University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Work
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 7 Collections and/or Records:
J9 Jankanty Zygmunt, Janota, 1937
Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form only.
K15 Kwiatkowska, Irena Maria, 1943-1945
Cert. Social Study 1946. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports.
K24 Kuklinska-Kolibabka, Gertrude Anna, 1943-1946
Cert. Social Study 1945. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.
Thesis: "The Maternity and Child Welfare in Edinburgh and Bern" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].
L41 Leszczynski (Les), Zbigniew, 1945-1947
Admission file for Les Zbigniew, born 1914, who gained a Certificate in Social Study in 1948. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, handwritten account by student of his experience in social and welfare work.
R27 Rostworowska, Teresa Maria, 1945-1947
Dip. Social Study 1947. File contains: Enrolment form, placement reports, correspondence.
T25 Talma, Danuta, 1942-1944
Cert. Social Study 1946. File contains: Enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.
T30 Tanana, Alexander, 1945
Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form, correspondence.