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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:

J13 Job, Rosemary Muriel Wynn, 1944-1958

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/428
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1947. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1944-1958
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

J14 Johnston, Katharine Helena, 1945-1947

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/429
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1948. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1945-1947
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

J16 Jenkinson, Shiela Munro, 1947-1949

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/430
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1949. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence.

Dates: 1947-1949
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

J17 John, Cecile Mary, 1947-1951

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/431
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1949. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1947-1951
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

J18 Johnston, Leonora, 1947-1948

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/432
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1949. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports, application form for Certificate in Psychiatric Social Work at Edinburgh University.

Dates: 1947-1948
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

J20 Johnston, Christina McKenzie, 1949-1954

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/433
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1950. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, particulars for post of HM Inspector of Factories.

Dates: 1949-1954
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

J21 Jacks, Barbara Diana, 1948-1951

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/434
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1952. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1948-1951
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

J22 Jardine, Mary, 1952-1959

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/435
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1953. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports, photograph.


Thesis: "Corporal Punishment as a Judicial Sentence" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].

Dates: 1952-1959
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

J23 Jones, Elizabeth Tunstall, 1949-1951

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/436
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1954. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1949-1951
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

J24 Name Withheld, 1951-1952

 File — Box SW 28
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/437
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1951-1952
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