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Your Social Work and Care course

Social work and care offer some of the most challenging and rewarding careers, giving you the chance to make a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and communities. On one of our work-focused courses, you can start making positive change from the get-go, guided by experienced professionals. Now you've got an offer from us, discover the top reasons to choose NTU.

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Congratulations on your offer to study at NTU!

If you’re ready to make a difference, our hands-on, work-focused degrees will help you master the field’s theories and principles, and then apply them beyond the classroom – with real people, and direct results.

Through work-based learning and teaching from qualified experts in the areas of social work and health care, our courses will help you build the knowledge and skills to help shape the lives of vulnerable people.

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Top reasons to choose NTU

1) Our connections

You'll be joining a wider family — our industry connections and the opportunities they offer for collaboration and networking stretch right across the Midlands.

2) Our academic team

The Department of Social Work, Care and Community is made up of experienced academic staff, many of whom have previously worked in practice as social workers, youth workers, and more.

3) Experience the workplace

Social Work students will spend 170 days on placements to experience the real world of social work. Health and Social Care students undertake 240 hours of Work Like Experience through placements, volunteering, live projects, or employer simulations.

Meet your course mates

 

Andrea Hindle, BA (Hons) Social Work, tells us her five top things about her course.

The support from the university has enabled me to build a network and working relationship with lecturers allowing me to gain opportunities that I never thought I could such as mentoring and representing my cohort in student representative meetings.

Jodie Woodward

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What else you need to know about studying at NTU

Why study at NTU?

NTU is one of the most popular universities in the UK – find out why we should be your next step.

Fees and funding

Everything you need to know about fees and funding while you’re at university, including tuition fees and living costs, how you’ll pay for your studies, and bursaries and scholarships.

Accommodation

We make accommodation easy. Our halls of residence are secure, inclusive of all bills, and within easy reach of campuses and amenities, giving you more time to focus on your studies, settling in, and making friends.

Student life

University is about so much more than just your studies. Everything’s on offer here — there’s sport, art, music, food, and so much more.

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