@ouwisp

WISP=Writing in professional social work practice in a changing communicative landscape. ESRC-funded project running at Open Uni from 2015 to 2018. #OUWISP

 The Open University
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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/JALP…
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Looking forward to our presentation coming up at 4.30 today @SJMukherjee0702 @SallyHuntSA #CL2023
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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
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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
Open University Press@OpenUniPress15 Jun 2023
"A genuinely engaging and instructive book, written by experienced and innovative practitioners.” @_MelEvans Online Pedagogy and the Student Experience: Teaching Applied Linguistics and Beyond is out now! bit.ly/3Nw3jOk🚨 #Pedagogy #Education #Students
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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.20014
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I'm v pleased to be on the judging panel for this new award featuring social work in the media
BASW@BASW_UK9 Mar 2023
ICYMI: We've launched the UK's first award scheme to recognise high quality journalism featuring social work in the mainstream media. 🏆 The awards seek to recognise reports that show an outstanding understanding of social work. 👏 Make a nomination ⬇️ basw.co.uk/basw-social-work-…
The BASW Social Work Journalism Awards

ALT The BASW Social Work Journalism Awards

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Paper by @MariaLeedham @theresamjlillis @alison_twiner now out and gold open access
OUWISP@ouwisp5 Jan 2022
Our project paper on methodological and ethical issues in creating the WiSP corpus is now published :) doi.org/10.1016/j.acorp.2021…
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Our project paper on methodological and ethical issues in creating the WiSP corpus is now published :) doi.org/10.1016/j.acorp.2021…
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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
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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/advanc… @ouwisp @OU_LAL
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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/advanc…

‘Social Workers Failed to Heed Warnings’: A Text-Based Study of How a Profession is Portrayed in UK...

Abstract. Previous research has indicated that social workers are portrayed negatively in the UK press, particularly in child protection cases. But what is

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Our open access paper on the wisp corpus....
OUWISP@ouwisp9 Apr 2020
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…
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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…
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Great suggestions here! The internet is flooded with activity ideas but this guidance is quite calming and realistic in what you can do
Cafcass@MyCafcass20 Mar 2020
Cafcass has published guidance to support children and families as the situation surrounding COVID-19 develops. We will do everything we can to help families and make sure that our service continues to run as effectively as possible ow.ly/xkBL50yRlev
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❤️
Dave Tapsell@DaveTapsell19 Mar 2020
Just once, just once I’d like someone to mention, just mention Social workers. Who today are visiting supporting children, families and vulnerable adults. Social workers don’t want to be hero’s or Shero’s they just want to included in the conversation.
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Councils under huge pressure as number of children in care soars theguardian.com/society/2020…

Councils under huge pressure as number of children in care soars

There are now 78,150 children in care in England, a rise of 28% in a decade

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Social work writing and bureaucracy.... a conversation between a social worker and an academic centreforwelfarereform.org/l…
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Good points for us all....
Social Work Toolkit ltd@socialworktools16 Dec 2019
Here are 8 factors of #happiness. Can you think of another others? We are certain there are many more. #socialwork #children #families #society
Positive #self-#esteem can give #children the confidence to face and successfully manage in a positive manner. Children who value themselves are more likely to ask for #support. #socialwork #families #education
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One reason Why we need OWLS #oxwomensleaders @OxWomenLeaders – at Leafield, England
The Female Lead@the_female_lead31 Aug 2019
It makes you realise that bias in many professional fields is still very real.
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