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Changing identities, changing realities: Social work research in a cold climate

Social Work and Social Sciences Review

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Title Changing identities, changing realities: Social work research in a cold climate
 
Creator Whittaker, Andrew; London South Bank University, and Tavistock Clinic
 
Description The potential of a researcher development initiative (RDI) programme to develop capacity within the social work discipline will be explored from my personal perspective as a former participant in one of the earlier RDI programmes. Having undertaken the programme after entering an academic post from practice, I hope to illustrate some of the challenges that new academics face and how such programmes can provide support in the transition from practitioner to academic, both as a lecturer/teacher and a researcher. The strengths and limitations of such programmes will be explored, including measures to address systemic weakness in social science research in the UK. I will argue that, although such programmes cannot change the everyday realities of insufficient time and dwindling research funding, they can provide a genuinely welcoming and supportive introduction to the world of social work research that helps new academics and early career researchers to negotiate these realities with increased knowledge, skills and confidence.
 
Publisher Whiting & Birch Ltd
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-11-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SWSSR/article/view/837
10.1921/swssr.v15i3.837
 
Source Social Work and Social Sciences Review; Vol 15, No 3: Social work research and social justice; 128-134
1746-6105
0953-5225
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SWSSR/article/view/837/906
 
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