London Met Social Professions

MSc final year student Georgiana Ndlovu is published in BASW’s professional Social Work Magazine talking about her transition from journalist to social work student and her transferable skills basw.co.uk/resources/psw-…

@RachelSharples5 You deserve it! Well done Rachel!

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Latest edition of social work student publication The Loop is out! This innovative initiative emphases the importance of student voice and is entirely co-produced with students who are co-editors with Donna Jones Head of Social Work.

Congratulations to all the @LondonMetSW students and best of luck for the future!

Wonderful graduation today at Barbican Centre. So proud of our students who had to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, kept going to complete their course and now all have jobs! Well done and great to see you all today!

Donna Jones Head of Social work joined senior leadership team and colleagues at the #THEAwards - London Met nominated in Contribution to Community category. Great to be out with colleagues!

The ‘Our Collective Voice’ Photographic Exhibition, part of the research, can be seen for free @LondonMetUni until Friday 5th November before it goes on tour to Brixton Library for LGBTQI+ history month in February 2022! Well worth a visit!

Co-researchers on the LamQ+ ‘Our Collective Voice’ Photovoice Exhibition. Exploring the experiences of queer people of colour during times of Covid. These are voices seldom heard, seldom asked and seldom listened to! Go see their work!

Academic lead researcher for ‘Our Collective Voice’, LamQ + Photovoice Exhibition Donna Jones Head of Social Work said ‘working with this group of co-researchers has been one of the most rewarding of my academic career’ Free but book your space here: bit.ly/lamq-exhibition

A wonderful panel event on London Met’s “Understanding Lambeth’s LGBTI+ communities in times of Covid-19” research project - and powerful images from the photo voice co-researchers on exhibition in Goulston St - go and see it!

L6 research students on a Classroom off Campus trip to the British Museum to explore who creates knowledge and who legitimises knowledge. Critical thinking all the way about the ‘danger of the single story’

Come and see the trailblazing exhibition, lead by Donna Jones, Principal Lecturer, Head of Social Work ‘working with the co-researchers on the photographic representation of their experiences during lockdown has been so rewarding’

Are you LGBTQI+? Do you live in Lambeth? If so, we would love to hear from you about the impact of COVID19 on your life: bit.ly/lamq21   Research by: @LondonMetUni with @Lambeth_Council @BlackThrive @LambethLinks @BlkDirectAction and @OpeningDoorsLdn

From thriving to surviving - BSc Final year students Andrew Lorimer and Francis Sentamu discussed their book chapter in ‘Social Work and Covid-19 - Lessons for Education and Practice’ to colleagues at LBHF for World Social Work Day. Beyond Proud of them!

An hour to go before ‘curtains up’ on World Social Work Day virtual performance of Bullet Tongue Reloaded by Big House Theatre. With over 950 tickets booked, huge thanks to all our supporters! Can’t wait! #LoveLondonMet

Looking forward to World Social Work Day performance of Bullet Tongue Reloaded by Big House Theatre on Tuesday. Already hugely successful with over 900 tickets booked for this virtual show! #LoveLondonMet

#MetSWJobs so proud to hear from Petra Schmidt about Havering's @FacetoFaceLBH systemic practice informing social work. Also wonderful to hear about systemic practice @BarnetCouncil Children's Services with Robert Maynard and Cornelia Lange #NELTPevents2021

#MetSWJobs21 Employability Conference has kicked off! Principal Social Worker for Havering, Kate Dempsey talking about her own fascinating journey into Social Work