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by Liz Lloyd  |  16th January 2024

Liz Loyde, author of Unpaid Care Policies in the UK, shows the role and purpose of policies on unpaid care and their place within the wider context of health and social care policies over the past three decades.…Read more

by Bristol University Press  |  20th December 2023

Transforming Society's most read articles from 2023, brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press.…Read more

by Bristol University Press  |  14th December 2023

Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in our top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2023.…Read more

by Victoria Pittman  |  15th November 2023

Our Rapid Response format gives us another tool to #SpeakUp on important issues, explains Editorial Director Victoria Pittman. Quick turnaround means we can connect with those looking for immediately up-to-date info to address the most pressing global social challenges. …Read more

Jeremy Dixon, author of 'Adult Safeguarding Observed', probes the rising number of adult safeguarding concerns being reported in the UK and what might be the reasons. …Read more

by Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz  |  18th July 2023

Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz, editors of 'Social Work in Wales', outline the key findings from their new book on how social work in Wales differs from its English counterpart. …Read more

by Robin Sen and Christian Kerr  |  30th June 2023

Robin Sen and Christian Kerr speak to Jess Miles about the recent 'once in a generation' MacAlister Review of Childrens Social Care in England.…Read more

by Jill Hemmington and Sarah Vicary  |  20th March 2023

Jill Hemmington and Sarah Vicary welcome the increased focus on reflection in CPD for social workers making decisions about the statutory detention of mental health patients. …Read more

by Harriet Rowley  |  20th January 2023

Harriet Rowley, one of the editors of Young People, Radical Democracy and Community Development, looks at acts of solidarity in everyday life that create connections across differences and communities, as we saw in the World Cup 2022. …Read more

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by Louise Hardwick Molly Hardwick and Aidan Worsley  |  6th January 2023

Louise Hardwick, Molly Hardwick and Aidan Worsley research what it's like to live through austerity while on disability benefits and highlight how harmful policies consign disabled people to lives of ongoing suffering. …Read more