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University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Work

 Organization

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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:

Mc79 Name Withheld, 1952-1953

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/586
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1952-1953
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

Mc81 McKendrick, Margaret Watson, 1950-1956

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/587
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1950-1956
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

Mc82 McCallum, Sheila Jean, 1955-1957

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/588
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1955. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports, photograph. Includes particulars for post of trainee psychiatric social worker and King's College and Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle.


Thesis: "Report on the Budget Survey in Balfour Street and Coburg Street areas in Leith, 1955" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].

Dates: 1955-1957
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

Mc83 McCulloch, James Wallace, 1955-1957

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/589
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1955-1957
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

Mc84 Mackinnon, Dorothy Frances, 1956-1967

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/591
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1956. File contains: enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports, photograph.

Dates: 1956-1967
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

Mc85 Mitcheson, Jean Mary, 1946-1974

 File — Box SW 35
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/592
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1950. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1946-1974
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

N2 Neilson, Mary Georgina Cumming, 1935-1965

 File — Box SW 40
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/684
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1937. File contains: Enrolment form and correspondence.

Dates: 1935-1965
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

N3 Napier, Elizabeth Seton, 1934

 File — Box SW 40
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/685
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1931. File contains correspondence only.

Dates: 1934
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

N4 Noble, Hilda Symington, 1937-1941

 File — Box SW 40
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/686
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1941. File contains: Enrolment form, placement reports.

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

N5 Noble, Helen Cairns, 1936-1938

 File — Box SW 40
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/687
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1936-1938
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