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

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, and is a Fellow of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thoburn, June 1939 births Living people Alumni of the University of Reading Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of East Anglia Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Social work scholars