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University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Work

 Organization

Biography

The Edinburgh School of Social Study and Training was established in 1918. Based in university buildings at 16 Chamber Street, the school delivered three courses: Social Ethics; Social Economics; Personal and Public Hygiene. In 1922 a University Diploma replaced the School Diploma and in 1928 the School was fully transferred to the University becoming the Department of Social Study and Training. Nora Milnes who had been Director of the School continued in her post until she was succeeded by Marjorie Brown in 1951, who herself retired in 1964. During this time the department began offering Certificates in Psychiatric Social Work, Medical Social Work and Child Care, enabling students to specialise in a particular field. The Department became known as the Department of Social Administration on the appointment of John Spencer as Chair in 1967, having had Dr Molly Gregor and Megan Brown as Directors in the interim period. A generic Diploma in Social Work was offered from 1970 replacing all previous Certificates and Diplomas. A Masters in Social Work has been offered since 1990.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

C76 Name Withheld, 1953-1961

 File — Box SW 15
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/190
Scope and Contents Non-graduate. File contains: Photograph, enrolment form. Details of practical placements are located at the back of the file and include reports from: F. McIlreavy, Secretary, Belfast Council of Social Welfare; K. M. Stewart, Secretary, Guild of Service for Women, Edinburgh; Amelia Sinclair, Children's Officer, Midlothian, East Lothian &Peebles Children's Committee; Miss E. V. Frost, District Secretary, Chelsea, Fulham &Hammersmith Family Welfare Association, London; Robert H. Edgar,...
Dates: 1953-1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

D38 Dowds, Sylvia Isobel, 1953-1954

 File — Box SW 17
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/228
Scope and Contents Cert. Social Study 1954. File contains: Photograph, enrolment form and correspondence. Details of practical placements are located at the back of the file and include reports from: Miss E. M. Macmillan, Welfare Officer, Londonderry; J. M. K. Cave, Almoner, Belfast Hospitals' After-Care Committee, Belfast; Christine G. Haldane, Social Welfare Worker, The Church of Scotland Committee on Social Service, Edinburgh; Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Royal Edinburgh...
Dates: 1953-1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

D39 Name Withheld, 1953-1955

 File — Box SW 17
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/229
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Photograph, enrolment form.

Dates: 1953-1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

E7 Eves, Helena Sylvia, 1944-1945

 File — Box SW 18
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/241
Scope and Contents Cert. Social Study 1946. File contains: Enrolment form, correspondence .Details of practical placements are located at the back of the file and include reports from: Margaret E. Hall, Almoner, Royal Victoria Hopsital, Belfast; J. Reid, Social Services Officer, Edinburgh; E. F. MacPherson, District Secretary, Edinburgh Council of Social Service; Secretary, Shoreditch Committee, Charity Organisation Society, London; Almoner, Social Service Department, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Mary...
Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

G21 Gardner, Eleanor Felicia Alice, 1941-1942

 File — Box SW 22
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/308
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1942. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1941-1942
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

H22A Hind, Jean Isabel, 1943-1946

 File — Box SW 25
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/358
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1946. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

L50 Lee, Winifred Joyce, 1946-1948

 File — Box SW 32
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/503
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1951. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1946-1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

M90 Murphy, Rosemary, 1950-1954

 File — Box SW 38
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/659
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1952. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, placement reports and correspondence.

Dates: 1950-1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

Mc44 McKee, Constance Gertrude Ray, 1944-1945

 File — Box SW 34
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/554
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1945. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

S54 Name Withheld, 1944-1952

 File — Box SW47
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/846
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1944-1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

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