Hello and welcome to the September issue. There's something for everyone.

In the Webmag Section, we have three pieces which consider social exclusion and education from different angles. Keith White points out that children in care can succeed academically, but that the issue has never been taken seriously. Terry Hoon asks some fundamental questions about education, and the Editorial considers the value of focusing on social exclusion.

Also in the webmag is a piece by Julee Oakley encouraging people in the United Kingdom to take on board the findings of research on cot death in New Zealand, and an article describing a series of handbooks whose publication starts this autumn about bringing up children.

For readers following her travels in Footloose in FICE, Kathleen's still in Milwaukee and having problems with American food. Gus Greene is on holiday so we will have to wait until next month to see what happened with the sexual abuse allegations in the Children's Home. (Stop Press - Gus managed to send us his article and it's now online)

We also have the usual Bits and Pieces (please don't miss the instructions on how to be a Good Wife!) and lots more correspondence in the Webmag including the query - "Should social workers wear a uniform?"

In the International Section, we have the Barcelona Declaration 2001, the statement which emerged from the final session of the Congress. It's in English, French, Spanish and Catalan - the first time we've had a piece in Catalan! We also have the last of our reports from the Congress, about contributions made by two presenters from Israel - one Jewish and one Palestinian. David Crimmens has sent in a really good article as a contribution to the ongoing debate about the potential contribution of 'social pedagogy' to the future development of the social professions in England and Wales: "Changing Practice and an Emerging Social Pedagogue Paradigm in England: The Role of the Personal Adviser" by Patricia Higham, who is Head of the Department of Health and Human Services at Nottingham Trent University.

In case you are putting an international congress together, we've prepared a quick guide on how to do it. If you've already organised one, and you have better advice, let us know and we'll add it in.

Hope there's something you like.