Gaffney, Eileen Vera, b.1932 (Dip. Social Study, Edinburgh University)

Person

Biography

Dip. Social Study 1954. Eileen took part in a pilot housing study of Pilton, Edinburgh with Professor Tom Burns in 1954. Thesis title: "An Enquiry into the General Pattern of Behaviours of Boys and Girls of Pre-school Leaving Age in a Housing Estate". Was also an undergraduate at Edinburgh University, graduating with an Ordinary MA. She performed in Varsity Vanities for 3 years. On graduating from the School of Social Study she found work as a Probation officer in England before returning to Scotland to work for Wall's Ice Cream.

Sources: Student admission file, EUA; Edinburgh University calendar.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

G59 Gaffney, Eileen Vera, 1953-1956

File — Box SW 24

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/343

Scope and Contents

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

Thesis: "An Enquiry into the General Pattern of Behaviours of Boys and Girls of Pre-school Leaving Age in a Housing Estate" [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].

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