Skip to main content

University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Work

 Organization

Staff Only

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:

Livingstone, Mairi Isabel Nyasa, 1941

 File — Box SW 31
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/475
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1931. File contains correspondence relating to the course for Ministry of Labour Trainees.

Dates: 1941
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

M14 Miller, Sarah Wilson Pairman, 1937

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/593
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1930. File contains correspondence only, relating to her missionary work in Africa.

Dates: 1937
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

M15 Monkley, Margaret, 1938-1946

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/594
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1938. File contains correspondence only and includes accounts of her missionary work in the Labrador region of Canada with Dr Charles Curtis of the Grenfell Mission.

Dates: 1938-1946
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

M16 Muir, Heather, 1935-1936

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/595
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form and placement reports.

Dates: 1935-1936
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

M18 Munro, Isobel Lindsay, 1935-1936

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/596
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form and placement reports

Dates: 1935-1936
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

M20 Matthew, Lorna Louise, c.1935

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/597
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. Enrolment form only.

Dates: c.1935
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

M21 Milne Home, Janey Margaret Kate, 1934-1939

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/598
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1934-1939
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

M22 Mears, Norah, 1937-1941

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/599
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1938. File contains: Enrolment form and correspondence.

Dates: 1937-1941
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

M23 Mowat, Jane Margaret, 1937-1938

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/600
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1938. File contains: Enrolment form and placement reports.


Title of thesis: "The State and Industrial Transference" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].

Dates: 1937-1938
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

M24 Moore, May Isobel, 1937-1939

 File — Box SW 36
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/601
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1939. File contains: Enrolment form and placement reports

Dates: 1937-1939
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