The aim of the Education Commission is to create a structure for the transfer of knowledge between social work education and practice where both are informed and learning from one another. The Commission supports social work programmes and educators who experience pressures to make “concessions” on the quality of education to be able to meet the professions international standards. WSWD 2020 message from IFSW Education Commissioner, Vassilis Iakomidis
The specific objectives of our interim commission are:
- Provide, within the structures of IFSW, a platform for all parties to work together at the national and global level, in accordance with the global principles, values and ethics as articulated in the Global Definition of Social Work.
- Agree on global minimum standards of social work curriculum and an internationally recognized policy framework.
- Develop a mechanism for IFSW endorsement of social work curricula who meet the global minimum standards and policy frameworks.
- Extend support to social work programmes and educators when experiencing political or technocratic pressures to make “concessions” to the quality of education.
- Promote genuine participation of the people who use services.
Education in the news
July 22, 2025It is with great concern that we have learned that Professor Michael Lavalette has been summoned by the police for an interview under the UK Public Order Act, following his public expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people.- July 21, 2025Convocatoria para el rol de representante regional por América Latina y el Caribe ante la Comisión de Educación de la FITSCall for applications: LAC representative to the Education Commission - English La Región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) de la Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales (FITS) anuncia el llamado a nominaciones para el puesto de representante regional ante la Comisión de Educación.
- June 26, 2025From 23 to 27 June 2025, the International Social Work Learning Lab (ISWLL) brought together social work students and faculty members from Germany, Greece, and The Netherlands for a vibrant week of exchange, learning and collaboration at HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
- May 22, 2025We are delighted to invite all social work educators, practitioners, researchers and students to participate in a free, self-paced e-learning course which was developed by the the International Association for Schools of Social Work (IASSW) in collaboration with the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.