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Social Work (Taught)

  • MA
  • 24 Months
  • Full-time
  • September 2025
  • Postgraduate
Bangor Campus
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Bangor University (Prifysgol Bangor)
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2025-2026
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Course summary

This Social Work MA is a Professional Qualifying Programme.

Social work changes lives and a career in social work is varied and rewarding. This 2-year Social Work MA provides a pathway to professional social work practice, and includes academic modules complemented with practice placements. This equips and prepares students to qualify as social workers and take up professional social work posts within the social care workforce.

The course is informed by the QAA Benchmarks for Social Work (QAA), and the National Occupational Standards for Social Work (Social Care Wales) and complies with the requirements of Social Care Wales as Wales’s social work regulators.

We work in close partnership with Gwynedd, Ynys Môn and Conwy local authorities, who host and provide placements for students on the programme.

The key features of this Social Work MA are:

  • Condensed timetable of 2-3 days per week

  • High level of tutor support

  • Practice placements arranged for students

  • Bilingual*

  • Employment at the end of the course with social work posts starting from approximately £30,000 per annum

*Our partners ask that the students they host have bilingual Welsh / English skills. This requirement is in order to meet the needs of their communities and to comply with the right to a Welsh language service under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. This means that students are able to follow lectures that are predominantly though the medium of Welsh with bilingual slides, and are able to converse naturally in Welsh with bilingual individuals. However, we are not talking about ‘perfect’ Welsh (if there is such a thing!). Students are able to submit their assessments in their preferred language. If you’re interested in applying for a place on the programme, but unsure if your Welsh is ‘good enough’, please come to talk to us. We can help assess your skills and ensure that you don’t miss out if your skills are good enough, and / or if you could benefit from support to build on current skills.

Modules

Please see the website for module information

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Bangor Campus

Study options

  • MA • Full-time • 24 Months

Start dates

  • September 2025

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Entry requirements

  • 2.2 degree classification or higher
  • A minimum of 3 months* (FTE) relevant social care or equivalent experience*
  • Grade C GCSE at least or equivalent qualification in Maths and English/Welsh first language
  • Offers for places on the course are based on a satisfactory interview of applicants that meet the admissions criteria.
  • Speaking & Listening Welsh language skills required**

It is also a requirement that all students accepted onto the programme successfully complete an Enhanced DBS check, and are able to register with Social Care Wales, and maintain their registration throughout their studies.

*Experience may be voluntary or paid work, offering personal care to individuals, and / or help and support to individuals, families and groups. Examples include, but are not restricted to, 1-1 support work in school, social care or health care assistant, sports and leisure activities for children / adults with disabilities, i-can scheme (mental health support), advocacy. It is important is that you have a basic understanding of the role of social work and why people may need social work at certain points in their lives.

**This means that you need the ability to follow lectures that are predominantly though the medium of Welsh with bilingual slides, and able to converse naturally in Welsh with bilingual individuals. Assessments can be submitted in Welsh or English. If you’re interested in applying for a place on the programme, but unsure if your Welsh is ‘good enough’, please come to talk to us. We can help assess your skills and ensure that you don’t miss out if your skills are good enough, or if you could benefit from support to build on current skills.

English language requirements

For the most up-to-date information on acceptable English Language proficiency qualifications, please visit our webpage below.https://www.bangor.ac.uk/international/future/englishlanguage

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For the most up-to-date fees information: Home/EU students: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgrad/index.php.en or International students: www.bangor.ac.uk/international/future/Finance_and_scholarship.php

Sponsorship information

The University offers a wide range of scholarships, studentships and bursaries.

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