This paper was first presented as a background paper to the invitation conference The social quality of Europe, organised in Amsterdam, 8-10 June 1997 by the Dutch Ministry on Health, Welfare and Sports.

The authors review the findings of a research project conducted throughout schools of social work in Europe on the level of attention paid to the vocational use of information technology in social work education. Provided is an outline of the research design and an overview of how information technology …