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New Zealand’s teachers, nurses, and other essential workers are moving overseas in droves. Whether they’re chasing sun, sea, or salary – we are gifting Australia its workforce. That leaves Kiwis dealing with long wait times and inaccessible services.
Branch secretary of Barnet Unison John Burgess applauds the mental health social workers who are beginning three weeks of strike action against low pay, unsafe workloads and poor retention
USC’s master’s degree in social work was a lightning rod, leaving students with six-figure loans and low-paying jobs for what many said was a subpar product. A 2021 Wall Street Journal investigation into the program led to inquiries by lawmakers and heightened scrutiny of the revenue-sharing model on which 2U relied…. Last November, 2U and USC announced they would unwind nearly all their partnerships. USC paid 2U $40 million, which a person familiar with the arrangement said covers the tuition revenue the company would have gotten for students it had already they recruited.
Sandra Samons, a longtime clinical social worker in Ann Arbor and University of Michigan grad, in the center of her family at her April retirement ceremony.
An aerial view of the new Liberty Square next to the old pre-World War II row houses. When the project is completed there will about 1800 new units.