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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:

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

G22 Garratt, Jean, 1941-1944

 File — Box SW 22
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/309
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1943. File contains: Enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports. Correspondence includes description of studying and living in war-time London.

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

G23 Gibson, Marjorie Elizabeth Keith, 1941-1944

 File — Box SW 22
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/310
Scope and Contents

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


Thesis: "A Study of the Comparative Social Advantages of Recent Methods of Re-housing, with Special Reference to Garden Cities, Suburbs, Trading Estates, Satellite Towns and Other New Housing Estates" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file".

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

G24 Grant, Mary Dunsmore, 1940-1942

 File — Box SW 22
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/311
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1940-1942
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

G25 Grant, Sheila Morag, 1941-1946

 File — Box SW 22
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/312
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1941-1946
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

G26 Gillespie, Marianne, 1943-1945

 File — Box SW 22
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/313
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1944. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1943-1945
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

G27 Goldsmith, Pamela Jane, 1942-1945

 File — Box SW 22
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/314
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1944. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports. Correspondence includes reference to her work as an ATA despatch rider during WW2.

Dates: 1942-1945
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

G28 Graham, Kathleen Ada, 1944-1945

 File — Box SW 23
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/315
Scope and Contents

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

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

G29 Name Withheld, 1944-1945

 File — Box SW 23
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/316
Scope and Contents

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

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

G30 Name Withheld, 1944-1945

 File — Box SW 23
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/317
Scope and Contents

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

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