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Social Policy, Social Work, Community Work, Youth Work, Early Years & Childhood Education, Research


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Many of the staff are involved in civil society, working actively in the voluntary and community sector


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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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20 Mar 2024

BSW students participate in Erasmus+ programme about service user involvement in social work.

Twelve Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students together with two social work academics from the School of Applied Social Studies (Dr Lydia Sapouna and Ms Lyn Dorney) participated in an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on service user involvement in social work education in Valance, France 4-8 March.
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20 Mar 2024

MSocSc Voluntary and Community Sector Management now recruiting for September 2024

What is the MSocSc Voluntary & Community Sector Management? The MSocSc Voluntary and Community Sector Management is an interdisciplinary, part-time postgraduate degree specifically designed for those wishing to develop or advance their career in the voluntary and/or community sector. It is suitable both for those already working in the sector and those who work allied to it - for example, people working in the public sector who work closely with the community or voluntary sector.
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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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