COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF ONLINE VS. FACE-TO-FACE GROUP INTERVENTIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Rafieifar, M. et al / Research on Social Work #openaccess #socialwork #research doi.org/10.1177/1049...

Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light

NEW on Wonkhe: All the data and headlines you need from this year's National Student Survey buff.ly/lKWgy39

This week on Wonkhe: Hailie Pentleton explores how reforms to the welfare system will create impossible choices for disabled students trying to access and thrive in higher education

Interesting decision and rationale www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

If we continue to believe that we have a duty to safeguard people, rather than safeguard their fundamental rights, we wont help keep people safe, we will merely continue to embed a culture of othering. Every person who requires residential support should have access to advocacy.

guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS

Jodey Whiting - a 42 year old disabled mum - died in 2017, leaving a note saying she had no money for food. Now, a new inquest has ruled Jodey killed herself after her benefits were “mistakenly stopped by the DWP.” Thoughts to Jodey’s mum who fought for justice. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

This week on Wonkhe: Research impact must emerge from academics' own beliefs and networks, requiring institutional support rather than interference, argue Andy Phippen and Louise Rutt

Useful research based info on helping older people who feel low in summer - we often think that feeling seasonally depressed is a winter thing but bereavement, loneliness & disability can lead to feeling low when everyone else is having fun. www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/hitting-the-...

Family carers of all ages need looking after too www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Rewriting Social Care THE BOOK now officially has a cover, and isn’t it fabulous!? It’s due to be published in September and is available to pre-order now.. more info including reviews at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/bryon... 🌼🩷

BREAKING: Judge Burroughs has granted Harvard's restraining order, barring the administration from terminating its foreign student population. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Finalists announced! The BASW Social Work Journalism Awards 2025 celebrate powerful, informed reporting on social work across the UK. Congrats to all shortlisted journalists. Winners revealed at our 10 June conference! 🔗Find out the full list of finalists here: basw.co.uk/articles/fin...

ICYMI: How To Edit Your Writing helenkara.com/2023/02/09/h... #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HowToEditYourWriting #CRMethods

'The complexities of racism mean that anti-racism is not solved through one-day training or strategies, though both are important. It demands continuous anti-racist education'. Explore the importance of embedding anti-racist social work in practice in a new blog. ow.ly/mrxn50VVq4C

New paper! Identifying the active ingredients and contextual factors of #socialprescribing when used to support the #mentalhealth of children and young people: a qualitative study - please do share! Social prescribing can be very useful for young people link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Valuable new @HealthFdn report on the potential cost of improved #socialcare. It considers three ‘levels’ of improvement and finds cost rises of between £3.4bn and £8.7bn in 2028/29 (all figures are real terms). Quick summary and some thoughts below 🔽 www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

🏆 BASW England is proud to be the headline sponsor for the Social Worker of the Year Awards! There are 18 categories shining a light on outstanding practice across children’s and adults’ services. Nominations are open until 27 May. Find out more 🔗 www.socialworkawards.com/award-entry

Oh my, it's tomorrow @robmitch92.bsky.social @jackskinner.bsky.social

New podcast episode incoming! Hannah and Matt were joined by Isabelle Trowler CBE for next weeks' episode, where we chat about the social care reforms, with a focus on multi-agency child protection teams and the interface between these and family help 💗

Utterly appalling www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

New article out with John Devaney: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson questions whether academic judgment can hold in the AI era, as flawed detection tools create a system where students can't challenge misconduct allegations buff.ly/p24YPkl

Next Monday from 11am-12pm for Mental Health Awareness Week, I'll be giving a webinar on Connecting People and how we can support people to connect with others. Please do come along: www.bespokementalhealth.co.uk/live-events/.... Thank you @bespokemh.bsky.social!

Worth a look

I'm hosting three free one-hour seminars starting next week as tasters to my full 1-day seminars with @instats.bsky.social and you are invited to join! My first free seminar is: Creative Research Methods, Tuesday 13th May: instats.org/seminar/crea... I hope to see you there! #CRMethods

Last week on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson explores new polling that reveals a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic success

Appalling www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Unbelievable. 🧪👩‍🔬🥽🧬⚛️🍎 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So glad to see the Social Work with Older People research findings published in the British Journal of #SocialWork. Making visible the expertise, nuance and creativity of social workers, and how they remain hopeful and make a positive difference alongside people in later life. tinyurl.com/4cuuthy3

It was brilliant to speak to Woman’s Hour about Who Wants Normal? We chatted media coverage of disability, taboos about dating, and why men should probably stop telling women they’re “too pretty” to be disabled. You can catch up on BBC Sounds now.

Big news www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/04/30/f...

Interesting piece on how well our system of research funding works wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. - Anne Frank

🚨 Tickets are officially on sale for the International Creative Research Methods Conference! Join us for powerful keynotes from @jacqpriego.bsky.social and @amltaylor66.bsky.social. Lock yours in here 👉 creativeresearchmethods.com #ICRMC #CreativeResearch

Today we launch our new #CareCantWait campaign, sharing stories of how good adult social care can enable us to live meaningful lives in our homes and communities, but reform and investment are urgently needed to achieve this for everyone. Find out more: www.adass.org.uk/care-cant-wait/

What is it looking like for folx at social work departments in universities being forced to strip their courses of critical theories, anti-racist praxis, social justice, et cetera and any support from CSWE? I’m hearing of courses being stripped and no idea how the CSWE is intervening. Any word??

Currently, anyone can call themselves a nurse. There's been some very worrying cases of people impersonating nurses. We must stop it. My Bill will legally protect the title “nurse”, ensuring only Registered Nurses can use it. #ProtectNurse My column ✍🏾 metro.co.uk/2025/04/24/d...

NHS in England failing to record ethnicity of those who sue over maternity care

Woo Hoo! My copy has finally arrived. So very proud to be involved in this book which has brought together some of social work’s richest thinkers and most expressive writers to create an essential’How to’ for anti-racist practice @nimaljude.bsky.social @clentonf.bsky.social @coproisaac.bsky.social

📢 NEW: Success in Social Work Research Series! BASW are delighted to launch a webinar series connecting social workers with the research community. Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/success-soci...

The UK and the US are becoming a very particular kind of “poor country”. Not poor overall in the big league tables, but in a situation where the average citizen lives in poverty. And if that doesn’t motivate you to change things, I don’t know what will? From @dannydorling.bsky.social’s book.

Today is #NationalLibrarianDay. Did you know the team from @kingsfundlibrary.bsky.social offer a free 'ask a librarian' service? If you have a question about health and care, get in touch and they might have the answer! Find out more: buff.ly/w8P4Gtj

Disabled people’s lives are ignored by popular culture or distorted for clicks. It’s time for a new narrative: where disability is defined by disabled voices - and celebrated. Who Wants Normal? out in hardback, audio and e-book TOMORROW. Pre-order: linktr.ee/WhoWantsNormal

Great to see Braun & Clarke on this list! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Marina on excellent form with this piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Interesting UK Govt statistics Fraud on PIP, 0%. Attendance Allowance 0%. Disability Living Allowance 0.1% Employment and Support Allowance 1.5% Carer’s Allowance 3% Housing benefit 3.9% Pension Credit 3.9% Why is Govt taking powers to snoop 24/7 on bank accounts of all benefit recipients?