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On October 6, Ajarn Kevin Cook participated in a public hearing on the role of personal assistants for persons with disabilities at the Thailand Parliament with Dr. Arunee Limmanee, APCD Networking and Collaboration officer Supaanong Panyasirimongkol, and SPD alumni Thorfan Dechachainimit. The session focused on standardizing the role of the
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Combatting climate change through advanced urban tree care, empowering communities, and fostering green jobs in Thailand. On 8 October 2026, SPD students on the Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation course visited the social enterprise Rukkakorn. Rukkakorn is a social enterprise founded in 2016 to address the challenges of low-quality tree
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✨ The journey to becoming a social change maker starts here! The SPD International Program, Academic Year 2027, is now welcoming applications for Inter Portfolio Round 1! 💛 🔗 Apply now: www.spdtu.com 🚀 Your future in social policy and development begins with one step. Don’t miss the opportunity to be
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On 26–27 July 2026, our newest students, SPD Batch 13, joined the SPD Freshy Trip 2026 at the Disaster Relief Training Centre, Armed Forces Development Command (AFDC), Chachoengsao. More than just a freshy trip, this experience brought students together through disaster preparedness training, team-building activities, and exciting challenges. It was
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A warm welcome to our new students (SPD Batch 13) who have officially joined the Social Policy and Development (International Program) family! On 23 July 2026, our new students gathered for Orientation Day to meet their lecturers, staff, and classmates, learn about university life, and take their first step on
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On July 8, Ajarn Kevin Cook and SPD student Thitichon Thanawong worked with Social Innovations Foundation to create and provide the first of four trainings on career development for students with disabilities in Thai universities. Participating university DSS offices included Thammasat, Mahidol, Chiang Mai, Srinakharinwirot, Kasetsart, Khon Kaen, Rajamamangala, Mae
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SPD Program is delighted to congratulate our fourth-year student Hana Shirai on presenting her research at The 6th SEASIA Biennial Conference 2026, Forging Southeast Asia’s Futures, held from 8–10 July 2026 at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Hana presented her paper entitled “Intra-Group Structure and Developmental Divergence in Thailand’s OTOP System:
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From June 29 through July 3, Ajarn Kevin Cook worked with Ajarn Arunee Limmanee, SPD alumni Thorfan Dechachainimit, and current SPD student Thitichon Thanawong to provide the Principles of Job Coaching training in Bangkok. This project is a collaboration between United Nations ESCAP, DEP, and APCD. The training was the
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Because food culture reflects community development, and Green Social Work serves as a vital tool for driving sustainable community progress. On June 15–18, 2026, the Bachelor of Social Work Program, in collaboration with the Social Policy and Development Program (SPD International Program), Faculty of Social Administration, organized the “Great Taste,
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