Acknowledgements
This free course was written by Dr Gillian Ferguson and Dr Lucy Rai.
The WiSP research project was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council ES/M008703/1 and The Open University, UK.
This course is based on extensive ESRC funded research into social work writing (WiSP [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] ), undertaken by Professor Theresa Lillis (Principal Investigator), Dr Alison Twiner and Dr Maria Leedham and a web based resource for social care professionals designed by Professor Theresa Lillis and Dr Lucy Rai working with members of the former WiSP Advisory Committee (full details can be found here). Many of the activities within this course are drawn from the original research project and web based resources and further developed in collaboration with social work practitioners, academics and people with lived experiences of social work services lead by Dr Lucy Rai. We thank all the original researchers, the former WiSP Advisory Committee, social work users and social work practitioners. You can find out more about the research at https://www.writinginsocialwork.com/.
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