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A reminder about a conference at Durham University, Friday 15th May, 10.30 - 16.00. Please pass on to any students or social welfare practitioners you think might be interested. Apologies for any cross posting. ************************************************************************************************* 'Social welfare ethics: Learning professional wisdom, courage and compassion' 15 May 2009, Durham University This event will comprise a mixture of plenary presentations, discussion and smaller workshops with a focus on developing learning and teaching about ethics in the social professions (social work and community and youth work). This is the first event organised under the banner of the newly formed Ethics and Social Welfare network. It will have a particular focus on 'moral character' in professional education (as opposed to simply focusing on 'conduct'). We will consider the contested nature of 'moral character', whether this can be learnt and developed and how it links with judgements about 'suitability for practice'. The event will also provide an opportunity to engage in dialogue and debate and to share good practice in teaching and learning about professional ethics in social, youth and community work. We will use the occasion formally to launch the Ethics and Social Welfare network and agree future activities. Speakers include Dr Ann Gallagher (Reader in Nursing Ethics, University of Surrey), Professor Joan Orme (Emeritus Professor of Social Work in the Glasgow School of Social Work) and service users will be providing their perspectives on what makes an ethically good practitioner. Workshops include: 'Virtuous circuits? The implications of the new brain research for virtue ethics, Professor Howard Sercombe, Strathclyde University; 'Vice: virtuous social worker versus the 'bystander effect', Paul Webster. Further information and Bookings For full details of the programme and information on how to book go to http://www.swap.ac.uk/events/swapevents/150509ethics.html. Please note that this is a no-charge event, but that a cost of £25 per person is to be paid on the day to cover the costs of refreshments and to subsidise service user attendance. Best wishes Sarah Banks Professor Sarah Banks Community & Youth Work Studies Unit School of Applied Social Sciences Durham University Elvet Riverside 2 New Elvet Durham. DH1 3JT Tel + 44 191 3341497 Fax + 44 191 3341401 [log in to unmask] www.durham.ac.uk/sass/cayw Co-editor, Ethics and Social Welfare journal www.informaworld.com/esw