Current challenges and emerging signposts: the future of social work education in Europe

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Notes on contributors

Alessandro Sicora, PhD, is a lecturer at the University of Calabria, Italy, where he teaches methods and techniques of social work. He also teaches theory of social work at the University Ca'Foscari in Venice, Italy. He qualified as a social worker in 1989 and has been a social work academic since 2008. Currently he is President of the Italian Society of Social Work (SocISS). His latest publication is: Sicora, A. (2017) Reflective practice and learning from mistakes in social work. Bristol: Policy Press.

Susan Lawrence is Immediate Past President of the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW), Immediate Past Regional Vice President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and until 2013 (when she retired from full-time employment) was Head of Social Work at London Metropolitan University. She qualified as a social worker in 1976 and has been a social work academic since 1991. E-mail: [email protected]

ORCID

Alessandro Sicora http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7944-8144