Faculty of Social Sciences events

View past events

Postgraduate On-campus Open Day - 29 March 2023

29 Mar 2023

Learn more about our diverse range of Masters courses and PhD opportunities, explore our stunning campus, and spend invaluable time with our staff and students to get a taste of what life at Stirling is really like.

Prospective student at PG open day

Bridging Academia, Policy and Practice Virtual Conference

28 Jun 2021 to 1 Jul 2021

We are excited to invite you to the 4th international bridge conference: Bridging Academia, Policy and Practice Virtual Conference on 28 June to 1 July 2021.

An image of a loch

Social work practice in times of disaster free workshop at the University of Stirling

19 Sep 2019 to 20 Sep 2019

The University of Stirling’s Faculty of Social Sciences is hosting a free two-day workshop for social work practitioners on 19 and 20 September. Entitled ‘Social work practice in times of disaster’, the course will allow attendees to share experiences of disaster social work, discuss best practice, and identify training needs

University of Stirling campus

Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing: Communities, families, resilience and resistance conference

5 Sep 2019 to 7 Sep 2019

This three day conference focuses broadly on children and young people’s wellbeing and mental health. It offers a space in which we can consider how we might understand to children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, and how services might respond to these challenges.

Hands covered in paint

International Masterclass on Dementia Care, Design and Ageing

14 May 2019 to 15 May 2019

The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre and the Dementia and Ageing Research Group will host its second International Masterclass on Dementia Care, Design and Ageing (IMDDA). IMDDA brings together experts from across the globe to discuss ideas from design innovation through research to policy development.

IMDDA

First Friday Writing Day (April 2019)

5 Apr 2019

First Friday Writing Days dedicate time to progressing our individual writing projects in a supportive and relaxed environment.

Typewriter

First Friday Writing Day (March 2019)

1 Mar 2019

First Friday Writing Days dedicate time to progressing our individual writing projects in a supportive and relaxed environment.

Typewriter

On the move: children and family's communication and wellbeing

21 Feb 2019

The Centre for Child Wellbeing & Protection will host a one-day seminar to bring together practitioners, policy makers, service users, carers and researchers from multiple disciplines to discuss issues of communication and wellbeing for migrant families.

An image of a loch

First Friday Writing Day

1 Feb 2019

First Friday Writing Days dedicate time to progressing our individual writing projects in a supportive and relaxed environment.

Typewriter

Domestic Abuse Seminar Series at the University of Stirling

10 Dec 2018

We are delighted to announce the launch of our Domestic Abuse Seminar Series, at the University of Stirling. Led by the University's Centre for Child Wellbeing and Protection and its Child Wellbeing and Protection Research Group, this series will support a dialogue between practitioners and academics who work in the field.

An image of a loch