Social Work BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Social Work BA (Hons)
Social workers are key to supporting individuals and communities, from child protection to mental health. Our degree equips you with the practical skills, knowledge, and resilience to become a confident, effective, and compassionate social worker. Youll learn everything from social work theories to professional skills, ensuring youre ready to help adults and children in various settings.
By the end of the course, you’ll be eligible to register with Social Work England and start your career in a field that makes a real impact.
• Industry informed teaching: Lear...
Social workers are key to supporting individuals and communities, from child protection to mental health. Our degree equips you with the practical skills, knowledge, and resilience to become a confident, effective, and compassionate social worker. Youll learn everything from social work theories to professional skills, ensuring youre ready to help adults and children in various settings.<br/><br/>By the end of the course, you’ll be eligible to register with Social Work England and start your career in a field that makes a real impact.<br/><br/><br/>• Industry informed teaching: Learn from experienced staff with real-world social work practice, teaching, and research expertise, ensuring your learning experience is high-quality and up-to-date with contemporary issues, advancements and debates within the sector.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Gain real-world insight: Get direct input from people with lived experience, including co-taught lectures and assessments.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Flexible career paths: Gain the flexibility to work with both adults and children, opening doors to diverse career opportunities.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Boost your employability: Complete two assessed practical placements in a variety of settings, statutory, voluntary, and charitable, with children, young people, and adults allowing you to apply theory to real-world situations. <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Build key skills: Build valuable transferable skills through interprofessional learning alongside students from nursing, criminal justice, teaching, and more.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Focused learning: Modules are delivered through our block teaching approach, so you can concentrate on one subject at a time.<br/><br/>
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
09/2026
Campus
Leicester Campus
Application Details
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
L502
Institution Code
D26
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
120
Minimum of 120 UCAS points from at least 2 A Levels including five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English and/or English Literature We will consider applicants with Key Skills or Functional Skills in Adult Literacy at level 2 as an alternative to GCSE qualifications.
Access to HE Diploma
Access course (started before September 2014) Pass. English GCSE equivalency of 12 level two credits in each subject required. Access to HE Diploma (started after September 2014) Pass Access qualification with GCSE English at grade C/4 or above, or the equivalent. Pass Access qualification overall 120 UCAS tariff English required as separate qualifications.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDM
A level
Minimum of 120 UCAS points from at least 2 A Levels including five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English and/or English Literature We will consider applicants with Key Skills or Functional Skills in Adult Literacy at level 2 as an alternative to GCSE qualifications.
T Level
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,535 | 2025/26 | Year 1 | |
| EU, International | £16,800 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
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