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GAPS National Conference 2025 – Follow Up

Holding Steady with AI in a Rapidly Changing World: Retaining the Human in Social Work

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Join the LinkedIn Group to continue the connections and discussions started at the conference.  Membership will be limited to people who attended the event.

Gurnam Singh

Artificial Intelligence, Colonial Legacies and Anti-Racist Praxis: Reimagining Social Work in the Age of Algorithmic Power.

Gurnam’s presentation can be downloaded here:

Slides – GAPS Keynote AI and anti-racist socialwork – GS – PDF and

Text- Gurnam Singh GAPS Conference 20th Nov 2025 Keynote speech

Profile citure of Gurnam Singh

Amanda Taylor-Beswick

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Amanda’s presentation slides can be downloaded here: K1 GAPS AI SOCIAL WORK NOV 2025 AMLTB

The opening interview will be viewable here shortly after the conference.

Antonio Lopez Pelaez

Antonio López Peláez Professor of Social Work and Social Services at UNED, Spain

Gloria Kirwan at the UN Social Work Day 2025

Gloria Kirwan  is a GAPS Trustee, the co-editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice, 

Centre for Social Work Practice Legacy Fund

The legacy fund was launched on 9th November 2021... find out more...

Practice Development Bursaries

GAPS Members may apply for bursaries to fund, for example, conference attendance, setting up a work discussion group, running a workshop, or other practice development opportunities.