UNSW Social Policy Research Centre

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[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

New article in @ConversationEDU 📰 A/Prof @NatashaCortis & Dr Megan Blaxland highlight the critical importance of @NatLegalAid for vulnerable Australians and the risks of consistent underfunding.

⬇️ https://t.co/VFAKnBGfvT

[UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health @CSRH_UNSW]

How has COVID-19 changed people’s approaches to HIV? Drawing on interview data, join us for our upcoming @CSRH_UNSW / @SPRC_UNSW seminar presented by Jaime Garcia-Iglesias (@JGarciaIglesias). @EdinburghUni

🗓️: Tue 11 March | 3pm-4pm | online

⬇️ https://t.co/JSWXXSL3GA

[Drug&AlcoholReview @APSAD_DAR]

Open Access - Making long-acting treatment work: Tracing connections with extended-release buprenorphine depot through time

Sandra Gendera, Kari Lancaster, @tim__rhodes @carlatreloar

@SPRC_UNSW @CSRH_UNSW @UniofBath @LSHTM

https://t.co/dnU9T4eAzH

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

Mark your diaries 🗓️ A new report 'Legal Aid Private Practitioners Census 2024' by A/Prof @NatashaCortis and Dr Megan Blaxland will be launched by the Attorney-General Hon @MarkDreyfusKCMP at a @NatLegalAid event on Thu 27 February.

⬇️ https://t.co/2gterkCUIF

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

💬 "Change can start with anyone, at any level… We need more passionate, committed and investigative people who want to make a difference."

Read on to hear from Dr Yuvisthi Naidoo (@YuvisthiN) on social policy, poverty and well-being. #InConversation

⬇️https://t.co/rCONhR73v9

[Drug&AlcoholReview @APSAD_DAR]

🔓Unmet treatment need: The size of the #gap for #alcohol and other #drugs in #Australia

Alison Ritter & @keelinoreilly

@DrugPolicy_DPMP #AOD

https://t.co/h1uc1NKb4F

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

The next instalment of our popular short course 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' is just around the corner. @YuvisthiN @Bruce_Bradbury

🗓️ 18 Feb - 08 Apr | 37.5 hours across 7 weeks | online 💬@Brotherhoodinfo

⬇️https://t.co/ntGJbIaZkf

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

⏰ Last chance to attend our upcoming seminar on the co-designed project, 'Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Way' (#OVOLOW), a joint initiative between @LGBTIQHealthAu and @NEDA_PeakBody.

🗓️: Tue 11 Feb | 3pm-4pm | online

⬇️https://t.co/htK2rGcY9H

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

📢 @YuvisthiN @Bruce_Bradbury

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

💥 Kickstart 2025 with Professional Development for change-makers 💥

Invest in your professional growth and make a difference with our upcoming short course on poverty, inequality and social disadvantage in Australia.

🗓️: 18 Feb - 08 Apr | online

⬇️ https://t.co/ntGJbIaZkf

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

👏👏👏 @Swinburne is leading a groundbreaking $22.1 million Centre of Excellence.

Special mention to Prof. Karen Fisher (@KarenRFisher) who is part of the Centre’s College of Experts, leveraging @SPRC_UNSW's expertise in #disability employment.

Congratulations to all involved!

[Swinburne University of Technology @Swinburne]

Swinburne will host Australia’s first Disability Employment Centre of Excellence, announced by @AmandaRishworth today. This groundbreaking initiative aims to enhance economic participation & employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

More ➡️ https://t.co/hHXCqO8xhM

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

📢 @LGBTIQHealthAu @NEDA_PeakBody @KarenRFisher @kerryndrysdale

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

Creating & sharing digital stories to effect social change was at the heart of the #OVOLOW project.

Join us as we explore the process of co-designing for intersectionality in this #LGBTIQA+ disability initiative.

🗓️: Tue 11 Feb | 3pm-4pm | online

⬇️ https://t.co/htK2rGcY9H

[Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council @TheAADC]

Registrations are now open for the latest edition of the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' course.

See below for more details.

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

Ready to inspire change in 2025?

Don't miss the 3rd instalment of our best-selling short course 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' with Dr @YuvisthiN and A/Prof. @Bruce_Bradbury.

🗓️: 18 Feb - 08 Apr | online

⬇️ https://t.co/ntGJbIaZkf

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

🦠 Public Understandings Related to Immunity Systems and the Microbiome: A social research project funded by @arc_gov_au.

📢 Chief Investigators Prof. Deborah Lupton (@DALupton) Vitalities Lab @SPRC_UNSW @CSRH_UNSW & Dr Kerryn Drysdale (@kerryndrysdale) @CSRH_UNSW.

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

@DrugPolicy_DPMP @abcnews

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

💬 "Good policy follows the evidence and we know that pill testing services reduces harm."

Prof. Alison Ritter (@AlisonRitter1) shares her support for a new pill testing trial set to roll out at festivals throughout summer. [Timestamp 2:05:20]

⬇️ https://t.co/Xi1BUDWhZ7

[Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), UNSW @DrugPolicy_DPMP]

After a big few weeks in Australian drugs policy, it is worth remembering that people who use drugs have a right to health & this includes meaningful participation in policy decisions. New paper by @AlisonRitter1 & Liz Barrett free to access here:

https://t.co/MSXizitFUq

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

📃 New article co-authored by Dr Claire Wilkinson (@claireskis_w) et al. @DrugPolicy_DPMP

[Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @JSADJournal]

Test Purchasing of Same-Day and Rapid Online Alcohol Home Delivery in Two Australian Jurisdictions (new in @JSADjournal 85/6)
@RyanJBaldwin @callinan_sarah @claireskis_w @JohnToumbourou @peter_g_miller @DrugPolicy_DPMP @SPRC_UNSW @CAPRAustralia
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