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University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Work

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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 1032 Collections and/or Records:

W96 Ward, Margaret Mary, 1955-1963

 File — Box SW55
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1011
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1957. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports, photograph.

Dates: 1955-1963
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

W97 Woodcock, Barbara, 1955-1956

 File — Box SW55
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1012
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1955-1956
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

Williams, Agnes Speakman, 1940

 File — Box SW52
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/944
Scope and Contents

Social Study graduate. File contains correspondence only, some relating to her work with The North Eastern Council for Mental Welfare. Includes printed copy of paper read by Dr C B Bamford a the First Annual General Meeting of the North Eastern Guardianship Committee, 5th March 1937, in which he discusses the role of the social worker in mental health.

Dates: 1940
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

Y2 Denholm-Young, Hilda Margaret, 1940

 File — Box SW 56
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1013
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1926. File contains correspondence only.

Dates: 1940
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

Y3 Young, Margaret Emily Mary, 1941-1942

 File — Box SW 56
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1014
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form and correspondence.

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

Y4 Yule, Ruth Charlotte Isobel, 1941-1943

 File — Box SW 56
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1015
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1943. File contains: Enrolment form and correspondence.

Dates: 1941-1943
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

Y5 Young, Elizabeth Hope Clive, 1941-1944

 File — Box SW 56
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1016
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1943. File contains: Enrolment form, placement reports and correspondence.

Dates: 1941-1944
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

Y6 Young, Isabel Guthrie, 1944-1946

 File — Box SW 56
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1017
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1945. File contains: Enrolment form, placement reports and correspondence.

Dates: 1944-1946
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

Y7 Young, Dorothy Sabina, c.1944

 File — Box SW 56
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1018
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form and note only.

Dates: c.1944
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

Y8 Young, Priscilla Helen Ferguson, 1946-1960

 File — Box SW 56
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/1019
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1947. File contains: Enrolment form, placement reports and correspondence.

Dates: 1946-1960
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