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Changes in admissions work arising from the new social work degree in England

Manthorpe, Jill, Moriarty, Jo, Hussein, Shereen, Sharpe, Endellion, Stevens, Martin, Orme, Joan, MacIntyre, Gillian, Green Lister, Pam and Crisp, Beth 2010, Changes in admissions work arising from the new social work degree in England, Social work education, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 704-717.

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Title Changes in admissions work arising from the new social work degree in England
Author(s) Manthorpe, Jill
Moriarty, Jo
Hussein, Shereen
Sharpe, Endellion
Stevens, Martin
Orme, Joan
MacIntyre, Gillian
Green Lister, Pam
Crisp, Beth
Journal name Social work education
Volume number 29
Issue number 7
Start page 704
End page 717
Total pages 14
Publisher Routledge
Place of publication Abingdon, England
Publication date 2010-10
ISSN 0261-5479
1470-1227
Keyword(s) Social Work Education
Admissions
Recruitment
Students
Professional Training
Summary The business of admissions to higher education in England is a significant task for academic and support staff. This paper draws on the Evaluation of the New Social Work Degree Qualification in England (2004-2008) to describe the changes in admissions work for social work staff in higher education associated with the change from diploma to a degree level qualification for entry to the profession; to report how staff involved in admissions work are managing these changes; and to identify elements of admissions processes that are perceived to be fulfilling the new requirements of the degree and those which are identified as more problematic. The article draws on two telephone/email surveys of a national sample of social work programmes and on face-to-face in-depth interviews with a sample of teaching staff from nine social work programmes in six higher education institutions undertaken during 2005-2007. The work of admissions staff is rarely scrutinised in studies of higher education or specifically in social work programmes: this article discusses the spectrum of approaches. It recommends monitoring of the outcomes of practices in admissions work that are recasting Department of Health Requirements as the minimum.
Notes First published on 19 November 2009
Language eng
Field of Research 160799 Social Work not elsewhere classified
130213 Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy
Socio Economic Objective 920299 Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
HERDC collection year 2010
Copyright notice ©2010, Taylor & Francis
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032368

Document type: Journal Article
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