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Authentic assessment is an important way in which students can develop both academic and real-world skills.

No 32: Authentic assessment: why real world skills matter in the social policy classroom

June 4, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Lee Gregory In his lecture “The university and Welfare Objectives”, Titmuss highlights two concerns for Social Policy within Higher Education: to provide training for […]

Populist, right-wing nationalism is on the rise across Europe. What should the social policy community be doing about it?

No 31: Radical right populism: is it about inequality or ethnic nationalism?

May 29, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Markus Ketola The recent successes of populist parties in countries such as Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Finland — to name but […]

While Britons fight for better social policies, social policy academics are losing their radical edge.

No 16: A ‘radical’ crisis for the subject of social policy?

February 5, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Robert M Page At first glance, the subject of social policy appears to be in good health. Beneath the surface, however, there are signs […]

British parliament is where the fruits of academic social policy should be found.

No 13: Beneficent expert or turbulent priest? The ambiguous role of the Social Policy academic

January 15, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Hartley Dean The role of the Social Policy academic has in several respects always been ambiguous. The object of her scholarship may variously be […]

An elderly couple symbolise the process of ageing.

No 12: The neglect of ageing

January 8, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Alan Walker Social policy has neglected ageing and, as a result, it has vacated what should have been a leading role in responding to […]

What can the field of social policy learn from the Grenfell Fire tragedy? Ruth Lister reflects in her presidential address to the Social Policy Association in July 2017.

No 1: The power of hope in the face of injustice: reflections on Grenfell

October 16, 2017 S-P-A-Administrator 2

Address of Baroness Ruth Lister, Chair of the SPA, to our annual conference held at The University of Durham, July 2017. Four weeks prior to […]