On June 27,Professor Steven M Shardlow from Keele University gave a lecture onThe Grand Challenges for Social Workfor BAI faculty, mostly from the Department of Sociology and other fellow researchers from Renmin University of China.

The term “Grand Challenges” hasbeen used with increasing frequency in the past few years across a number of disciplines to refer to the pressing, significant issues that confront these disciplines.In his lecture, Prof. Shardlowseeksto identify some of the Grand Challenges for social work and pose questions about how these shouldbeaddressed to open a window for discussion about the nature of the social workinfuture.

The lecture ended with heated discussions on hot issues concerning this topic, in areas of social work, social care, social counseling and social education.

The lecture was second of its kind since BAI signed a MOU with Keele University in this June.Professor Steven M Shardlow, an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK), is Head of the School of Social Science and Public Policy in Keele University.