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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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News and Events
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Oct
Webinar #18: Trends in Fitness to Practise (FtP) complaints received by CORU
Presenter: Claire O'Cleary, CEO and Registrar, CORU. 16th October 2026, 1-2 pm (Irish time, same time as London, Lisbon). Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Image copyright: CORU. Watch the webinar »
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Nov
Webinar #19: The Cloud and the Ground: Digital Literacy for the Social Work Profession
Presenter: Dr Michael Wallengren Lynch, Malmö University, Sweden. 3rd November 2026, 1-2 pm (Irish time, same time as London, Lisbon). Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Image copyright: Dr Michael Wallengren-Lynch Register for the webinar »
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Sep
Webinar #17: Gaining knowledge, growing confidence: Building tools for queer and trans affirming social work practice
Friday 18th September 2026, 1-2 pm (Irish time, same time as London, Lisbon). Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Presenter: Dr Rachel Gartner. Image copyright: Dr Rachel Gartner Watch the webinar »
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Do young people trust AI and Chatbots? Here's what they had to say
Annette Loy, PhD candidate in the School, recently featured on RTE Radio's Brainstrom programme. She spoke about how young people's trust in AI and chatbot technology appears to be borrowed in many cases from trust in existing human relationships.
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