Public lecture: Social Work in the City

Alumni and friends are invited to celebrate 40 years of Social Work education at RMIT University on World Social Work Day.

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This free public lecture will look back at roots, reflect on memories of Social Work education and look forward to the challenges facing the profession in the future.

Welcome

Professor Margaret Gardner AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, RMIT University

Opening address

Professor Charlotte Williams OBE, Discipline Head, Social Work, RMIT University

Guest lecture

‘The good, the bad and the ugly’: responding to the challenges of forced migration in the 21st century

Paris Aristotle AM, Director of Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and Chair of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship’s Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention (MCASD)

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For more information about 40 years of Social Work at RMIT University, please contact the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.

Email: socialwork@rmit.edu.au

Tel. +61 3 9925 2328

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