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Month: October 2025

Blog: Attending the Social Policy Association annual conference – reports from early career researchers from the Pensions Policy Group

October 20, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Attending the Social Policy Association annual conference – reports from early career researchers from the Pensions Policy Group Keywords: pensions policy, annual conference, early career, […]

News: SPA Announces Lord Sikka as New President

October 16, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

One of the SPA Executive’s tasks this year has been to replace Lady Doreen Lawrence as President given that her term has, sadly for us, […]

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News: New Social Policy Subject Benchmark Consultation Now Open

October 16, 2025 Markus Ketola 0

Over the last 10 months the QAA has been supported by an advisory board to revise the Social Policy benchmark. The consultation on the document […]

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Academy of Social Sciences: Call for SPA nominations for new Fellows

October 16, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Academy of Social Sciences: Call for SPA nominations for new Fellows.    Deadline for names to SPA: Friday 14 November  2025 at 17.00. The SPA is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). In recent […]

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Event: Embedding QAA Subject Benchmark Changes into the Social Policy Curriculum (Online, Thursday, 6th November)

October 16, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

As the consultation on the revised Subject Benchmark Statement (SBS) for Social Policy is ongoing, the SPA would like to invite all members with an […]

Event: SPA Workshop: Immigration, Citizenship, and Social Policy in the UK

October 15, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

A one-day workshop on how immigration status shapes access to work, education, healthcare, housing, and safety. Date and time: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:30 – […]

“The doubt creeps in, but we’re going to keep trying”. Blog 1 – critical perspectives on lived experience in social security policy research

October 15, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Mel. The author is an expert by experience who would like to be known by their first name only. — I didn’t even realise […]

Blog: Afternoon Tea and Policy in Renfrewshire

October 13, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

By Hartwig Pautz, Greig Inglis, Colin Clark and Julie Clark. A Social Policy Association Opportunity Grants Project Report. — The Paisley campus of the University […]

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