In 2020, I reflected on my experience with the MA Social Work course at The University of Manchester before embarking on a PhD in Social Work. Now, three and a half years later, it’s clear how the opportunities afforded by the programme have shaped my career. Choosing my master’s I chose the master’s programme at … More How studying social work has influenced my career trajectory
MA Social Work student Panashe tells us about deciding to change career direction after studying fashion design at undergraduate level. … More Making the switch from fashion design to social work
MA Social Work student Charlotte takes us through a day on placement at Trafford Council. … More My MA Social Work placement with Trafford Council Early Help
Josh Devlin is a graduate from the two-year MA Social Work programme which helps students to become social workers through placements and highly effective teaching. For the past three years, Josh has worked as a Social Worker for Trafford Council in a children’s locality team. However, this September he is set to return to the … More Returning to Manchester to explore my research interests
In our short series on MA Social Work, we have covered everything from what it’s like to study from an international student’s perspective to the kinds of student support you’ll receive and even the University of Manchester’s reputation as a whole. Katherine Almond is about to enter her second and final year: in our fourth … More MA Social Work: Skills Preparation and Placements
Eric Boateng is one of the many individuals we are fortunate enough to have devoted their time to others through studying our MA Social Work programme. In this piece, Eric talks about looking after his family back in Ghana from an early age, working with several non-profit initiatives and even working in Ghanaian Parliament! Even … More MA Social Work: Study with status
Studying a master’s is never going to be easy, and along the way, you’re going to need support from the people around you. Some people rely on support from their friends, others rely on support from their family but there’s one thing that you can guarantee as a University of Manchester Social Work student – … More MA Social Work: A degree full of support
Jack Caulder is an overseas student in his final year on the MA in Social Work. One of the big draws for our programme is that we are a highly international university and the Master’s qualification itself allows you to practice in many different countries. With that in mind, we wanted to see what he … More MA Social Work: An International Perspective
Newly qualified Social Worker, Josh Devlin, graduated from the University of Manchester in December 2017. As a graduate from the unique two year Social Work master’s at Manchester, Josh is well placed to give us an insight in to what life is really like as a Social Worker and how his placements helped him to … More Life as a newly qualified Social Worker
Balancing student life with a busy personal schedule can be hard. It was even harder for Karen Hill, with added challenges such as long commutes and cats that just want to sit on her laptop! Life as an MA Social Work student is busy. I get up at 6.30am to give me time to come … More How to balance a busy personal life with studying a Social Work MA
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