Dr Eleni Skoura-Kirk explores how the language used by policy-makers in constructing policy problems directly influences the solutions created. Looking at the responses of Greece … Read more
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Social work expert asks whether Covid-19 is an ‘equal opportunity disease’
Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Dr Sweta Rajan-Rankin notes how the Covid-19 pandemic has brought an ‘interconnectedness’ across the globe, but asks whether this actually … Read more
Covid-19 made ‘governmental ignorance’ visible says social care expert
Social care services in the UK are among the most privatised and fragmented in the Western world, this is only one of the contributing factors … Read more
PSSRU and the Tizard Centre announce PhD studentship
Funded PhD in Adult Social Care
SSPSSR and PolIR colleagues visit leading universities in China
Dr Balihar Sanghera (SSPSSR) and Dr Elmira Satybaldieva (School of Politics & IR) deliver lectures on economic reform in Central Asia.
Tizard Centre 25th Anniversary Celebration
Join us for an evening to celebrate the Tizard Centre's 25th anniversary.
Tizard PhD Studentship announced
We are pleased to invite applications for PhD Studentships at the Tizard Centre, one of the leading academic groups concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Launch of International Master’s in Advanced Research in Criminology (IMARC)
A new two year Joint Master's programme delivered by a consortium of three European universities – University of Kent, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Ghent University … Read more
Dr Kari Lancaster presents her research on evidence-making intervention
The SSPSSR Staff-Student Research seminar on 17 October 2019 will be delivered by Dr Kari Lancaster of UNSW Australia on ‘evidence making interventions’. Dr Lancaster’s presentation … Read more
Seminar seeks to improve palliative care practice in Croatia
Professor David Oliver has recently been in Cakovec in Croatia leading a Study Day on Palliative Care within the county of Medimurje. The day was … Read more