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Knowledge Exchange and Resources for Youth and Community Work Educators
The Youth Partnership together with the Government of Malta is working on the preparation of the 4th European Youth Work Convention (EYWC).
The University of Hull’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference, to be held online on the 9th July. This year, academics, students, practitioners, and professional services staff from across the sector are invited to explore the theme of Collaboration and Community.
The current wave of industrial action sweeping the UK is indicative of an intensification of the class struggle. Working people, and sections of the middle class not known for their industrial militancy, have found it necessary to take action in light of the continuing cost of living crisis and rampant inflation. Years of suppressed wages and salaries have made it impossible for large sections of the population to avoid descending into poverty. There are huge implications in these circumstances for youth and community workers and for communities themselves.
DMU has responsibility for the "Peace, Social Justice and Strong Institutions" Sustainable Development Goal on behalf of the United Nations. As a profession committed to anti-oppressive practice and to challenging all forms of oppression, youth and community workers cannot sit on the sidelines. We are not neutral. We stand with the oppressed at all times.
Therefore, it is crucial for us as a profession, and for the people we work with, that we engage, professionally, with these developments.
Speakers confirmed include:
Patsy Stevenson, Women's Rights Activist
Ray Goodspeed, Gay Rights Activist
Dr Tania de St Croix, Senior Lecturer and Researcher
Karen Dunbar, Scottish Comedy Actor and Community Activist
Abbee McLatchie, Director of Youth Work (National Youth Agency)
Prof. Gus John - Academic & Black Rights Activist
There will also be academic and conference papers submitted for publication in a conference booklet.
Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:30
The current wave of industrial action sweeping the UK is indicative of an intensification of the class struggle. Working people, and sections of the middle class not known for their industrial militancy, have found it necessary to take action in light of the continuing cost of living crisis and rampant inflation. Years of suppressed wages and salaries have made it impossible for large sections of the population to avoid descending into poverty. There are huge implications in these circumstances for youth and community workers and for communities themselves.
DMU has responsibility for the "Peace, Social Justice and Strong Institutions" Sustainable Development Goal on behalf of the United Nations. As a profession committed to anti-oppressive practice and to challenging all forms of oppression, youth and community workers cannot sit on the sidelines. We are not neutral. We stand with the oppressed at all times.
Therefore, it is crucial for us as a profession, and for the people we work with, that we engage, professionally, with these developments.
Speakers confirmed include:
Patsy Stevenson, Women's Rights Activist
Ray Goodspeed, Gay Rights Activist
Dr Tania de St Croix, Senior Lecturer and Researcher
Karen Dunbar, Scottish Comedy Actor and Community Activist
Abbee McLatchie, Director of Youth Work (National Youth Agency)
Prof. Gus John - Academic & Black Rights Activist
There will also be academic and conference papers submitted for publication in a conference booklet.
This writing retreat will be hybrid so people can join in person and online. Tea and coffee will be provided, but not food or accommodation, which will need to be covered by attendees. We hope you will consider joining us for this unique opportunity to focus on your writing and make progress on your projects.
Many courses are aimed and training workers to work with children and young people, we seek to explore how and if the involvement of young people on these course can enhance the training experience. Could young people support Admission processes, be involved in assessment of students, directly impact on expectations of placements? This seminars seeks to explore some of the ethics and opportunities of involving young people in delivery of courses, which also looking at current research and examples of current practice around this topic.
Supporting members seeking academic promotions including Senior Lectureships, Readerships and Professorships. The group will be facilitated by the National Officer and Professor Pam Alldred (Nottingham Trent)
The Association will be hosting its delayed Annual Conference via ZOOM with a focus on recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Book now to reserve your place via our conference booking page.
The Association is launching its International Engagement WIRE Group on 17th September preceded by a members survey on levels of International Engagement across the membership and through current programmes in Youth and Community Work.
The aim of this ‘virtual retreat’ is to support members by setting aside time to work on writing, whether that be a special issue paper, a journal article, a book proposal or thought piece. Interested members are encouraged to block out these days (or any part of these days) in the calendar as a commitment to make time for your creative self in writing as part of a community of practice.
We are holding a ‘Members Connect’ on-line discussion via ZOOM on Friday 23rd July from 1.30-2.30pm. Members Connect meetings are an informal opportunity for colleagues to connect online during Covid-19 restrictions and open to all members.
We are holding a ‘Members Connect’ on-line discussion via ZOOM on Friday 25th June from 1.30-2.30pm. Members Connect meetings are an informal opportunity for colleagues to connect online during Covid-19 restrictions and open to all members.
You are invited to join the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work, and the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), for an exciting and interactive online workshop.
This new research illuminates the place of religion, faith and spirituality in JNC-recognised youth work training courses in England.
The Institute for Youth Work’s 2021 conference is being led by Youth and Community Work students over three afternoons in the week beginning 17th May.
The youth work under Covid-19 Citizen Enquiry project will be holding two events on May 12th, morning and afternoon, to share the work of the enquiry, detail are…
This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled for May 2021
The aim of this ‘virtual retreat’ is to support members by setting aside time to work on writing, whether that be a special issue paper, a journal article, a book proposal or thought piece. Interested members are encouraged to block out these days (or any part of these days) in the calendar as a commitment to make time for your creative self in writing as part of a community of practice.
We are holding a ‘Members Connect’ on-line discussion via ZOOM on Monday 22nd March from 4.00-5.00pm. Members Connect meetings are an informal opportunity for colleagues to connect online during Covid-19 restrictions and open to all members.
We are holding a ‘Members Connect’ on-line discussion via ZOOM on Wednesday 24th February from 1.00-2.00pm. This meeting will focus on the Treasury’s ‘rapid review’ of youth service provision to inform the Association’s response to the DCMS consultation.
We are holding a ‘Members Connect’ on-line discussion via ZOOM on Friday 4th December from 11.00am-12.00pm. This meeting will provide an opportunity for colleagues to explore international engagement opportunities through member activity.
We are holding a ‘Members Connect’ on-line discussion via ZOOM on Friday 13th November from 1.00-2.00pm. This meeting will provide an opportunity for colleagues to explore creative collaboration opportunities throughout 2020-2022.
At the end of Youth Work Week, In Defence Of Youth Work are holding this thought provoking seminar on the role of resistance in youth work.
In National Youth Work Week, we are inviting students, academics and researchers to discuss our perspectives on 'ambitious for youth work'.
This online conference - organised by Children & Young People Now, alongside event partner the National Youth Agency - will feature a series of keynote talks and practice seminars to support the sector in providing high quality, effective services and support to all young people.
We are holding a ‘Members Connect’ on-line discussion via ZOOM on Friday 23rd October from 12.00-1.00pm. This meeting will provide an opportunity for colleagues to share reflections on adjusting to the ‘new normal’ of a teaching in the shadow of Covid-19 restrictions for the 2020-2021 academic year.
This additional BERA-SIG webinar brings together four studies from scholars in the UK, Ireland and USA, employing theoretical, discourse analytical and empirical resources to discuss how evaluation and impact measurement act as and through policy to reconfigure youth work practice.
The BERA-SIG Youth Work and Informal Education have a webinar coming up in early September on ‘Youth Work, Music Production and Measurement’. It explores music production as a form of youth work and how the benefits have been quantified and reported.
As part of International Youth Day, the Institute of Youth Work are co-ordinating a ‘randomized coffee trial’ where you are linked to a colleague in the sector for cuppa to find out more about how others are supporting young people.
Workshops to explore the long-term impact of youth work and to shape a future research project. To address: Looking back, what do people value about their involvement in open youth work? What is the long-term impact of open youth work on people’s lives and communities? How can we evidence aspects of ‘impact’ that are difficult to measure, perhaps even difficult to explain?
Workshops to explore the long-term impact of youth work and to shape a future research project. To address: Looking back, what do people value about their involvement in open youth work? What is the long-term impact of open youth work on people’s lives and communities? How can we evidence aspects of ‘impact’ that are difficult to measure, perhaps even difficult to explain?
We are holding our Annual Day Conference via ZOOM on Friday 10th July from 10.30am-4.30pm. This will be an interactive on-line conference to include seminars, break-out discussions, our members AGM, and time for social engagement as we approach the end of the academic year. Please book online, with full details are available via the dedicated conference page.
