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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him)

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Lecturer in social work, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Practice: Action in Social Work is recruiting for a new Resource Reviews Editor: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Resources Review Editor needed for Practice
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Truthout @truthout.org · 31/07/2025
Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there is “no starvation” in Gaza, a U.S. doctor who just returned from Gaza says the reality is undeniable and that malnutrition cases are everywhere, in newborn babies, pregnant women, even among the hospital staff.
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Both Patients and Staff in Gaza Hospitals Experiencing Starvation, Doctor Says
“It was completely evident that there is no safe place in Gaza,” a US doctor who just returned from the territory says.
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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Sounds like Teach First is getting the Frontline treatment: rebranding, more oversight, emphasis on diversity... In this previous article @robin2399.bsky.social and I argued that these changes were a tacit admission that Frontline had failed. Same can now be said of Teach First.
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Petition for UK-based health, aid, and social care workers to sign urging the UK Government to take action over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza: www.change.org/p/support-un...
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Support UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Last chance for any other UK based health, aid and social care workers to join the 1,000 others and sign this petition before it is sent off: www.change.org/p/support-un...
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Support UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
UK-based health, aid, and social care workers urged to sign Gaza petition in @socialworktoday.bsky.social ‬ www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/uk-base... www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/uk-base...
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UK-based health, aid, and social care workers urged to sign Gaza petition | Social Work Today
Social workers Robin Sen and Yohai Hakak talk to Social Work Today about their petition calling for the continuous delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and a total embargo on arms sales and military...
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Social care and health sector call for ceasefire in Gaza new.basw.co.uk/about-social...
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Social care and health sector call for ceasefire in Gaza
Sector petition launched as BASW and SWU issue strong statement
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
BASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank new.basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
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BASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank
Joint response from The British Association of Social Workers and The Social Workers Union
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Petition for UK-based health, aid, and social care workers to sign urging the UK Government to take action over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza: www.change.org/p/support-un...
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Support UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 22/05/2025
Presented without comment:
LIVE: Israeli assaults continue across Gaza, at least 51 killed today

By Urooba Jamal and Nils Adler
22 May 2025

• Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 51 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
• International condemnation is mounting after Israeli forces fired "warning" shots towards foreign diplomats visiting the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW law4palestine.org/unified-call... #DiplomaticConvoyNow
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UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW  - Law for Palestine
UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW  12th May 2025 Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues...
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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
"Selling our souls for the best & brightest". With international social care ("low skilled") recruitment again under attack, reposting my article highlighting how the Teach First model undermines professional capacity to challenge developments like this. sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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SW2020-21 Covid-19 - Selling our soul for the best and brightest
Selling our soul for the best and brightest Joe Hanley
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New article out with John Devaney: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Call for special issue proposals for Practice: Social Work in Action journal. Deadline June 3rd. Please see under Special Issue information here: www-tandfonline-com.eux.idm.oclc.org/journals/cpr...
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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Great to see my (open access) research on social work podcasters in England now published in the first issue of Practice for 2025, alongside some other really vital research/articles. Thanks as ever to editors @robin2399.bsky.social @realchristiankerr.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Practices That Make a Difference, and Practices That Don’t
Published in Practice: Social Work in Action (Vol. 37, No. 1, 2025)
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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
⬇️ So this happened today! article39.org.uk/2024/12/12/a...
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Article 39's Founder Director receives honorary doctorate | Article 39
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Jane Collins @fostersupportcouk.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
An insightful child focused commentary from Article 39.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The high court in London has this week heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham consultation” to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four years. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/court-hears-...
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Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits
The high court in London has this week heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham consultation” to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disab…
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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We are appalled that an Israeli airstrike last night killed at least 30 Palestinians, including children, who were sheltering in a post office. Nowhere is safe for families in Gaza. They need a ceasefire. They need the UK to suspend all arms sales to the Government of Israel.
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Christian Kerr @realchristiankerr.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Word on the first was overwhelmingly positive/glowing and it is indeed chockablock with wondrous social work wisdom, as this review in Practice: Social Work in Action attests! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science: stories of Making a Difference in Social Work with Adults, Elaine James, Rob Mitchell and Hannah Morgan with Mark Harvey and Ian Burgess, Jessica Kingsley Publish...
Published in Practice: Social Work in Action (Vol. 33, No. 4, 2021)
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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Our first post in our new online home 😀 With our friends at Mind, we have been granted permission to intervene in the upcoming appeal concerning the power of local authorities to deprive children in care of their liberty. More here: article39.org.uk/2024/11/15/c...
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Charities join forces to defend the human rights of children in care
Article 39 and Mind charities have been granted permission to intervene jointly in the upcoming appeal of the High Court decision in J: Local Authority consent to Deprivation of Liberty, Re [2024] …
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This is an absolute disgrace: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andrew Malkinson still not compensated three years after release
Mr Malkinson served 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit.
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Nick R Burke @nick-r-burke.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
If you still haven't seen the pledge for Palestine - social workers need to sign this.
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Christian Kerr @realchristiankerr.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Oh, and this one, where @robin2399.bsky.social and I discuss some key themes from the book on the Transforming Society podcast… t.co/DGl4eNgT6M
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https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2023/06/30/podcast-challenging-the-macalister-review-of-childrens-social-care/
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
New paper led by @DrKatieEllis based on interviews with 15 prominent care experienced activists regarding their activism to achieve change in care systems. Thank you to all the participants for their insights. Available: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
Scottish Government consultation on development of a universal definition of care experience. Closes 8 Jan 2025 consult.gov.scot/children-and...
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Developing a universal definition of ‘care experience’ - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by The Scottish Government
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
Israel Attacks UN Peacekeeper Headquarters in Lebanon for Second Time in 2 Days truthout.org/articles/israel-attack…
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Israel Attacks UN Peacekeeper Headquarters in Lebanon for Second Time in 2 Days
Human Rights Watch has called for an urgent UN investigation into Israel’s escalation against UN peacekeepers.
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
Plaid Cymru MPs call for Israel boycott www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Plaid Cymru MPs call for Israel boycott over Gaza
Plaid Cymru will debate whether the party should support an economic and cultural boycott of Israel.
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
The South African anti-apartheid cathedral that’s now a pro-Palestine hub www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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The South African anti-apartheid cathedral that’s now a pro-Palestine hub
As Israel’s war on Gaza enters a second year, weekly vigils at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town call for peace.
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
And with a working link! trussell.org.uk/coh
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British Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
⚠️ More than 10,000 children UK-wide have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit since the General Election. That's why alongside @cpaguk.bsky.social we're urging the UK Government to scrap this unfair, punitive policy in the Budget. Enough is enough. #AllKidsCount | #SWAgainstPoverty
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
The Social Workers Pledge for Palestine is now live and ready for signing; social workers, social care workers, social work academics & students, please sign www.sw4palestineuk.org
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@SW4PalestineUK
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
The Social Workers' Union has launched a survey for UK based social workers to help identify and highlight the work that social workers are doing and the pressures they are facing. Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/SWUITV The survey will run until 21 October 2024.
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SWU / ITV News Survey
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
A year of genocide: decades of impunity ukpalmhn.com/resources/a-...
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A year of genocide: decades of impunity
UK-Palestine Mental Health Network Statement (2 October 2024)A year of genocide: decades of impunity2 October 2024 We, the following organisations dedicated to supporting mental health through just…
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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
My new article writing for Yorkshire Bylines addressing Teach First's new Gen Z report, and how it is being used to blame the attitudes of a new generation of teachers for the failures to address ingrained problems in the teaching profession. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
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Solving a problem of their own making: Teach First encounters Gen Z
Teach First wants to lead the way in recruiting Gen Z teachers in England, but what if Teach First is part of the problem?
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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Excited to be able to announce that our research team have been awarded a £500k NIHR grant to research social work workforces in coastal communities in England. Looking forward to working with a great team led by Jermaine Ravalier. More info in press release: www.bucks.ac.uk/news/bnu-rec...
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BNU receives £500k research grant to provide “vital” social worker support to help disadvantaged people in coastal communities
Professor Jermaine Ravalier from Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) has been awarded a research grant from the National institute for Health and Care (NIHR) alongside Dr Paulina Wegrzynek (Bath Spa ...
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Scottish Association of Social Work @scotssocialwork.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
🌍 #ThrowbackThursday! In honour of Climate Change Week, we’re revisiting the BASW Conference: A Sustainable Future for Social Work. 🌿 During the event, the Sustainability in Social Work report was launched. You can read more about it here! 🔗 buff.ly/4ewAa0k #ClimateChangeWeek
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British Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
The decision to withdraw funding allocated for social work apprenticeships is gravely concerning. BASW England has approached the government to seek clarity on whether a longer term funding scheme will be developed Read our response in Community Care ⬇️ www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/09/23/d...
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Richard Servian @serwianski.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Puzzling decision by new government to cut back on Social Work training through cutting the Apprentice scheme. Does anybody have access to govt policy papers on this? www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/09/23/d...
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DHSC scraps second round of adult social work apprenticeship fund
What is your view on the treatment of the social care sector by the Labour government so far? It is yet another government failing social work by implementing cuts. It has taken some promising steps d...
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
MacQueen PhD Scholarship in Social Work @ University of Edinburgh with two great supervisor led options. Application deadline 21st March 2024. Further details: sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospe...
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/03/2024
The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Reclaiming Social Work - a play in three Acts, with the second Act removed www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/02/19/c...
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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
Very interesting research from @robin2399.bsky.social et al: "available evidence tends to suggest the increased prevalence of for-profit residential child care providers has had an overall negative, rather than positive, effect... [&] appears to have occurred by default" www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/...
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 17/02/2024
New article 'Charting the 21st Century Rise of For-Profit Residential Child Care' with Olga Ulybina and Lisa Holmes In Youth journal as part of special issue on Residential Care of Children and Young People lead edited by Graham Connelly Available: mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/...
Screenshot of first page of article
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Franziska Meinck @profmama.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Come and do a PhD with us on lone parenting in South Africa. Open to international candidates, please email before putting in an application. www.sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospe... #AcademicSky #SocialWork #PublicHealth
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
MacQueen PhD Scholarship in Social Work @ University of Edinburgh with two great supervisor led options. Application deadline 21st March 2024. Further details: sps.ed.ac.uk/study/prospe...
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Several governments, including the UK's, have suspended funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, as starvation hits Gaza. Donate to UNRWA here: donate.unrwa.org/gaza/~my-don...
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Donate Today | UNRWA
UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and eme...
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