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School of Applied Social Studies

We provide an educational and research environment which promotes a culture of critical intellectual and practice enquiry in the social sciences based upon participation, inclusion and diversity.

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Happening On 07/03/2024
07 Mar 2024

Webinar #6: Decision making, assessment and risk in social work

Decision making, assessment and risk in social work Click to watch (a new window will open) Presenter: Professor Brian Taylor, Ulster University, Northern Ireland Find out more about his new co-edited book: The Sage Handbook of Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work (2023)
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24 Jan 2024

BYCW student Shauna Pumphrey awarded inaugural Fórsa Bursary

Congratulations to Shauna Pumphrey on being awarded the Finbarr O’Driscoll Memorial Bursary of the Cork branch of the Fórsa Trade Union. Shauna is a final year student on the BSocSc (Youth and Community Work) degree programme.
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Happening On 22/01/2024
22 Jan 2024

Webinar #5: Using Tik Tok to Engage Young People in Child Protection in Finland: The Sossut Project

Using TikTok to Engage Young People in Child Protection in Finland: The Sossut Project Click to watch (a new window will open) Presenters: Camilla Jokela, Social and Emergency Services, Soite, Finland and Maija Haapala, Pesäpuu, Finland. Camilla and Maija are social workers in Finland who use Tik Tok to address child protection and children’s rights in a way that takes children and young people’s own media as a starting point. The TiKTok Sossut project seeks to ‘translate’ the practical language of child protection practice and policy for young people. The project also addresses misinformation in child protection as practitioners can’t talk about cases due to confidentiality. This project won a major Finnish government award in September 2023. Click here to view these TikToks.   
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Happening On 27/11/2023
27 Nov 2023

Webinar #4: Methods of Transformative Participation in International Child Protection Contexts

Methods of Transformative Participation in International Child Protection Contexts Click to watch (a new window will open). Monday 27th November 1-2. Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click on the button a the top of the page or here to register. Presenters: Professor Kati Križ, Emmanuel College Boston and Mimi Petersen, Ph.D, University College Copenhagen
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