News and Events
News and Events
All of our latest news, events, and activities are posted here on the site via our blogs. To keep up to date with what is happening, check the site regularly, follow us on Twitter @SocialWorkNU, or use the contact form on the home page to get in touch and ask to be added to our email contact list.
What Coronavirus meant to me.
STAYING AT HOME! and TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE! I had a new Normal - did you? Community came to mean - front line heroes, NHS, social bubbles, press pause on your life, shielding, face masks, hand sanitisers, lockdown, quarantine, home schooling, social...
Life During Lockdown My Thoughts
Hi everyone, its Steve O`Driscoll here and I thought I would share how I have been coping in these strange times. At first lockdown was a novelty working from home, phoning people to see if they are ok and attending online Zoom and Teams meetings which I am now quite...
Experiences of home and work during lockdown
When the news about Covi-19 first hit the headlines I found that my thoughts were racing, and were up and down. The more information that came my way, the more negative I became. I decided to cut down the time I spent listening or watching the media. This helped me to...
My Covid-19 STORY
We were in the Caribbean when Covid-19 struck. The TV news items seemed unreal as the world coped with a deadly virus. We were sharing our great holiday adventures with the new arrivals when the Captain shocked everyone with his words that “the ship had been ordered...
Experience Network Fulfilling Lives Newcastle Gateshead
The last six months…. Hello. We thought we would share some thoughts on what the last six months have meant to us, members of the Fulfilling Lives Newcastle Gateshead Experts by Experience Network. First of all, who are we? We are people with lived experience of...
New year events
Hello everyone, I thought it would be good to squeeze in one more blog before I head off on leave for a couple of weeks. As usual, things have been really busy here. I’ve been away to Singapore to help with setting up our BA Guidance and Counselling degree over there...
Start of a new semester
Hello everyone, It's been a while since I wrote a blog post for the website, so apologies for the lack of updates and news. As many of you will know, we sadly lost a wonderful colleague and friend earlier this month this month and this has been a huge blow to the...
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Start of the summer (maybe?!) update…
Hi all, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the lovely rain! There has been lots going on at the university over the last few weeks with most of the programme team busy marking student work and making plans for the summer (when it arrives...). There have also been...
News and events at Northumbria University
Hello everyone, This is the first of a series of blog posts that will keep you posted on what is happening at Northumbria in the social work programmes. I'd like to start by saying a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the recent NESWA Experts by Experience...
Steve’s blog: March 2019
Hi everyone, it's Steve here. Sorry its been so long since I have written a blog but I have been really busy as usual. Last July was a big month for me and also a very scary one. Why, you may ask. Well as most people know many years ago I tried to take my own life on...