Introducing our newest member of the Department for Children and Families at the University of Worcester, Sarah Hutchins. Singing in the change with Semester 2, 2024 in the Department for Children and Families! My first Semester as a new lecturer within the Department for Children and Families is drawing to a close and it is… Continue reading Meet the team!
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A GLASS HALF FULL
Read this new blog from Angela Hodgkins and Alison Prowle as they discuss the importance of Strength-based practice, available from: https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/academic-blog/a-glass-half-full-a-strength-based-hope-inspiring-approach.aspx Hodgkins, A. and Prowle, A. (2023) Strength-based Practice with Children and Families. St Albans: Critical Publishing. Prowle, A. and Hodgkins, A. (2020) Making a Difference with Children and Families: Re-imagining the Role of the Practitioner. London:… Continue reading A GLASS HALF FULL
Social Pedagogy Networking Event
June 2023 What does social pedagogy have to offer a wide range of professions? Introduction The University of Worcester led social pedagogy networking event brought together a vibrant group of people from a diverse range of professions; from adoption services, to play advocates to those lecturing in the field of business management. Everyone who attended… Continue reading Social Pedagogy Networking Event
EECERA Conference 2023: Portugal
From Thursday 31st August till Saturday 2nd September 2023, Angela Hodgkins, a senior lecturer from the Department for Children and Families, attended the European Early Childhood Educational Research Association (EECERA) conference. The conference is held annually at a different European city each year, and this year it was in Estoril, Portugal. The conference theme was… Continue reading EECERA Conference 2023: Portugal
Social Pedagogy Development Network Mini Event
Date and time: 8th June 2023, 10.00 am-12.30pm It’s time to book your free tickets! We warmly invite you to join us in the Glass Room at the Hive, Worcester for a Social Pedagogy Development Network mini event. We will be part of an international network involving 15 other simultaneous events across Europe and would… Continue reading Social Pedagogy Development Network Mini Event
UWDCF Research team meet with Local MP
Senior lecturers Dr. Carla Solvason, Samantha Sutton-Tsang and Niki Stobbs from the Department for Children and Families met with Robin Walker, MP on Friday 21st April to discuss a research report they had written about the wellbeing of early years practitioners and teachers. The report focussed particularly on the impact of Covid-19 on practitioners’ well-being… Continue reading UWDCF Research team meet with Local MP
Conference Reflection
This year’s conference organiser, DCF’s Olivia Storey, reflects on the conference from February and shares some of the feedback received from conference attendees. After three years of the DCF conference being online, we were able to take a blended approach and return to campus this year for our February 2023 conference titled ‘Healing the hurt,… Continue reading Conference Reflection
Conference Reflections
‘Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope’. One of the key note speakers, Erica Strudley-Brown, reflects on the Department of Children and Families Conference which took place on 11/2/23 at the University of Worcester. The ‘Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope’ conference was expertly organised and delivered by The Department for Children and Families. The entire… Continue reading Conference Reflections
Conference Reflections
One of our keynote speakers at the DCF conference, Elena Lengthorn, reflects on the day. “My enormous thanks to Olivia and her super DCF colleagues for creating such a welcoming space, and devoting time, to explore the difficult issues surrounding our climate and ecological crisis. It was powerful to reconnect with our shared first virtue… Continue reading Conference Reflections
Conference reflections: Connecting with nature
Nicola Watson, one of our keynote speakers at the DCF February Conference reflects on what was ‘a magical day’.