News: Invitation to contribute to Social Policy masterclass with PhD students
Do you use one or more methodologies in your research in an area of social policy? Would you like to give a talk to PhD […]
Month: November 2025
News: Tribute to Professor John Ditch
Provided by Adrian Sinfield, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy , University of Edinburgh — My very good friend and collaborator of many years, John Ditch, […]
Blog: Making a Contribution: Reflections on my role as a UC Claimant Survivor advocating for co-designed welfare reform. Blog 2: Critical Perspectives on lived experience in Social Security Policy Research
Lisa Holden Just knowing that I am connected to a bigger picture is so important. Knowing I am not alone in my lived experience of […]
Blog: Promoting Students’ Engagement with Formative Essays through Reflexive Learning
By Arvind Kumar, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, & Associate Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. — Introduction Formative […]
Event: Friday 5th December 2025: SPA Tax and Social Policy Group Annual Conference on Poverty & Tax
The Social Policy Association’s Tax and Social Policy Group is holding its annual conference on the theme of Poverty and Tax in December. The event is […]
Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop
Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop 12th March 2026 The University of Glasgow We are living in a time of polycrisis, where related and interdependent […]
Blog: Skills in the UK: Challenges and Opportunities for Boosting Economic Growth and Achieving Net Zero
By Elke Heins (University of Edinburgh) and Steven Ballantyne (Freie Universität Berlin). Image by Easy-Peasy.AI. — The UK’s skills landscape is undergoing significant reform in […]