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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:

S51 Smellie, Mary Nanette Stewart, 1948-1962

 File — Box SW47
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/843
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1950. File contains: Enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports. Includes handwritten reports on favourite and least favourite visit - Smith's bakery and the juvenile court.

Dates: 1948-1962
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

S52 Smith, Richard Brereton, 1949-1950

 File — Box SW47
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/844
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1950. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports.


Title of thesis: "Incentive and the Worker" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].

Dates: 1949-1950
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

S53 Saunders, Thomas Peter, 1949

 File — Box SW47
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/845
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Enrolment form and letter only.

Dates: 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

S54 Name Withheld, 1944-1952

 File — Box SW47
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/846
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1944-1952
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

S55 Scott, May Isobel, 1948-1950

 File — Box SW47
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/847
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1948-1950
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

S56 Spencer, Ann Margaret, 1948-1961

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/848
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1948-1961
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

S57 Scott-Dodd, Winifred Margaret, 1949-1951

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/849
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1950. 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

S58 Name Withheld, 1950-1951

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/850
Scope and Contents

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

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

S60 Shiel, Muriel Nicola, 1950-1954

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/851
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1951. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports.

Dates: 1950-1954
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

S61 Sharma, Shobha Ram, 1949-1951

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/852
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1951. 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