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ESRC Centre for Care @centreforcare.bsky.social · 1d

Centre for Care Director, Kate Hamblin, has contributed to a new House of Commons Library briefing entitled 'The implications of population ageing for social policy'.

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The implications of population ageing for social policy

The UK population is ageing, with some ageing better than others. This has implications for health and social care, housing, pensions and education policies.

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 2d

🔊The SPA Opportunity Grants scheme for Autumn 2025 closes this Friday 10th October!

💷Up to £1K or £5K available to support social policy events.

Details here:

▶️https://social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-grants/

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 16d

📣New blog: "Tax Expenditures: Challenges and Opportunities in the UK and Beyond"

By Agustin Redonda (Council on Economic Policies) and Adrian Sinfield (University of Edinburgh).

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Blog: Tax Expenditures: Challenges and Opportunities in the UK and Beyond - Social Policy Association

By Agustin Redonda (Council on Economic Policies) and Adrian Sinfield (University of Edinburgh). — Earlier this year, the first in-person conference of the Social Policy [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 16d

🔊The SPA Opportunity Grants scheme is now open for its autumn 2025 round!

💷Up to >£1K or <£5K available to support social policy events.

Deadline 10 October. Details here:

▶️https://social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-grants/

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Gideon Calder @gideoncalder.bsky.social · 22d

The ever-fruitful @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social Opportunity Grants scheme is now open for its autumn 2025 round. As always, applications are warmly welcomed. Deadline 10 October. Details here: social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-...

Opportunity Grants - Social Policy Association

Social Policy Association Opportunity Grants Please find information below about the Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grants programme for Autumn 2025. Deadline for applications: 10 [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · 22d

📣New blog: "Who are working people and why is growth good?"

By Neil Small, Emeritus Professor of Health Research at the University of Bradford (@neilsmall.bsky.social)

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Blog: Who are working people and why is growth good? - Social Policy Association

By Neil Small, Emeritus Professor of Health Research at the University of Bradford. Keywords: Fiscal policy, growth, UK Parliament, working people. Image from Pixabay on [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣New blog: "autism education in Wales and Northern Ireland: why promises still fall short"

By Elliw Siân Williams, the blog draws on a recent undergraduate dissertation comparing autism education policies and practices in Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Blog: Autism Education in Wales and Northern Ireland: Why Promises Still Fall Short - Social Policy Association

By Elliw Siân Williams. Key Words: Autism education Wales, inclusive education Northern Ireland, autism policy UK, special educational needs, Additional Learning Needs Act Wales, Autism [...]

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Alessio D'Angelo @alessiodangelo.bsky.social · Sep 3

At Social Policy and Society (SPS) we are looking for a new Co-Editor, to work alongside me for the next few years. Deadline for applications: 20th October. SPS is a journal of the SPA (@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social). See requirements at application process on: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣Upcoming SPA-supported workshop on skills and the green transition in the UK at the University of Edinburgh.

13:00 - 17:15, Thursday 18 September

Organised by Dr. Steven Ballantyne (Freie Universitat Berlin) and Dr. Elke Heins (University of Edinburgh).

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Collaborative Workshop: Skills in the UK

Challenges and Opportunities for Boosting Economic Growth and Achieving Net Zero

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Social Policy and Society (SPS) are looking for a new Co-Editor!

Deadline for applications: 20th October.

Read all information here: social-policy.org.uk/news/call-fo...

Call for new Co-Editor – Social Policy and Society - Social Policy Association

Message for the attention of SPA members — One of the current co-editors of the journal Social Policy and Society (Dr Ruby Chau) will complete [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Aug 27

Research briefing launch event: "Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works".

12pm to 1pm, 18th September 2025

via Zoom

w/ Duncan Fisher( @duncfsh.bsky.social) and Liam Foster, Uni of Sheffield.

Info ▶️ social-policy.org.uk/events/resea...

Research briefing launch event [online]: Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works - Social Policy Association

This online event will introduce a new research briefing and generate discussion of organising and union activity among paid adult social care (ASC) workers and [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 New blog: 'How media amplification shapes Britain’s view of asylum — and why ‘hotels’ keep eclipsing everything else'

By Prof. Nasar Meer (@nasarmeer.bsky.social)

Read on the SPA website here ➡️ social-policy.org.uk/uncategorize...

How media amplification shapes Britain’s view of asylum — and why ‘hotels’ keep eclipsing everything else - Social Policy Association

By Professor Nasar Meer (University of Glasgow). — The row over “asylum seekers in hotels” looks like a story about numbers. In reality, it’s a [...]

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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · Jul 29

How can research help to rebuild solidarity for a better future? Our senior researcher Lauren Wilks has a great new blog about her first time at the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social annual conference.
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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣 New blog! "Taking stock of Welfare State Determinants: A new approach to assessing robustness in quantitative comparative research".

By Michael Ganslmeier (University of Exeter) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford).

Read on the SPA website here: social-policy.org.uk/spa-blog/blo...

Blog: Taking stock of Welfare State Determinants: A new approach to assessing robustness in quantitative comparative research - Social Policy Association

By Michael Ganslmeier (University of Exeter) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford). — The growth of quantitative comparative social policy research Since Wilensky’s seminal work [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 30

📣 Call for new SPA Policy Groups (and Groups Extension)

The SPA has launched a call to our members to apply to form new policy groups or register interest in joining an existing group.

The deadline to apply for a new group is Monday 13th October 2025.

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Call for new SPA Policy Group (and Groups Extension) - Social Policy Association

The purpose of the Social Policy Association (SPA) is to advance research, teaching and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Social Policy, and to [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 30

Great to see this blog from Lauren Wilks of @povertyalliance.org about her experience of the joint SPA-EASP conference in York earlier this month! ⬇️

The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · Jul 29

How can research help to rebuild solidarity for a better future? Our senior researcher Lauren Wilks has a great new blog about her first time at the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social annual conference.
www.povertyalliance.org/blog-researc...

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SPA Employment policy group @spaemploysocsec.bsky.social · Jul 25

New blog from group members @sionedps.bsky.social and @haylesben.bsky.social asking some questions about the potential future of Jobcentre Plus in Scotland

Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 25

📣 New blog: 'The future of Jobcentre Plus in Scotland: Multi-level messiness or a window of opportunity?'

By Dr Hayley Bennett (@haylesben.bsky.social) and Dr Sioned Pearce (@sionedps.bsky.social).

Read on the SPA website here ➡️ social-policy.org.uk/news/blog-th...

Blog: The future of Jobcentre Plus in Scotland: Multi-level messiness or a window of opportunity? - Social Policy Association

Dr Hayley Bennett (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Sioned Pearce (University of Cardiff) The UK Government’s labour market policy reforms have attracted attention and controversy [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 25

📣 New blog: 'The future of Jobcentre Plus in Scotland: Multi-level messiness or a window of opportunity?'

By Dr Hayley Bennett (@haylesben.bsky.social) and Dr Sioned Pearce (@sionedps.bsky.social).

Read on the SPA website here ➡️ social-policy.org.uk/news/blog-th...

Blog: The future of Jobcentre Plus in Scotland: Multi-level messiness or a window of opportunity? - Social Policy Association

Dr Hayley Bennett (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Sioned Pearce (University of Cardiff) The UK Government’s labour market policy reforms have attracted attention and controversy [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 25

📣 A new blog on the SPA website reflects on the recent East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP) and Social Policy Association (SPA) Joint Annual Conference at the University of York.

Read key highlights and images of the conference here: ⬇️

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Blog: Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities - Revisiting the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP) and Social Policy Association (SPA) Joint Annual Conference 2025, University ...

Image: University of York/Alex Holland Social policy, whether as cash benefits, public services or regulatory measures, is an institutionalised form of solidarity. Welfare systems are [...]

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 22

📣New blog: 'Will “banning” zero-hours contracts impact on those who are in them?'

By Dr Sarah Hadfield (@drsarahhadfield.bsky.social), it draws on research of childfree young women’s experiences of employment insecurity and financial autonomy.

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Blog: Will “banning” zero-hours contracts impact on those who are in them? - Social Policy Association

Dr Sarah Hadfield, Visting Fellow at The School of Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University. — Labour has consistently claimed that it is banning [...]

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Antonia Simon @drantoniasimon.bsky.social · Jul 14

Many thanks to @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social for the award. I was delighted to receive it!

Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 11

Excellence in social policy teaching, research and impact has been recognised by the 2025 Social Policy Association awards. Many congratulations to the winners!

View the list of winners for each category in this thread and our story on the awards here: lnkd.in/eqN2PeVs

(Images: Elizabeth Bailey)

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 21

Many congratulations once again Frances!

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Jul 11

I’m touched to win the Public Understanding Award from the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social - given to the journalist facilitating public understanding of social policy.

As an ex-academic now in the murky waters of the British media, I know ideas about poverty and inequality are more needed than ever.

Headline: Social Policy Association winners celebrated at 2025 conference.

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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 21

Many congratulations once again!

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our own @drantoniasimon.bsky.social just received the Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in Social Policy Scholarship.

Read her article on financialisation and private equity in early childhood care and education:
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Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social · Jul 11

Excellence in social policy teaching, research and impact has been recognised by the 2025 Social Policy Association awards. Many congratulations to the winners!

View the list of winners for each category in this thread and our story on the awards here: lnkd.in/eqN2PeVs

(Images: Elizabeth Bailey)

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