NHS Social Work Bursary
The NHS Social Work Bursary is available for undergraduate and postgraduate students from England on our Social Work courses to support creating skilled and qualified social workers.
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is supporting social work education through funding the NHS Social Work Bursary (SWB), helping to maintain and improve the quality of social work education and creating a future workforce of skilled and qualified social workers.
This bursary is available for application by students on our social work courses. Go to the to find out more about what you may get or be eligible for.
Contact details for the scholarship are below. For queries to the faculty, please contact us on FoSSFacultyOffice@stir.ac.uk.
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The Government is undertaking a consultation on the Social Work Bursary and Education Support Grant which could lead to changes in the rates paid and/or eligibility from the 2027/28 academic year onwards. The consultation has now closed, but the consultation document, and the Government response when published, can be found here:
How to apply
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