We are delighted to announce that Ruth Strudwick, Professor in Diagnostic Radiography and Head of AHP, School of Health, Sciences & Society CAHPR East Anglia is now Deputy Editor Health and Interdisciplinary studies for the Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning.

Ruth Strudwick writes: I am excited to be joining the Board of the Journal of Practice Learning and Teaching as Deputy Editor for Health and Interdisciplinary Studies. I have been a reviewer for several journals and I have really enjoyed that role, now I am thrilled to be taking on this role

Booking open!

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Save the date: Reviewing articles for academic journals Monday, 15th June 2026, 16:00-17:00 (UK) by Zoom. An online seminar by Dr Mark Doel Emeritus Professor at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is the co/author of over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Booking opens 13 May at www.whitingbirch.net

Groupwork Journal call for papers: Decolonising Groupwork, Guest Edited by Dr Suryia Nayak of Salford University. See www.whitingbirch.net for details.Abstracts by September 30 2026. Groupwork that values knowledge, practice and models for social justice and liberation.

From current issue Vol 33 no 1 Group Treatment with Sexual Offenders: A Choice Theory Based Approach Gloria Smith Cissé, Robert E. Wubbolding, Willa J Casstevens, doi.org/10.1921/gpwk... www.whitingbirch.net see Groupwork Journal

Groupwork and Research in current Vol. 33 No. 1 www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri... issue: Entry-level teamwork behaviours through a groupwork lens: Findings from employer interviews and job advertisements Salomien Hester Boshoff, Corlia Janse van Vuuren, Habofanwe Koloa doi.org/10.1921/gpwk...

A post for World Social Work Week: Groupwork with disadvantaged communities in North West, Lokaleng village in South Africa- social responsibility by Elizabeth Smit journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

Developing an effective IPE learning activity for midwifery and medical students: Use of a quality improvement model and researcher-teacher partnership methodology Sonya Morgan, Judy Ormandy, Christine Jackson, Lyndal Honeyman, Rose Spence, Robyn Maude, Eileen McKinlay www.whitingbirch.net

For World Social Work Day today: Malihi-Shoja, L., Catherall, D., Titherington, J., Mallen, E., & Hough, G. (2013). We aren’t all winners. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 11(3), 8–16. doi.org/10.1921/jpts...

On the theme of World Social Work Day tomorrow: Olusa, O. R. (2023). Racial, Social and Spatial Inequalities: Supporting Black African students on practice placement using Ubuntu Philosophy. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 20(2). doi.org/10.1921/jpts...

Tomorrow is World Social Work Day and the theme is: ‘Co-Building Hope and Harmony: A Harambee Call to Unite a Divided Society’. Today and for the next week we will be posting links to articles which align with this theme.

Exciting times! Pre order link siobhanmaclean.co.uk/publications.... @basw-uk.bsky.social @siobhanmaclean.bsky.social @jojofinchers.bsky.social @tinyiry.bsky.social @oluromadeolusa.bsky.social @elaineljames.bsky.social @elainewilson.bsky.social @researchip.bsky.social @nimaljude.bsky.social

Simulated-Practice Learning: a systematic narrative review by Joelle Salje in Vol 23 no2 journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... Aims to provide a critical overview of the existing literature around simulated-practice learning in undergraduate nursing students following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philip Archard, Editorial Board member of Social Work and Social Sciences Review has published with colleagues the following article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Twelve Tips to Mastering the Effective Elements of Peer Group Supervision: Practical Guidance from a Narrative Review and Expert Perspectives: Stephanie Howarth, Wendy Ducat, Alexandra Neary journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

Seeking Deputy Editor, closing date 8 January.

'a rich and internationally grounded collection of papers that speak directly to contemporary challenges and innovations in practice learning, supervision, simulation, and educational leadership across social work, nursing, and allied health professions' Prospera Tedam, Editor, Editorial this issue

Social Work and Social Sciences Review Editorial Board Member Philip Archard has published with colleagues this article in Mental Health Review www.emerald.com/mhrj/article... Developing practice research in mental health: experiences in adult recovery and specialist child and adolescent settings

Gloria Kirwan (Co-Editor Groupwork) gave a paper at the UN world summit on Social Development in Qatar in November 2025.

Prospera Tedam (Editor) JPTL and the rest of the Organising Committee, International School Social Work Conference at NWU South Africa in September: Marelize Vergottini (host, NWU, South Africa), Jennifer Rafter (Anglia Ruskin University) and Maria Kjelleren (Umea University Sweden)

Social Work and Social Sciences Review Editorial Board Member Philip Archard has co-authored the following editorial in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine (CUP:) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

JPTL is seeking a Deputy Editor (Health and Interdisciplinary Studies; see www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri... for details. Closing date January 8 2026. Please forward to colleagues who may be interested.

Special issue now online at whitingbirch.net

New issue online: Social Work in Schools Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... including Building perspectives and innovation in school social work: Maria Kjellgren, Jennifer Rafter, Prospera Tedam, Marelize Vergottini and other important articles

A new issue of Groupwork journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/GP... with editorial: Focus on Practice by Nick Pollard. Articles include: Internship Supervisors' Perspectives of Group Work Within Social Work Practice by Shirley Simon, Kristina Lind, Teresa Kilbane and more important new work

Delighted with the launch of this report today with @drmuireann.bsky.social @oluromadeolusa.bsky.social . Read the full report here . www.epiconline.ie/library/be-s... @whitingbirch.bsky.social @ucdspswsj.bsky.social

Dr Philip Archard of the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust, a member of the Editorial Board of the Whiting and Birch Journal Social Work and Social Sciences review has published the following article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Social Work in Schools: new issue online now journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... including An Interprofessional Skills Development Program for Pre-Service School-Based Professionals (Erika Gergerich and Stacey Gherardi) and other important articles

Groupwork Journal Board member Jorūnė Vyšniauskytė-Rimkienė has shared details of the European Groupwork Camp 2025 in September in Lithuania smf.vdu.lt/en/european-... (note for those who have not been on one: the Camp is not tents but a hotel in a nice location)!

Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning Board Member Michael Sy (right of of photo): Occupational Therapy in the Philippines: Theory, Practice, and Stories. edited by Michael Sy, Roi Charles Pineda, and Caroline Fischl. www.drmikesyot.com/book-launch-....

Editors of Whiting & Birch journals at the European Conference on Social Work Education in Salzburg, Austria. Prospera Tedam and Mark Doel presented their study on anti-racism in Social Work. Prince Agwu showcased his research on children's health rights and school health in Nigeria.

The third part of the Luso-Hispanic Groupwork series now online. Articles in Spanish and Portuguese with English translations. Important perspectives on social work with groups in contexts including young entrepreneurs and community care and support journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/GP...

Using the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots of Perplexity and ChatGPT as a teaching and learning tool for practice teachers and students within social work placement: article by Margarita McGovern in Vol 22 1-2 now online journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

The value of using a storybook to protect the psychological health of children during COVID-19 in resource-limited communities by Maude Mthembu Tanisha Raniga Michael Boecker journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SW... An African perspective on the effects of Covid on child mental health

Transformative online groupwork in a large not-for-profit organisation in Australia: by Neil Richard Hall and Andrew King in Groupwork and Technology Vol 32 now online journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/GP... 'the same level of client feedback and outcomes were achieved using online groupwork'

Article in vol 22 1-2: Using the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots of Perplexity and ChatGPT as a teaching and learning tool for practice teachers and students within social work placement, by Marguerita McGovern journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

The second of our special issues on child welfare in Africa. Includes: The roles of social workers and community volunteers in providing services to foster care children living with HIV in South Africa: A scoping review. By Priscilla Gutura, Jeff Zwelithini Khosa. And other important articles

Student prize winning articles: Addressing unmet needs in adolescent eating disorder treatment with an ongoing remote-access peer support group by Emily Baronfeld and Supporting the researchers of traumatic experiences by Casey Wynne whitingbirch.net Groupwork latest and previous issues online

Groupwork Student Essay Prize 2025: opportunity for students to publish and to win a prize of $100. We value work with groups in the diverse contexts in which student practitioners operate. Support and mentoring in the writing process may be offered. Details www.whitingbirch.net/data/ip/ip00...

Strategies to use online forums to teach social work students critical reflection: article now online at journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... by Sharif Haider, Open University. A research study involving tutors, with a discussion of the practical implications of teaching at a distance.

On advance publication at whiting.birch.net: journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... Developing an effective IPE learning activity for midwifery and medical students: Use of a quality improvement model and researcher-teacher partnership methodology’ Authors

A brilliant seminar today from @drtamcane.bsky.social - lots to think about in terms of how we ensure social workers can have meaningful discussions about race, culture and identity with current and prospective foster carers and adoptive parents. Looking forward to Thursday’s webinar also.

Delighted to be listening to @drtamcane.bsky.social at @ucdspswsj.bsky.social , Dublin talking about transracial fostering and adoption. Attending with colleagues @drmuireann.bsky.social @oluromadeolusa.bsky.social @sarahdonnelly.bsky.social

We are committed to publishing in languages other than English because so much good research and practice is excluded from the English-language world. This is the second issue about groupwork in Spanish and Portuguese with English translations.

The first of two issues with important articles on child welfare in Africa. Edited by Marcus Chiu, Prince Agwu and Ebenezer Cudjoe journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SW...

We are profoundly grateful to Professor Marcus Chiu and Professor Jerome Carson for their outstanding work as Co-Editors. They will publish a valedictory issue. We are delighted to announce that the new Co-Editors are Xue Yang and Ebenezer Cudjoe more details www.whitingbirch.net

New Co-Editor Xue Yang is Assistant Professor in the JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her PhD in Psychology and MPhil in Social Work. www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri...

New Co-Editor Ebenezer Cudjoe has contributed to the Review as an Editorial Board member and Guest Editor. He is Lecturer in Childhood Studies in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri...