A powerful cross-party committee of MSPs has agreed to take action to support the need for social work university students’ to be provided with bursaries during the final years of their courses in Scotland.
Scottish Parliamentarians will debate a petition calling for bursaries for social work students on 22 March 2023 – watch it online!
Student social workers in Scotland will have their petition for better support heard by MSPs on 22 March. This social work student campaign is backed by SWU and SASW.
Social work students, with support from SWU and SASW, explained the challenges they face and the need for better bursary support in Scotland.
Student social workers in Scotland have been offered a meeting with the Minister for Higher Education as part of their campaign to secure bursaries for students on full-time placements. The campaign, backed by the Social Workers Union (SWU) and Scottish Read more
This student-led initiative is supported by the SWU Campaign Fund and we urge you to sign the petition before it closes on 3 January 2023 A letter signed by over 300 students on social work courses and calling for fair Read more
Join SWU at this year’s Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) Conference. This year’s SASW Conference will be held online from November 22nd – 23rd and then followed by an informal social reception on the evening of Wednesday November 23rd Read more
SWU and SASW support this member-led campaign calling for better bursary support for social work students in Scotland. Last week, a joint letter signed by over 300 students and 20 social work lecturers was sent to the Scottish Government, Student Read more
We need to ensure the workforce is protected and that this Bill will bring better care and support to people in Scotland The Scottish Government introduced the National Care Service (NCS) Bill to Parliament on 20 June 2022. This Bill sets out Read more
The first CPG on Social Work meeting in January 2022 will bring together key stakeholders from across Scotland November 11th was a historic day for social work in Scotland as that was the date the first ever Cross-Party Group on Read more