October 2017 - Social Policy Association

Call for REF sub-panel nominations

October 30, 2017 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Dear SPA members, As you may be aware, HEFCE has called for Research Excellence Framework (REF) sub-panel nominees. The REF is a key way of […]

Adrian Sinfield speaks about the history of the Social Policy Association at the organisation's 50th anniversary celebration at the House of Lords in October 2017.

No. 2: ‘Making hope possible rather than despair convincing’: The first 50 years of the Social Policy Association

October 27, 2017 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Social policy matters. Rigorous, independent, robust study of it matters, as does teaching the next generation to be more policy-literate. At 50 the SPA is as important […]

What can the field of social policy learn from the Grenfell Fire tragedy? Ruth Lister reflects in her presidential address to the Social Policy Association in July 2017.

No 1: The power of hope in the face of injustice: reflections on Grenfell

October 16, 2017 S-P-A-Administrator 2

Address of Baroness Ruth Lister, Chair of the SPA, to our annual conference held at The University of Durham, July 2017. Four weeks prior to […]

Social Policy Association

The professional association for lecturers, researchers and students of social policy in the UK and internationally

Month: October 2017

Call for REF sub-panel nominations