NEWS & EVENTS

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Best Papers Award
Date 01st August 2008
 

Best Paper Awards (2008): AASWWE announces forthcoming prizes to be awarded for best papers submitted to Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education.
There are five categories of paper to be awarded and a prize of $500 will be awarded for the best paper in each category. The categories are:

  • Best paper by a ‘first time’ author(s)
  • Best paper by an academic author(s)
  • Best paper by a field educator(s)
  • Best paper by a postgraduate student(s)
  • Best paper by an undergraduate student(s)

Papers to be considered by this award will include all papers accepted for publication in Advances in 2008 and all other papers accepted for review (for publication in Advances) by 8th of December 2008. Authors must stipulate which category they fit into upon submission to the journal. [see attached brochure for further information and application details]

Brochure

 
 

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Best Educators in Social Work, Welfare or Community Development Education (2008)
Date 01st August 2008
 

ASWWE announces two new awards for the Best Educator (Academic) and Best Educator (Field Educator) in 2008. Candidates for the Award can either self-nominate or be nominated by others. The amount for each award is to be $1500 and a certificate from AASWWE [see enclosed flyer and application form]:

The Best Educator (Academic) seeks to recognise academic educators who:

  • are respected by colleagues and the field as competent and committed to excellence in social work practice;
  • are positive role models for colleagues and students;
  • promote social work, welfare practice or community development practice as a professional discipline

The Best Educator (Field Educator) can be conferred to a practitioner or a team of practitioners providing field education to social work, welfare work, or community
development students. The award is for recognizing excellence in student supervision in a field placement context and the successful nominee(s) must be primarily
employed in a human service organisation (not a tertiary education institution). We seek to recognise field educators who are:

  • respected by colleagues and management as competent and committed to excellence in social work practice;
  • are positive role models for staff and students and;
  • promote social work, welfare practice or community development practice as a professional discipline making a significant contribution to the agency’s business.

Flyer
 
 

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Scholarships for Students to Attend the Strength in Unity Conference
Date 01st August 2008
 

The Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education (AASWWE) fully supports the participation of social work and welfare students in the important process of attending conferences and presenting papers based on their research or education experience. It is acknowledged that some students find it difficult to find sufficient funds to attend conferences. AASWWE is offering a number of grants to cover the cost of student registration to the 2008 Strength in Unity Conference in Sydney (9-12 November). Applications for grants of $450 to cover registration fees are invited from students who are individual members of AASWWE or who are enrolled in schools that are current members of AASWWE.

Please find attached information about the selection criteria for the student grants to attend the Strength in Unity Conference. Applications must be submitted by close of business Monday 11 August, 2008 (submission details on the application form)

. Application Form

 
 

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Join AASWE in 2008

Date 25th May 2008
 

Invitation to join AASWWE.

Individual Membership Form (2008-2009 Individual Membership)

School Membership Form(2008-2009 School Membership)
 
 

 

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2008 Strength in Unity Conference
Date 05th April 2008
 

Sunday 9 – Wednesday 12 November 2008
Luna Park, Sydney

The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), the Australian Institute of Welfare & Community Workers (AIWCW), and the Australian Association of Social Work & Welfare Educators (AASWWE) invite you to participate in the 2008 Strength in Unity Conference.

The Conference has been designed to cater for a broad range of community sector practitioners, managers, researchers, educators, and policy makers from across Australia and New Zealand.

Early Bird Registrations are now open. Register before Monday 18 August 2008 to receive the discounted rate..

For more information please visit the Conference website www.iceaustralia.com/strengthinunity2008

Strength in Unity Flyer (Flyer Updated 01/08/2008)

Strength in Unity Program (Program Added 17/08/2008)

 
 
 

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Awards for Best Papers.
Date 20th March 2008
 

I am delighted to announce the winners of the awards for best papers submitted to Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education (the journal of AASWWE) for papers submitted to the journal in the period 2006-2007.

Marty Grace and Ruth Phillips are joint winners in the category of Best Paper by an Academic Author. Marty Grace’s paper “Knowledge Paradigms and Evidence for Critical Social Work Practice” was described by the judges as an “engaging and intellectually challenging paper” and as “excellent contribution to knowledge building in social work and welfare practice and education.” Ruth Phillips paper titled “The Place of Feminism in Contemporary Social Work Education in Australia” was described by judges as a “comprehensive piece involving sophisticated analysis and empirical work” and as a ‘beautifully written and challenging paper.”

Fiona Bosly was winner for Best Paper by a Postgraduate Student for her paper on “Working with Angry Clients.” The judges described Fiona’s paper as “an excellent piece of work, very well written and of high quality.”

The judging panel was Professor Peter Camillerri, Professor Chris Goddard and me. I thank Peter and Chris for their hard work in reviewing all the papers considered for this award.

Why not consider entering your paper for Advances in 2008. All authors who submit their work by 20th of December this year will be considered for the awards for best papers. A prize of $500 is awarded for the best paper in each category of award.

 
 

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Publish your work in Advances.
Date 21nd February 2008
 

We are seeking contributions for the 2008 edition of our journal “Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education.” This is a refereed journal specialising in new ideas and practices in education in social work, welfare and community development. We attach information about the process of submission and publication. We look forward to your reading your paper!

 
 

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Strength in Unity Joint Conference.
Date 11th February 2008
 

AASWWE invites all members to contribute an abstract for the joint conference of AASSWE, AASW, and AIWCW which will be held in Sydney from November 9-12. We look forward to seeing you all at the conference. (see attached).

The website address for submitting conference abstracts is:

http://www.iceaustralia.com/strengthinunity2008/


Strength in Unity Flyer
 

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AASWWE Forums.
Date 11th February 2008
 
The commencement of the discussion forum regarding preparation of conference abstracts has been delayed. Please stay posted and look at the website regularly as we hope to be up and running soon.

 

 

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AASWWE Annual General Meeting Minutes 2006.
Date 1st December 2006
 
AGM 2006 Minutes   AASWWE Treasurer's Report 2006
 

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Best Paper Award 2007
Closing Date 20th December, 2007
Summary

The Australian Social Work and Welfare Educators Association announces forthcoming prizes to be awarded for best papers submitted to “Advances: Journal of Social Work and Welfare Education.”
 
  Best Paper Award 2007
   

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AASWWE Writer's Workshop
Summary Have you ever thought about writing for publication… but don’t know where to start?

AASWWE is hosting WRITERS’ WORKSHOPS for…

• Social Work and Social Welfare Practitioners
• Field educators of social work and social welfare students
• TAFE educators
• University educators
• Postgraduate and Undergraduate social work and social welfare students

This 3 hour practical and interactive workshop is being run across Australia by experienced writers and educators.
 
  Writer's Workshop
 
   

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Research and Educational Project: Small Grants
Closing Dates 31st August 2007; 29th February 2008
Summary

This document is intended as a guideline for groups, individuals and/or organisations involved in social work and welfare education that would like to apply for funding assistance for research or educational project initiatives.

Mission Statement
The Australian Association of Social Work and Welfare Education is committed is ensuring high quality support and information exchange for educators in the field of teaching, research, and educational policy development.

Conditions
Up to two small grants of up to $2500.00 (plus GST) are available for applicants wishing to undertake research and/or educational project work in line with AASWWE’s mission statement. Applications for support for research/ projects are encouraged from individuals, groups and/or organisations involved in social work and welfare education. The lead investigator for the project must be a current financial member of AASWWE at the time of submitting for the grant in order for the project to be eligible for consideration.  Support for financial assistance will be decided on merit and when there is more than one application, relevant merit will be assessed from the competitive field of applicants. Support for the research or project may be in whole or in part.


Small Grants
   

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19th Asia-Pacific Social Work Conference
Theme Social Work: A Catalyst for Development
Date 27th - 29th August 2007
Location Penang, MALAYSIA
Summary 21st century is marked by globalization, technological and material progress in some areas of development. In this respect, social work has to work alongside with other “players” in order to bring about a more effective and meaningful development. Development in social work perspective is holistic in nature. It includes material and non-material enhancement.

While there is plenty of development, nevertheless, the distribution is far from balance. In the Asia-Pacific region, unending poverty, inequitable distribution of resources, environmental degradation, violations of human rights – all these are still mired in our societies. These issues have naturally created tensions and social injustices thus impacting a growing number of individuals, groups and societies at local, national and international level. Social work practitioners and educators working within such an environment are therefore confronted with major challenges to promote just and inclusive societies as well as sustainable development.
 
19th Asia-Pacific Social Work Conference       
      

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Asian and Pacific Association for Social Work Education
Summary Check out the latest APASWE eNewsletter !
 
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