News in the School of Social Policy

This is the latest news from the School of Social Policy, its Departments and Research Centres.

News

HACT and University agree Scoping Report

Description
Detailed Scoping Report summarises the first six months of work to explore how HACT can unleash the community investment potential of the housing sector.
Date:
02/05/2013
Categories:
Research, Social Sciences

HSMC to host European Health Management Association conference in 2014

Description
HSMC to host EHMA Conference in 2014 on 'Leadership in healthcare: from bedside to board'.
Date:
29/04/2013
Categories:
Research, Social Sciences

Reflecting on Englishness and St George

Description
IASS's Chris Allen took part in a cross-college event at St George's Church in Edgbaston that reflected on the nature of Englishness in the context of the secular and the sacred.
Date:
26/04/2013
Categories:
Research, Social Sciences

Women refugees have more difficulty finding work and suffer greater health problems than their male counterparts, new research shows

Description
A major new study carried out by experts from the University of Birmingham and Cardiff University found that women refugees living in the UK experienced worse physical and emotional health than men.
Date:
25/04/2013
Categories:
Research, Social Sciences

Nicola North visits HSMC

Description
Nicola, from the University of Auckland, will be spending about 2 months at HSMC which will give her the opportunity to step back from a busy few years, and take stock of how the School of Population Health might develop health management and leadership programmes in the light of what is going on here in the UK.
Date:
25/04/2013
Categories:
Social Sciences

IASS Academics Showcase New Approaches to Using Social Media for Research, Teaching and Learning

Description
Around 40 participants from different universities and practical settings who are involved in teaching, research or directly managing degree programmes in social work and social policy, attended an event hosted by IASS academics, to provide them with an opportunity to find out more about the role social media can play in enhancing the student and tutor experiences.
Date:
24/04/2013
Categories:
Research, Social Sciences, Students, Teaching

Regional Health and Wellbeing Board Challenge events

Description
Local Government Association (LGA) challenges INLOGOV and HSMC to design and deliver a series of regional 'challenge' events.
Date:
24/04/2013
Categories:
Social Sciences

Research team from IASS launch new research into anti-social behaviour

Description
A research team from the Institute of Applied Social Studies have launched a new report setting out the findings from a research project which sought to explore the issue of anti-social behaviour (ASB).
Date:
23/04/2013
Categories:
Research, Social Sciences
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