Looking forward to the 1st Annual Employability Conference for Social Work students on Monday 8th February. Great collaborative work with our partner agencies to put together an exciting programme!

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

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

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

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

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!

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: London Met Uni with Lambeth Council Black Thrive Global Lambeth Links @BlkDirectAction and @OpeningDoorsLdn

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’

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’

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!

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!

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

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!

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!

Congratulations to all the London Met Social Work students and best of luck for the future!

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.

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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-…