Tuesday

Surprisingly today was again a very exhausting day ;-) Although we didn't attend lessons at the University we are all completely beaten now!

Our day started with a talk about Portsmouth Hospital and the Health Care System in general which was very easy to listen to because the lecturer had the ability to explain things in a very simple and understandable way. During the talk one could observe the faces of the listeners lightening up because a lot of questions finally could be answered.

After a very short nearly not existing lunch break we visited a centre which specialises on the care for children. There we spend a very well-organised afternoon with several different talks and a nice tea and coffee break.

We took with us a lot of impressions from various important sectors of the children care like adoption. Especially the talk about adoption resulted in a very lively discussion about the reasons for teenagers getting pregnant more often in the UK than in Austria.

A very interesting experiment conducted by four social workers showed us the complex process from the first register of domestic violence to the final solution.

Unfortunately we experienced a little information-overdose throughout this afternoon because the subject was probably just too complex for one afternoon. But still we got a first insight and we were also very pleasantly suprised by the warm welcome and the delicious bisciuts!