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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:

Mc69 Mackinnon, Edgar Charles, 1949-1955

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/576
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1949-1955
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

Mc70 McDermott, Isobel Helen McLean, 1950-1952

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/577
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1952. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports. Includes typed job advert for a female Divisional Welfare Supervisor with London Transport.

Dates: 1950-1952
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

Mc71 Macgregor, Ruth, 1949-1954

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/578
Scope and Contents

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

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

Mc72 Macmillan, Margaret Stuart, 1949-1951

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/579
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1952. 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

Mc73 Name Withheld, 1951-1954

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/580
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1951-1954
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

Mc74 McLeod, Ann Rowan, 1949-1953

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/581
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1952. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports. Includes brochure for the London School of Economics Mental Health Course.

Dates: 1949-1953
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

Mc75 Name Withheld, 1950-1951

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/582
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1950-1951
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

Mc76 Mackintosh, Jean Margaret, 1952-1954

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/583
Scope and Contents

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


Thesis: "The Social Problems of Tuberculosis" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].

Dates: 1952-1954
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

Mc77 MacLean, Elizabeth Mary Maud, 1952-1954

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/584
Scope and Contents

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


Title of thesis: "Refugees: A Comparative Study in the Aims and Methods of the Various Organisations Engaged in Relief Work for Refugees in Europe and the Middle East during the Immediate Post-War Period" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].

Dates: 1952-1954
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

Mc78 McNeill, Dorothy Louise, 1953-1957

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/585
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1953-1957
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