This page includes obituaries, written by friends and colleagues, for people who have made a significant contribution to social policy and the SPA. If you would like to contribute a tribute to an SPA member past or present, please get in touch with the Chair of the Executive Committee.
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Provided by Adrian Sinfield, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy , University of Edinburgh — My very good friend and collaborator of many years, John Ditch, […]
The Social Policy Association (SPA) is delighted to congratulate our members recognised by the Academy of Social Sciences. Margaret Arnott, Professor of Public Policy at […]
Professor Miriam E David and Mavis Maclean CBE share their tributes to Dr Dulcie Groves. Among her many contributions, Dulcie was a founding member of […]
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 […]
By Gary Craig It is with great sadness that the Social Policy Association announces the very premature death, in late June, from pancreatic cancer, of […]
The death of Robert Pinker earlier this year at the age of 89 on February 2nd marked the passing of one of the most distinguished […]
Many colleagues will have been shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Sir John Hills FBA – more usually known simply […]
Duncan Scott died on 17th May 2020 after a stroke. He was a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Social […]
Colleagues will be saddened to learn that John Veit-Wilson died on Sunday, 10 May 2020. John will be remembered as a very kind and generous […]
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