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Professional curiosity in public protection

Iriss’s Professional Curiosity project has been seeking to develop a deeper understanding of this topic and its implications for the Public Protection workforce in Scotland. This report brings together both the literature review and findings from the discussion sessions that were core to the…
Published 20 Mar 2026 in Reports

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New assessment methods: evaluation of an innovative method of assessment - critical incident analysis

Integrated Assessment

An evaluation of critical incident analysis used as a method of assessment in the context of social work education.
Published 14 Jan 2005 in Reports

Agency-based practice learning opportunities: demonstration project evaluation report,short version

Agency-based practice learning opportunities

Prior to the implementation of the Project's Demonstration Model, the key themes highlighted by the Practice Audit and Literature Review were used to design two pilot projects, which were run in…
Published 14 Jan 2005 in Reports

Integration of learning for practice: evaluation of the Academic Advisor role

Learning for Effective and Ethical Practice

Evaluation of a novel method of supporting the integration of learning for practice in Social Work settings: the Academic Advisor role. This evaluation examines the process and workings of a new…
Published 14 Jan 2005 in Reports

Scottish Voices: Service Users and Carers at the Heart of Social Work Education - a conference report

Scottish Voices

Report illustrating what happened during the conferences and highlighting the key messages that service users and carers conveyed. At the end of the report there follows a proposal linked to these…
Published 14 Nov 2004 in Reports

Shared approach to performance assessment of social work students: literature review and practice audit

Integrated Assessment

Shared educational experiences between professionals is seen as one way of improving joint working once students qualify in their respective professions. The aim of this shared assessment project is…
Published 14 Sep 2004 in Reports

Involvement of service users and carers: practice audit

Integrated Assessment

This report describes an audit of current, recent and planned arrangements for enhancing the contribution of service users, carers and employers in the learning and assessment of social work students…
Published 14 Mar 2004 in Reports

New assessment methods: practice audit

Integrated Assessment

A Practice Audit of current assessment methods in social work education was commissioned by the Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education (SIESWE) to provide a resource to assist the…
Published 14 Mar 2004 in Reports

Integration of learning for practice: practice audit

Learning For Effective And Ethical Practice

Opportunities for interprofessional learning and agency-based practice learning opportunities. This practice audit was carried out as part of the Learning for Effective and Ethical Practice project,…
Published 14 Mar 2004 in Reports

Agency-based practice learning opportunities: evaluation report executive summary

Learning for Effective and Ethical Practice

Executive summary of the evaluation report for the agency-based practice learning demonstration project.
Published 14 Mar 2004 in Reports

Agency-based practice learning opportunities: evaluation report

Learning For Effective And Ethical Practice

Demonstration project evaluation report. Three Higher Education Institutions are involved in the development of the LEEP Project: the University of Edinburgh has a leading role in enhancing the…
Published 14 Mar 2004 in Reports

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