Simon Hackett (academic)


Simon Hackett is a British academic and former social worker, who specialises in child protection and child maltreatment. Since September 2011, he has been Principal of St Mary's College, Durham. From 2008 to 2011, he was Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. Before returning to Durham as a professor, he was a Tutor at the University of Manchester, a lecturer at Durham University, and Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Bedfordshire. He had also worked as a Child Protection Officer and in youth justice.

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