• Social Work

I came to Stirling in 2004 having previously held teaching and research posts at Glasgow Caledonian and Edinburgh Universities. I have a long-standing interest in politics, social divisions and inequality, which led in part to my studying sociology for my first degree. I then worked for two years in community education in Glasgow before returning to university to take a postgraduate degree in social work. I qualified as a social worker in 1990 and then worked in London and Edinburgh in both children and families and criminal justice services. As a practitioner I became particularly concerned about the needs and rights of young people, and political and media attitudes towards them, interests that followed me into criminological research and social work education from 1998 onwards.

• The needs and rights of children and young people, especially those looked after by the state or involved in offending.
• Critical perspectives on social work policy, practice and management.
• Issues of discrimination, oppression and inequality and their relevance for social work education and practice.

• Childhoods, Families and Relationships

• SWK9CF-Theory & Practice : Children, Families and Society (Co-ordinator)
• SWKPCF-Theory & Practice : Children, Families and Society (Co-ordinator)

Books

• Ferguson, I. and Woodward, R. (2009) Radical Social Work in Practice, Bristol: The Policy Press.

Journal Papers

• Mackay, K. and Woodward, R. (2010) 'Exploring the place of values in the new social work degree in Scotland', Social work Education, online access available

  
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• Ritchie, A. and Woodward, R. (2009) 'Changing Lives: critical reflections on the social work change programme for Scotland', Critical Social Policy, 29 (3), 510-532.

  
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• Collingwood, P., Emond, R. and Woodward, R. (2008) 'The Theory Circle: a tool for learning and for practice', Social Work Education, 27 (1), 70-83.

  
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• Walters, R. and Woodward, R. (2007) 'Punishing poor parents: 'respect', 'responsibility' and Parenting Orders in Scotland, Youth Justice, 7 (1), 5-20.

Book Chapters

• No Book Chapters in our records

Research Reports

• Woodward, R. (2009) Young People's Experiences of, and Participation in, the Fostering Process, Final Report, Paisley: Kibble Education and Care Services.

• Woodward, R. (2008) Young People's Experiences of the Fostering Process, Interim Report, Paisley: Kibble Education and Care Services.

Edited Books

• No Edited Books in our records

• Young People's Experiences of, and Participation in, the Fostering Process
• Exploring the Place of Values in the New Social Work Degree