Olwen Halvey is a Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork. She is a professionally qualified social worker since 2000 and has undertaken further postgraduate studies in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Prior to joining UCC in 2015, Olwen worked as a social worker in child protection and in medical social work. She is an experienced tutor and programme coordinator, her teaching and research interests include practice skills teaching, health-related social work, on-line abuse and harassment of social workers and interprofessional learning.