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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:

S62 Scott, Phyllis Mary, 1950-1953

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/853
Scope and Contents Dip. Social Study 1951. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports. Includes reprint of "The Application of Recent Research to Health Visiting" by Phyllis Scott, tutor in Social Science, University College of the South West of England, from The Journal of The Royal Sanitary Institute, September 1953 and accompanying correspondence relating to the role of health visitors. Includes correspondence from Professor Crew relating to a Boots Research...
Dates: 1950-1953
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

S65 Seton-Browne, Agnes Patricia, 1950-1953

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/854
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1950-1953
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

S66 Scott, Barbara Jane, 1949-1953

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/855
Scope and Contents

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

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

S69 Singh, Kusum, 1951-1972

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/856
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1951-1972
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

S71 Sheilds, Beatrice Harriet, 1952-1955

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/857
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1952-1955
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

S73 Name Withheld, 1951-1955

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/858
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1951-1955
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

S74 Name Withheld, 1954

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/859
Scope and Contents

Non-graduate. File contains: Correspondence only.

Dates: 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

S75 Name Withheld, c.1952

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/860
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: c.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

S79 Snell, Catharine Monica, 1953-1957

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/862
Scope and Contents Dip. Social Study 1956. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports, photograph. Includes some correspondence relating to a weekend at The Burn with members of the Department and the planting of a cherry tree, 1957. Includes copy particulars for the post of Deputy Warden at Heathwood Hostel for Maladjusted Children.Title of thesis: "An Investigation in the Leisure time activities of a group of fifteen year old girls in a Grammar School" [NB...
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

S80 Shaw, Phoebe Catherine, 1953-1956

 File — Box SW48
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/863
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1956. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, correspondence, placement reports, photograph.

Dates: 1953-1956
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