The beginning of MSW. Professor John Carpenter, Chair of MSW: Interprofessional education and social work education

Appointment of Associate Professor Helen Charnley: International social work, children’s rights, participatory research methods

Appointment of Prof Simon Hackett – Safeguarding children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours, therapeutic interventions with children.

The Centre for Social Justice and Community Action was launched by Professor Sarah Banks and Professor Sarah Pain

Adoption support, sibling relationships of children in public care. 

Appointment of Claire Russell –Claire joined the team as Coordinator of Lived Experience in Social Work Education

Durham joined with five other regional universities and 12 local authorities to form the North East Social Work Alliance (NESWA).

Appointment of Dr Sui-Ting Kong - Participatory feminist methodologies and transnational social work.

Appointment of Professor Geetanjali Gangoli - Violence and abuse against women and girls in racially minoritised communities.

Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to understanding, and responding to, young people’s experiences of significant harm beyond their families.

Social Work England reproved our MSW prorgramme.

Appointment of Catrine Noone: critical gerontologist interested in community-based responses to loneliness.