June Thoburn (born 17 May 1939) is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Work at the

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. She was educated at Balshaws Grammar School the

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(BA, French), the

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, and the

(MSW, 1988).‘THOBURN, Prof. June’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014 She qualified as a Social Worker in 1963 and joined the

as a Lecturer in Social Work in 1979. She was made a

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in the 2002 Birthday Honours, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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