Delighted to have a chapter in this forthcoming handbook edited by Prof Claudia Bernard, @carlenefirmin.bsky.social and Prof Keating www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

21 March 2026

Seeking Deputy Editor, closing date 8 January.

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

We hope you are enjoying this period of open access to mark World Social Work week. We are showcasing our international collection. Please repost @jojofinchers.bsky.social @siobhanmaclean.bsky.social @drmuireann.bsky.social @tinyiry.bsky.social

My AOP cards arrived in the post and I am excited! I look forward to incorporating them into my teaching in summer. All I can say is that every social worker should have one! #antioppressivesocialwork #socialwork.

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.

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...

Hot off the press! With @drtamcane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/sw/advance-a...

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

After nearly 2 years, @siobhanmaclean.bsky.social and I are delighted to share that our AOP cards are available for pre order.. @jojofinchers.bsky.social @tinyiry.bsky.social

Inviting submissions for this Special Issue on ‘Preparing Social Workers For Global Practice’ , guest edited by Dr Beverly Wagner @umaine and I. Details can be found here www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...

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...

We welcome abstracts that speak to the themes in this call- please circulate @lizbeddoe.bsky.social @carlenefirmin.bsky.social @cynokpokiri.bsky.social @jofinch.bsky.social

'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

Volume 23(2), our final issue for 2025 is now available online. Thank you to our authors from USA, Australia, Qatar, UK and Sweden @whitingbirch.bsky.social journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

Inviting submissions for this Special Issue on ‘Preparing Social Workers For Global Practice’ , guest edited by Dr Beverly Wagner @umaine and I. Details can be found here www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...

Interesting paper here by colleagues from @openuniversity.bsky.social . Have a read @tinyiry.bsky.social @drmuireann.bsky.social @drtamcane.bsky.social @sarahdonnelly.bsky.social

Special issue now online at whitingbirch.net

Open access articles in the Special Issue on School Social Work published by @whitingbirch.bsky.social @basw-uk.bsky.social @socservreview.bsky.social @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...

www.epiconline.ie/app/uploads/... With @drmuireann.bsky.social & Dr Joanne Kelleher @ucdspswsj.bsky.social

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

@drmuireann.bsky.social presenting our research findings on the ‘Experiences of Separated Children seeking international protection in Ireland’ . @ucdspswsj.bsky.social

How are racially minoritised children central to the bordering of Britain? @alasirriyeh.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social reflects on theories of migratisation, the work of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the erasure of belonging. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/vkEHpXp

Delighted that this special issue on SW in Schools has been published journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... @tinyiry.bsky.social @drleticia.bsky.social @marelizev.bsky.social

Proud to discover recently that Andrew Hall, a well regarded safeguarding consultant to the education sector considers my co- written book about #Supervision in #Schools to be the ‘best on the topic for the sector’ and he recommends to colleagues. Available here www.amazon.co.uk/Using-Superv...

…and this seems to be gaining traction as wol @drtamcane.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/downloadpdf/...

Delighted to share that our paper with @profprosperatedam.bsky.social , ‘We didn’t learn enough about racism and anti-racist practice’, has now reached over 20,000 readers and downloads. 🎉👏🎊 We celebrate this milestone and are grateful to our participants and readers.See: doi.org/10.1080/0261...

Ok so this is truly a ‘pinch me’ moment! Time to pop that champagne 🍾. This might be a regular occurrence for some, but for @drtamcane.bsky.social and I, this is the first (of hopefully many more to come). #researchimpact #madeitto20k #socialwork

Congratulations @jillchilds.bsky.social .. looking forward to reading this

Anyhoo, this will be the last post preceding actual publication at the end of this month. Please order it for your libraries. It's been a long-drawn process but totally worth it. A preview is available on the site, under the rubric 'major work' in cultural theory. uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/th...

editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/int... Handbook of Social Work with our chapter @martinwebber.bsky.social

editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/int... Handbook of Social Work with our chapter @martinwebber.bsky.social

Met an author i cite in my work at the #ECSWE conference in Salzburg (Srikanthan, 2019) academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...

Prof Antoinette Lombard @University of Pretoria delivering her keynote address ‘social work educators must model values that promote dignity, respect and social justice’. #ECSWE 2025. With @schoolofshabs.bsky.social

The view on the way to the Salzburg University for the #ECSWE ‘25 conference. @schoolofshabs.bsky.social

@profprosperatedam.bsky.social delivering keynote for #AFRIG 2025 conference on decolonising research and education

‘From chalkboard to ‘chatbot’. Interesting presentation at the 2025 African Researchers Interest Group (AFRIG) Conference in @angliaruskin.bsky.social , Cambridge @tinyiry.bsky.social

Today, I had the privilege to be in the same ‘virtual’ space as Prof Lambert Engelbrecht from @suhealthsci.bsky.social discussing our collaboration and an invitation to @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social to talk about his work on Culturally friendly social work supervision .

The 2nd edition of this book is out. Co-authored with a survivor of child witchcraft abuse. Order online using SW2025 for your 20% discount at www.criticalpublishing.com @jojofinchers.bsky.social @drmuireann.bsky.social @drleticia.bsky.social @scotssocialwork.bsky.social @basw-uk.bsky.social

Delighted that another manuscript with @drtamcane.bsky.social on ‘Being intentional about anti-racism in Social Work Supervision in England’ has been accepted for publication in @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social journal . We look forward to seeing this in print!

Congratulations Lisa 🎊🎊🎊

I couldn’t resist taking this photo on my way to work today…

Join us in South Africa for this conference on School Social Work 10-12 September 2025. Call for abstracts until 30 April. health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/social-work/... @drleticia.bsky.social @tinyiry.bsky.social @elainewilson.bsky.social @niamhatmu.bsky.social

Congratulations to colleagues @elainewilson.bsky.social , @niamhatmu.bsky.social and their co authors on this insightful article bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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@sarahmdonnelly1.bsky.social @elainewilson.bsky.social @niamhatmu.bsky.social @danielfadden.bsky.social @drmuireann.bsky.social @drtamcane.bsky.social

En route to Cornwall to deliver a keynote presentation tomorrow to mark World Social Work Day 2025.