BA (Hons) Social and Community Work
36 monthsProgramme duration
Sep-2026Starting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Development Studies
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Rooted in social justice work, facilitating student leadership abilities and qualities to bring
change tackling inequality in society, a distinctive feature of the BA Social and Community
Work programme is that it prepares students for a wide range of social and community work
fields, interfacing between academic study and professional practice. The BA SCW
programme is premised on social justice, social change and sustainable development with
race and racism central to the teaching, our case studies and theory continuing to reflect the
experience of communities confronting the climate emergency, issues around sustainable
living, inequality, and social injustice. To this end, the programme integrates academic study
with the development of practice skills and experience, including a fieldwork placement as
well as coursework. It is also informed by the changing policy context and its implications for
practice. A core aim of the programme, therefore, is to draw upon social science
frameworks and understandings to examine and analyse a wide range of practice contexts,
and the dilemmas and choices faced by practitioners in social and community work settings.
These complementary aspects create a dynamic between intellectual coherence and
professional competence which informs the curriculum, ensuring that the relationship
between theory and practice is central to the programme. The programme offers some
opportunities for studying elsewhere in the Institution, and some modules are open to
students from other programmes.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Development Studies
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Rooted in social justice work, facilitating student leadership abilities and qualities to bring
change tackling inequality in society, a distinctive feature of the BA Social and Community
Work programme is that it prepares students for a wide range of social and community work
fields, interfacing between academic study and professional practice. The BA SCW
programme is premised on social justice, social change and sustainable development with
race and racism central to the teaching, our case studies and theory continuing to reflect the
experience of communities confronting the climate emergency, issues around sustainable
living, inequality, and social injustice. To this end, the programme integrates academic study
with the development of practice skills and experience, including a fieldwork placement as
well as coursework. It is also informed by the changing policy context and its implications for
practice. A core aim of the programme, therefore, is to draw upon social science
frameworks and understandings to examine and analyse a wide range of practice contexts,
and the dilemmas and choices faced by practitioners in social and community work settings.
These complementary aspects create a dynamic between intellectual coherence and
professional competence which informs the curriculum, ensuring that the relationship
between theory and practice is central to the programme. The programme offers some
opportunities for studying elsewhere in the Institution, and some modules are open to
students from other programmes.
Admission Requirements
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24+
54+
6+
64+
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169+
3 Years
Sep-2026
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