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UCAS CODE: L501

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Luton

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Your first step towards a career as a registered social worker this course equips you with the knowledge skills and resilience needed to improve the lives of vulnerable adults children and families. Approved by Social Work England this degree offers graduates eligibility to join the professional register after which you can pursue a career in social work across a range of settings.The course prepares you to work in a rapidly changing complex and unpredictable sector offering the most up-to-the-minute knowledge skills and practice. It combines work-placement experience practical skills development and academic study with a focus on applying theory to practice.You first study the foundations of social work including social policy human growth and development relevant legislation for professional practice and working with people. Later units explore issues contexts and interventions in social work along with two work-placement opportunities and a final-year research project.

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Tuition fees

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£ 15,500per year

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University information

University of Bedfordshire

  • University League Table

    130th

  • Campus address

    Luton, University Square, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JU, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    31st out of 73 21

  • Entry standards

    / Max 181
    114 63%

    53rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    96.0 96%

    10th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.20 80%

    29th

    28

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