From Pete Alcock, Maggie May and Sharon Wright, It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Angus Erskine, a key contributor to the early development of the SPA, who passed […]
One of the highlights of the Social Policy Association calendar is our awards ceremony, held during the annual conference dinner each year. This year, the ceremony took place at the University of Nottingham. The awards […]
The Social Policy Association is undertaking a consultation to help determine the future focus of its work. As part of this, it is running a survey to be completed by all of those with an […]
The purpose of the Social Policy Association (SPA) is to advance research, teaching and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Social Policy, and to represent the interests of our members. To help us achieve […]
The Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grants programme for Autumn 2023 is now open for applications. Deadline: 29 September 2023 (decisions to be communicated by 20 October). As previously, this scheme is designed to enable events to happen which […]
The third SPA-commissioned report on Social Policy teaching in Higher Education Institutions across the UK has now been published. It can be downloaded on the SPA website here (printer-friendly version here). The study was based […]
The SPA’s 2023 conference is hosted by the University of Nottingham, and takes place from Wednesday 5 – Friday 7 July 2023. For those attending, you can access all practical information and FAQs on our […]
A welcome and information session for ECR and PGR colleagues attending the Social Policy Association conference will take place 9:30am-10:30am on Wednesday the 5th of July. It will be held in room B1 in the […]
By Dr Bridget Meehan, Policy Officer, Advice NI The inevitable Move to Universal Credit (UC) got underway in Northern Ireland this April. UC is the biggest change to the social security system since its inception […]
Stephen Crossley, Stephen Ashe, Alison Jobe, Hannah King and Sui Ting Kong, all from the Department of Sociology at Durham University, received support from the Social Policy association to hold two events critically examining the […]
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