NHS Social Work Bursary
The Social Work Bursary is available for undergraduate and postgraduate students on our Social Work courses to support creating skilled and qualified social workers.
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Undergraduate, Postgraduate (taught)
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is supporting social work education through funding the 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 our students on our social work courses.
Contact details for the scholarship are below. For queries to the faculty, please contact us on FoSSFacultyOffice@stir.ac.uk.
Eligibility and availability
Visit the NHS Business Service Authority website for all information on applying and eligibility.
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: Proposed changes to the Social Work Bursary and the Education Support Grant.
How to apply
Visit the NHS Business Service Authority website for all information on applying and eligibility.