University of Chichester

How to Apply

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Some Practical Suggestions

  • Contact your Local Education Authority (LEA) for an assessment of your eligibility for a student loan and for help with tuition fees. Your LEA will then issue a letter detailing their assessment, a copy of which must be included with your bursary application.
  • Contact the NHS Business Service Authority and apply for your bursary.

Obtain an application form

* Contact the Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UCAS) on 0870 1122211. Chichester’s institution code is CHICH C58 and the programme code for BA Social Work is L500 BA/SWS.

Read books such as the following

Cree, Viviene (ed.) (2003) Becoming A Social Worker. London: Routledge.
Horner, Nigel (2003) What is Social Work? Context and Perspectives, Exeter: Learning Matters.
Thompson, Neil (2005, 2nd. edit.) Understanding Social Work: Preparing For Practice. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Wilson, K. et al (eds) (2008) Social Work, London: Pearson Educational.

Prepare for an invitation to interview

Reflect on the following questions:

  • why do you want to be a social work?
  • what can you bring to social work?
  • what have you learnt about being a service user from receiving services from organisations such as the National Health Service?

Familiarise yourself with the Selection Process
Re-examine links such as Admissions Criteria