13 Apr 2006

Child and Family Welfare Teaching Colloquium at UCC, 21 April

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Child and Family Welfare Teaching is the focus for discussion at a colloquium taking place at UCC on Friday, 21 April.  Hosted by UCC's Department of Social Studies, the colloquium  is aimed at social work educators in Ireland and Northern Ireland.  The principal themes of the colloquium are:

• Preparing social work students for practice realities in child and family welfare
• The scholarship of teaching and learning
• Future links and networking

The Colloquium opens at 10am on 21 April with Opening Addresses by Kenneth Burns and Dr Debby Lynch of the Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC followed by UK Educators, Dr Mark Lymbery from the University of Nottingham and Professor Imogen Taylor, University of Sussex. The morning session closes with a round table discussion.  

The afternoon session consists of Research Presentations featuring delegates who will talk about their teaching/research related to child and family welfare.  A round table discussion on the theme "Future links and networking" follows.  

Colloquium organisers are Kenneth Burns and Dr Debby Lynch.  According to Dr Lynch "The event will create an opportunity to develop an active network of social work educators in Ireland and Northern Ireland and stimulate discussion and debate in relation to child and family welfare teaching practices and research endeavours."

The Colloquium takes place on Friday, 21 April  in the Beara Room, Devere Hall (Aras na Mac Léinn).  

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