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Eight months on from being elected on the promise of “change”, we’re beginning to see what Labour’s version of that looks like: sweeping cuts to the benefits system that have outraged charities, claimants and backbenchers alike.
University of Birmingham academics secure more than £700,000 to examine how the denial of recourse to public funds affects children living in the UK.
The Department for Education (DfE) has proposed a two-year support scheme for statutory children’s social workers, to replace the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) from September 2027. The planned social work induction programme (SWIP) would give new practitioners “the best possible start to their careers”, said chief social worker for children and families Isabelle Trowler, in a video message to launch a consultation on the proposals.
The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) will launch its sixth school – for social work and social development – in the third quarter of 2025…. Dr Vincent Ng will be appointed as the Dean of the school.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America called a strike of thousands of workers in Chicago in 1915. The union went on to help launch the CIO in 1935, whose strikes and occupations brought millions into the labor movement.
Investigators have developed a long-acting contraceptive implant that can be delivered through tiny needles to minimize patient discomfort and increase the likelihood of medication use. Their findings in preclinical models provide the technological basis to develop self-administrable contraceptive shots that could mimic the long-term drug release of surgically implanted devices.
