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On Tuesday 23rd May we virtually welcomed Dr Fiona Macdonald, Policy Director in the Centre for Future Work, The Australia Institute. A recording of this presentation will be made available soon.
Read more about Individualising Risk: Paid Care Work in the New Gig EconomyContributions to committees and inquiries (January- March 2023)
Centre for Care researcher Becky Driscoll provides an update on our recent contributions to government inquiries and committees, relevant to social care and unpaid carers.
Read more about Contributions to committees and inquiries (January- March 2023)Watch it again: On Tuesday 18th April 2023 we welcomed Dr James Wright to discuss his first book, ‘Robots Won’t Save Japan: An Ethnography of Eldercare Automation’
Read more about Are robots the solution to Japan’s care crisis?Podcast- Reflections on ’A gloriously ordinary life’: In conversation with Baroness Andrews
This episode is a reflection, in Baroness Andrews’ own words, on the recent report published by the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee, ‘A “gloriously ordinary life’’: spotlight on adult social care’. The report included evidence submitted by colleagues at the Centre for Care.
Read more about Podcast- Reflections on ’A gloriously ordinary life’: In conversation with Baroness AndrewsPodcast- The EU Care Strategy: a watershed moment for unpaid carers and care workers across Europe?
In this episode of the podcast we’re discussing the new EU Care Strategy, which was formally adopted by the European Commission in December 2022. Becky Driscoll, one of our Research Associates, is joined by guests Stecy Yghemonos (Eurocarers) and Zoe Hughes (Care Alliance Ireland).
Read more about Podcast- The EU Care Strategy: a watershed moment for unpaid carers and care workers across Europe?Centre for Care Deputy Director Matt Bennett explains why recently released Census data on unpaid carers is so important to our research and the policy landscape.
Read more about Census 2021 statementEvent date: 9th May 2023. Recording now available.
Professor Catherine Needham and Patrick Hall from the University of Birmingham present their research.
Care Work during COVID from the Perspectives of Filipina Im/migrant Workers
Seminar recording now available! We welcomed Dr Ethel Tungohan from York University, Toronto, to virtually present her work.
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