This is the latest news from the School of Social Policy, its Departments and Research Centres.
News
- Description
- Social Work lecturer creates media rich mobile phone and tablet app.
- Date:
- 10/06/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Jon Glasby's article 'Despite the difficulties the NHS is not dead yet' is published in The Conversation.
- Date:
- 10/06/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- All are welcome to this open seminar where Dr Chris Allen, Dr Kathryn Farrow and Ozlem Ogtem Young will present their recent report on 'Supporting Peabody Communities - a fresh approach to anti-social behaviour'.
- Date:
- 05/06/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Listen to the podcast of the keynote address given by IRiS academic Nando Sigona at the international symposium held in Oxford on 11-12 April.
- Date:
- 04/06/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- New report entitled 'Health and Wellbeing Boards: Orchestrating the possible for integrated care' has been published.
- Date:
- 03/06/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- The recent emphasis on commissioning in health and social care has sought to strengthen the market and enable the diversification of provision in a mixed economy of care. Whilst current reforms are not new, and indeed are being echoed in other parts of the globe, they seek to further embed markets in health and social care and as such the time is right to examine the limits of such reform
- Date:
- 30/05/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Surinder Guru, Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Birmingham, writes for 'The Conversation' on the future the families of the Woolwich murder suspects may be facing.
- Date:
- 30/05/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Ahead of the launch of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) on 13 June, Dr Jenny Phillimore contributes to the Birmingham Brief and asks 'Why does superdiversity matter?'
- Date:
- 30/05/2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences