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Tributes

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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Image of Dr Angus Erskine (1953-2023)
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In Memory of Dr Angus Erskine (1953-2023)

August 29, 2023 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on In Memory of Dr Angus Erskine (1953-2023)

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 […]

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Obituary, Ian Law: Former Emeritus Professor, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.

August 1, 2022 Markus Ketola 0

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 Ian Law, most recently Professor of Social Policy at the […]

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Tribute to Professor Robert Pinker

June 9, 2021 S-P-A-Administrator 0

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 and original senior contributors to the understanding of social policy […]

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Tribute to Professor John Hills

January 8, 2021 S-P-A-Administrator 14

Many colleagues will have been shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Sir John Hills FBA – more usually known simply as John – on 21st December 2020. He was 66, […]

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Tribute to Dr Duncan Scott

May 26, 2020 S-P-A-Administrator 3

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 Work at the University of Manchester for many years. He […]

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Tribute to Professor John Veit-Wilson (1936-2020)

May 18, 2020 S-P-A-Administrator 16

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 person with a great intellect, a tremendous scholar who contributed […]

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