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'if it's not written down it didn't happen': contemporary social work as a writing-intensive profession. Publication just out on our social workers' writing project #ouwisp. Open access journals.equinoxpub.com/JALPP/issue/cu…

Looking forward to our presentation coming up at 4.30 today @SJMukherjee0702 @SallyHuntSA #CL2023

Our poster on a new project collecting a corpus of tutor feedback and a corpus of student writing with demographic data - with @pnshrestha, @tuck_jackie @DanaTherova @ThomasUllmann #CL2023

Really pleased to have our edited collection now out in print! With co-editors @Carotagg @tuck_jackie and contributions from many in @OUDALEL @OU_LAL

@OU_SocialWork tutor John McGowan (and General Secretary of @SWU_UK) and @OU_LAL academic @MariaLeedham on the judging panel of the @BASW_UK media awards last night @OpenUniversity

Our paper 'Reflections on the procedural and practical ethics in researching professional social work writing' is now available @ouwisp @OUDALEL doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.…

I'm v pleased to be on the judging panel for this new award featuring social work in the media

Paper by @MariaLeedham @theresamjlillis @alison_twiner now out and gold open access

Our project paper on methodological and ethical issues in creating the WiSP corpus is now published :) doi.org/10.1016/j.acor…

Looking forward to presenting our work this morning on picture fiction to support children’s wellbeing with @TeresaCremin and here’s the rest of the team: @rcharlesworth @DanaTherova @lucyRL47 and Lucy Henning

Key finding from new OA paper - 25% of press mentions of 'social worker' in the study are negative. Social workers criticized for not acting far more often than for over zealous behaviour. academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-a… @ouwisp @OU_LAL

New open access paper on how social workers are portrayed negatively in the UK press - ‘Social Workers Failed to Heed Warnings’: A Text-Based Study of How a Profession is Portrayed in UK Newspapers @MariaLeedham #socialwork academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-a…

Our open access paper on the wisp corpus....

What terms are key in social work writing? Our paper is based on a 1 million word corpus: Exploring the core ‘preoccupation’ of social work writing: A corpus-assisted discourse study: jcads.cardiffuniversitypress.org/article/

Great suggestions here! The internet is flooded with activity ideas but this guidance is quite calming and realistic in what you can do

I hope one of the positives to come out of this awful position the world finds itself in is that SW’ers are valued on parr with all other front line services. To all social workers keep safe and carry on making a difference to all our children, their families &vulnerable adults❤️

@OpenUniversity @KChicot Ah.... thought it was alternate lie and truth days but it isn't.. so just d.

@OpenUniversity @KChicot A, d, e

This is the most perplexing brainteaser we've ever shared. But, then again, we could be lying... Depends what day it is... 🤷‍♀️ What is your answer and how long did it take you? We'll share the 'truth' soon with the help of Senior Lecturer in Maths & Statistics @KChicot...

Councils under huge pressure as number of children in care soars theguardian.com/society/2020/j…

Social work writing and bureaucracy.... a conversation between a social worker and an academic centreforwelfarereform.org/library/social…