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News and Events
17 Oct 2025
School attains the Athena Swan Bronze Award.
We are delighted to announce the conferral of an Athena Swan Bronze Award on the School of Applied Social Studies in recognition of our efforts to recognize and address gender inequalities.
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03 Oct 2025
Webinar #12: Working conditions of social workers under neoliberalism: challenges to professional discretion
Friday 3rd October 2025, 1-2 pm (Irish time, same time as London, Lisbon). Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click here to watch the webinar. Presenters: Dr Jessica Toft, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, USA Image copyright: overkil6 from https://www.freeimages.com/photo/mechanical-clock-1234989
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23 Sep 2025
Webinar #11: Forecasting harm, judging risk: a comparison between ChatGPT and social work practitioners
Tuesday 23rd September 2025, 1-2 pm (Irish time, same time as London, Lisbon). Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click here to watch the webinar back. Presenters: Professor David Wilkins, Cardiff University, Wales Image copyright: Creative Commons - https://apicciano.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
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26 Aug 2025
Webinar #10: Exploring the evidence base of social recovery: implications for social work practice
Tuesday 26th August 2025, 1-2 pm (Irish time, same time as London, Lisbon). Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click here to watch the webinar. Presenters: Dr Calvin Swords, @UCCsocialwork. Image copyright: thebluediamondgallery (Creative Commons).
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