xHow we will deliver your course in 2021: Social Work (postgraduate)

The are no changes to content of modules or structure and timetabling of the course.

Returning students will have the following changes to the structure of the course:

Placement changes:

SW5703 – The 70-day first placement is reduced to 50 days with the option to add 20 days if required.

SW5708 – The 100-day first placement is reduced to 80 days with the option to add 20 days if required.

SW5703 and SW5708 are combined into a long 130 day placement with a week break between the 50 and 80 days. It will continue in the same placement with the same Practice Educator and Practice Tutor. Progression to the 80 placement SW5708 is dependent of successful completion of the assessment block SW5802 (assessment for the 50 day placement SW5703)

SW5802 will be modified to eliminate only the requirement for a final report in the ‘portfolio element’ all other elements remains unchanged.

Timings for the assessment block SW5801 and SW5806 are modified to have a delayed hand in deadline which is the last day of placement (50th day or 80th day) + 5 working days (the last day is the 70th or 100th day is the placement is extended).

Some returning students may have commenced the 50 day placement in the academic year 2020/2021, these students will continue with the changes as described above. Others are awaiting commencement in September 2021. 

There is no planned change to the overall length of the course, but please note that the anticipated start date of Year 1 placements will be staggered from January 2022, due to availability, which means that for some students the 70-day placement may continue into the summer 2022.

There is no planned change to the overall length of the course, but please note that some students will be completing or starting delayed placements through September 2021, this means that the end date of the placement will be variable depending on the placement start date. 

Skills modules:

SW5702 is a 7 session online teaching block.

SW5701 is a 6 session online teaching block.

• SW5620 is a long (2-term module) and is therefore a 22-session module. All lectures of this module will be pre-recorded and asynchronous, however this will be accompanied by weekly in-person on campus seminar sessions of 1 hour each covering a total teaching time of 2 hours per week. This is made up of 1 hour of asynchronous learning and 1 hour of seminar per week.

• SW5621 is a long (2-term module) and is therefore a 22-session module. All lectures of this module will be pre-recorded and asynchronous, however this will be accompanied by weekly in person on campus seminar sessions of 1 hour covering a total teaching time of 2 hours per week. This is made up of 1 hour of asynchronous learning and 1 hour of seminar per week.

• PN5604 will be taught through 9 sessions of asynchronous recorded lectures, 6 on campus in-person seminars and 2 on campus in-person skills days.

• SW5625 will be taught through 11 sessions of asynchronous recorded lectures and 6 on campus in-person seminars.
• SW5618 will be taught as 11 asynchronous recorded lectures and 2 weekly seminar session every week totally 11 on campus in-person sessions.
• SW5619 will be taught as 11 asynchronous recorded lectures and an as yet undecided number of on campus in-person seminars.
• SW5600 (elective video dissertation) will have 6 on campus in-person skills days.

Assessments:

All assessments are coursework to be handed in online, except for an exam for part 2 of the assessment for SW5621 which will be an online exam.Students will be able to access all lectures and recordings online via blackboard learn.

• Students will require access to a computer and internet connection.

• Skills modules – For students with SW5701, SW5703, SW5708 SW5706 outstanding these modules will be taught in-person on-campus or on placement.

• SW5703 is a 50 day in person placement.  Some students will have commenced this in the academic year 2020/2021, others are awaiting commencement in September 2021.

• SW5708 is an 80 day in person placement (which will commence after successful completion of SW5802)

• SW5600 is an 11-session module. These will be taught as 11 sessions of on campus in-person

• SW5622 is an 11-session module which will be taught as an asynchronous lectures and a yet undetermined number of on campus in-person seminars.

• SW5623 and SW5624 are elective modules comprising 11 sessions each. They will be taught as asynchronous lectures and 6 on campus in-person skills sessions or seminars each.

• SW5704 is an 11-session teaching block, it will be taught as 11 asynchronous lectures and an as yet undetermined amount of on campus in-person seminars.

• SW5705 is an 11-session teaching block, it will be taught as 11 asynchronous lectures and an as yet undetermined amount of on campus in-person seminars.

Assessments - all assessments are coursework to be handed in online

Students will be able to access all lectures and recordings online via blackboard learn.

Students will require access to a computer and internet connection.