released a summary of findings from their research: Supporting Carers of People with Dementia, a mixed methods evaluation and feasibility study (January 2018).

Posted on Tuesday 13 March 2018

The Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) has released a five-minute film on the findings from their research project, Life Story Work in Dementia Care.

Posted on Wednesday 7 March 2018

New platform for collaborative research and resources on women's homelessness.

Posted on Thursday 1 March 2018

SPSW keeps its place in the top 10 UK and top 30 world rankings.

Posted on Monday 26 February 2018

Five Masters of Public Administration (International Development) students have been awarded scholarships from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commision.

Posted on Thursday 8 February 2018

Professor Biehal presented the findings of two University of York studies to the House of Lords

Posted on Wednesday 31 January 2018

Professor Peter Dwyer part of discussions on Universal Credit.

Posted on Monday 15 January 2018

Researchers from the Department of Social Policy and Social Work attended the European Youth Exchange with two young people with experience of care to share best practice from their current studies.