| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Oxford Brookes University's Social Work research program provides a collaborative research environment, with expert supervision and opportunities to present and discuss research findings. Areas of research include children and families, drugs and alcohol, and collaborative practice. The program's research has a global impact, informing policy and practice and enhancing the recruitment and retention of social workers.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Social Work at Oxford Brookes offers a supportive and collaborative research community, giving you the chance to develop your research skills together with knowledge of your chosen subject. We take a holistic approach to individual, family, community and societal well-being, and have strong partnerships with external research centres and practitioners. You can undertake research degrees in areas such as:
- children and families
- drugs and alcohol
- inter-professional education and collaborative practice. You will be supported throughout your studies by a supervisory team who you will meet on a regular basis and have many additional opportunities to share your progress with other researchers and research students. There are opportunities to participate in the Faculty’s annual research conference and to attend research seminars, including research training seminars.
Other:
Our research covers a diverse range of fields, ensuring that we are delivering current, evidence-informed knowledge and skills for all levels of professionals. We also collaborate across the disciplines to ensure that we are at the forefront of informing and influencing current policy and practice. Much of the research has an international impact. For example, findings from a recent large, systematic review of school-based alcohol prevention could result in reduced costs for health care and social services across the globe. Results from a substantial survey of factors that affect resilience in social work students could have a significant positive impact on the recruitment and long-term retention of social workers entering into the profession.
2023 / 24 Home (UK) full time £4,712 Home (UK) part time £2,356 International full time £17,500 International part time £8,750 2024 / 25 Home (UK) full time £4,886 Home (UK) part time £2,443 Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year. For International fees the following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support. Home fees are set by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and are released approximately five months before the start of each academic year. How and when to pay Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
