Organisation profile

Organisation profile

Staff have a wide range of professional and research experience which contributes to a stimulating environment for learning. Research is focused on the following key areas :

  • Looked After Children
  • Residential Child Care
  • Young People and Education
  • Sustainable Communities
  • Mental Health and disability
  • Adult Social Work Services
  • Inter-professional working

Teaching and research is supported and enhanced through our links to various centres and initiatives:

  • The Centre For Excellence For Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) is a national initiative established to promote the training and education of the residential child care workforce. The School hosts the national office and carries out linked education, training and research.
  • Community Care Works is an on-line database of good practice in community care. The database brings together details of practice and research and facilitates dissemination to practitioners and managers.
  • The Glasgow Centre for the Child & Society carries out research, consultancy and policy advice in the areas of child welfare, children's rights, child protection, and young people and crime.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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