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British Journal of Social Work (2003) 33, 107-120
© 2003 British Association of Social Workers

Critical Commentaries

Cutting Edge Issues in Social Work Research

Ian F. Shaw

Ian Shaw is Reader in Social Work in Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.

Correspondence to Ian Shaw, Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WT, Wales. E-mail: shawif{at}cardiff.ac.uk

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Taking the panel report on social work submissions to the British 2001 Research Assessment Exercise as a starting point, I comment on some of the central questions facing social work research. These include social work research methodology; social work's relationship to science; the relationship between social work practice and research; governance and research ethics; building research capacity; and establishing research quality. I outline action that is needed by social work academics and researchers, social work agencies and government departments.


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