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Valeria Skafida

@valeriaskafida.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy; University of Edinburgh

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Valeria Skafida @valeriaskafida.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📢 New paper with @evemull.bsky.social & @jdev65.bsky.social - we examine which children come into contact with social workers when mothers experience domestic abuse — and which do not. Open access article 👉https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cfs.70112 @growingupinscot.bsky.social
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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Just as I finish all my midterm marking where I point numerous students towards IAD resources, I read that the department has been axed. Ouch 😩 thetab.com/2025/10/31/e...
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Excl: Edinburgh University begins compulsory layoffs with department set to be axed
Seven staff in the Instute for Academic Development are set to lose their jobs when the department closes
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Parenting Across Scotland @parentingscotland.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Still time to share your views with us 👇
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Valeria Skafida @valeriaskafida.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Amazing turnout at #ucuedinburgh strikes today and a good feeling of solidarity!
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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
#ucuedinburgh huge turnout at Edinburgh Uni strike today. Numbers growing! No to compulsory redundancies!
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Valeria Skafida @valeriaskafida.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Are you interested in a PhD studentship to explore social inequalities in attitudes towards school, work and post-school transitions? Then you may want to apply to our exciting new project!! www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... @sgsss.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Interested in studying for a PhD at the @uoe-sps.bsky.social - we have a funded studentship available looking at the issue of IPV in young people's relationships: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...
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Intimate Partner Violence in Young People’s Relationships – Care and Justice for Whom? - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
This study will explore the role of education, and the place of schools in both seeking to prevent and address IPV amongst young people. It will consider how the issue of IPV among young people is und...
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Valeria Skafida @valeriaskafida.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Aside from detecting cancer in scans, this must surely be the best use of AI I have seen so far: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...
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‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall
Daisy’s dithering frustrates phone fraudsters and wastes time they could be using to scam real people
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Valeria Skafida @valeriaskafida.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Positive to see new guidance to courts in England and Wales about the pseudo-science that is parental alienation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Family courts get new guidance on 'parental alienation' in family court battles
Family Courts should give more weight to allegations of domestic abuse than to claims of so called
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