Social work, social care and health Spotlight Series Recording: Ziggy Stardust and Leadership for Learning in Health and Social Services

17/12/2025 - Social work, social care and health Spotlight Series Recording: Ziggy Stardust and Leadership for Learning in Health and Social Services

This spotlight session hosted by Dr Gillian Ferguson, The Open University, focused on leadership for learning. The session explored ideas from research in Scotland and the notion that everyone is a learner, an educator and a leader (whether they think so or not). We reflected together on what this means for our influence on developing practice in extraordinary jobs across health and social care.

Dr Gillian Ferguson

Role:: Lecturer in Social Work and Programme Leader for the Doctorate in Health and Social Care at The Open University

Dr Gillian Ferguson is currently a Lecturer in Social Work and Programme Leader for the Doctorate in Health and Social Care at The Open University. She is an educational researcher interested in professional and practice learning. Her research “When David Bowie Created Ziggy Stardust: The lived experiences of social workers learning through work” has helped reconceptualise how we understand social workers’ learning and its complexity. Gillian has worked across practice settings, in learning and development roles, in regulation and Higher Education across disciplines.

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Type: Webinar
Duration: 38 mins

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