Social Sciences Blog Forced migrants and social justice: no justice for asylum seekers in the UK Professor Jenny Phillimore writes for Social Sciences Birmingham in aid of World Social Justice Day, which this year is focusing on ‘Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice.’ Read the full article
Posted 24 May 2018 Is anthropology legal?* Have you been inundated with emails asking you to resubscribe to contact lists lately? That's the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The codes used to guide us are designed for data protection, marketing and social media – not anthropology. Dr Rachel Humphris writes om how the GDPR will force us to rethink how we go about our research.
Posted 24 May 2018 Housing and Communities Research Group announce Conference on Hope for Housing On 9th July we are holding a research conference on community-led housing with a special focus on Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Posted 22 May 2018 A remarkable life: The longevity of the National Assistance Act BAllan Norman, Associate Lecturer in Social Work Law, writes for the Social Sciences Birmingham blog: The National Assistance Act 1948 dramatically brought about the end of an era, sweeping away the last vestiges of a Victorian scheme that had held on for more than a century prior.
Posted 22 May 2018 Mental Health Awareness Week: address your stress Maureen Smojkis, Lecturer in Mental Health, Department of Social Work and Social Care writes for the Social Sciences Birmingham blog: Mental health is a topic that has become more visible over the past decade, in part due to the increasing open discussions by those in the public eye and social movements, such as Time to Change.
Posted 22 May 2018 The National Assistance Act 70 years on – Lessons for the social care green paper Catherine Needham, Professor of Public Policy and Public Management Health Services Management Centre writes for the Social Sciences Birmingham blog: As the weight of expectations builds on the forthcoming social care green paper, it is timely that this week is the 70th anniversary of the National Assistance Act 1948 which created social services in their current form.
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