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Calling home: How mobile phones allow migrant parents to keep in touchCreative Commons Image Swinimal under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Christena Nippert-Eng (Guest), Dr Mirca Madianou (Guest), Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest)

02 August 2011

The Philippines economy relies on emigrant workers; increasingly, those workers are relying on mobile phones and web messaging to keep in touch with their growing... Read more : Calling home: How mobile phones allow migrant parents to keep in touch

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Social services: One mother's experienceBBC

By Ronny Flynn (Guest)

08 August 2006

In this case study, Ronny Flynn presents the story of Levi (not her real name), a social services user and mother of seven children. Read more : Social services: One mother's experience

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OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - About The SeriesProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 August 2006

Details about the BBC/OU TV series looking at the work of Bristol's 190 child care social workers. Read more : OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - About The Series

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What Is social work?Production team

By Dr Sandy Fraser (The Open University)

08 August 2006

Sandy Fraser portrays social work as a rewarding - but challenging - career Read more : What Is social work?

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Pages tagged as Families

Calling home: How mobile phones allow migrant parents to keep in touchCreative Commons Image Swinimal under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

Social services: One mother's experienceBBC

OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - About The SeriesProduction team

What Is social work?Production team