2016 news
Masterclasses for our MPA students from prominent British institutions
Posted on Tuesday 20 December 2016
High profile external speakers contribute to the CASPPER programme
Congratulations to Dan Hope, winner of the Practice Educator Award at the Social Work Awards 2016!
Posted on Wednesday 14 December 2016
SPSW Practice Educator wins national award
I, Daniel Blake leading actor talks to SPSW about the Ken Loach film's major impact
Posted on Wednesday 14 December 2016
Newly crowned UK Independent Films Best Actor Dave Johns is interviewed
Think Ahead featured on BBC Radio 4
Posted on Wednesday 14 December 2016
Think Ahead programme featured on BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind.
SPSW's role in the new International Development Network
Posted on Monday 5 December 2016
Decent work: Self-employment and vulnerability
Scottish Parliament debates Welfare Conditionality project
Posted on Thursday 1 December 2016
Scottish Parliament held a debate on the issues raised by the projects first wave of findings.
Research Methods Training: Developing evidence-based policy and practice for North Yorkshire Police
Posted on Tuesday 29 November 2016
Dr Nicola Moran (SPSW) delivers research methods training courses for officers and staff from North Yorkshire Police (NYP)
New study puts cost of temporary accommodation in London at £663m in 2015
Posted on Monday 14 November 2016
Julie Rugg featured on BBC Radio 4 programme - File on 4
Online learning helping University governors
Posted on Thursday 10 November 2016
Bespoke course provided by York enables them to meet the challenges of governing in HE
Real life stories’ launched to help young people through child sexual exploitation
Posted on Friday 4 November 2016
Kate Brown joins force with charity Basis Yorkshire to produce groudbreaking animation.
Lecturer in Social Work runs marathon for York Carers Centre
Posted on Tuesday 25 October 2016
Ed Robson - still smiling after 26 miles
Is there a role for US style homeownership education in the UK?
Posted on Tuesday 25 October 2016
Alison Wallace investigates the US experience on her travel fellowship
Scholarships for professionals in developing countries to enable them to bring new skills to their public service roles
Posted on Thursday 20 October 2016
The Department is delighted to partner with the CSC and welcomes our new students
SPSW peer research promoted at international conference on global child welfare
Posted on Tuesday 4 October 2016
Jo Dixon and Jade Ward present two studies on the welfare of young people at EUSARF in Oviedo Spain
Creation of innovative carers educational video resources
Posted on Wednesday 31 August 2016
Social work lecturer and student collaboration produces new educational media materials
Welcome back Jack!
Posted on Wednesday 20 July 2016
SPSW welcomes back former PhD student Dr Jack Chan as visiting Associate Professor of Sun Yat-sen University, China
Professor Alan Bryman presents at York Policy Review workshop
Posted on Wednesday 13 July 2016
Less Talk, More (Inter) Action workshop explores innovative social science research practices
Family separation research continues to have impact
Posted on Thursday 7 July 2016
Christine Skinner's research on 'Guiding parents through separation' contributes to Resolution's strategic planning
UK child poverty gaps increasing
Posted on Wednesday 29 June 2016
Jonathan Bradshaw and Antonia Keung explore how child poverty gaps in the UK are increasing
Housing First Guide Europe!
Posted on Tuesday 21 June 2016
Housing First is one of the most significant innovations in homelessness service design in recent decades
Connect project pioneers mental health training for front-line police officers
Posted on Tuesday 21 June 2016
SPSW staff and N Yorks Police begin first stages of mental health training to shape how English police forces interact with individuals experiencing mental ill health
Christine Skinner chairs international symposium on separated families and attends family law reception at House of Lords
Posted on Friday 20 May 2016
Dr Skinner continues to move research and policy forward with two international events at London and York
SPSW lecturer Kate Brown nominated for Yorkshire Women of Achievement Award
Posted on Wednesday 18 May 2016
Dr Brown is Chair of Trustees for Basis Yorkshire, an organisation that works on safety, information and support for sex workers and sexually exploited young people
Professor Dwyer featured in Guardian article on new benefits rule
Posted on Friday 29 April 2016
Welfare conditionality expert Peter Dwyer explains 'political dynamite' of new ruling
York CrimSoc welcomes Guardian columnist and ex-life sentence offender Erwin James
Posted on Wednesday 20 April 2016
Organised by Applied Social Science Crime and Criminal Justice student Alice Lovell the event treated the audience to a fascinating account of Erwin's life
International report suggests rich countries risk leaving disadvantaged children behind
Posted on Tuesday 19 April 2016
SPSW staff author latest UNICEF Report Card which assesses how rich countries fare in promoting child well-being
Is life good for children in the UK?
Posted on Monday 4 April 2016
A new book, edited by a University of York Professor in Social Policy, reveals that since 2009 UK children's physical health is improving, but they are more unhappy
SPSW at York is Ranked 4th in the UK and 25th in the World
Posted on Thursday 31 March 2016
Congratulations again for SPSW achieving spectacular ratings in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016
Media technology – the cure for modern loneliness?
Posted on Thursday 24 March 2016
A new study in conjunction with charity WaveLength, shows that media technology can help to alleviate loneliness.
Professor Nick Ellison becomes Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Posted on Tuesday 8 March 2016
Congratulations to Nick Ellison, SPSW Head of Department, for the conferment of his FAcSS Award
Heating and eating
Posted on Wednesday 17 February 2016
New research shows low income households are struggling
SPSW in the news
Posted on Tuesday 9 February 2016
Our research is hitting the headlines
Working welfare
Posted on Monday 8 February 2016
Sickness and disability benefits debate
Medical tourism - SPSW researchers present in Hong Kong at International Symposium
Posted on Wednesday 27 January 2016
Drs Horsfall and Lunt contribute to 'Innovation in Health Service Delivery' symposium
Research aims for justice in energy policy
Posted on Friday 22 January 2016
Major new research project to see how policies affect vulnerable groups
SPSW expert on Radio 4
Posted on Wednesday 6 January 2016
Christine Skinner interviewed about the UK's new Statutory Child Maintenance Scheme
Research shows a different way forward for work with separating families
Posted on Tuesday 5 January 2016
Lawyer-mediators work as 'guides' with families
Social Policy students visit Ripon Museums
Posted on Monday 4 January 2016
Students experience a victorian prison and police station