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BJSW Advance Access published online on October 28, 2008
British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn139
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved

Professional Doctorate Programmes in Social Work: The Current State of Provision in the UK

Jonathan Scourfield

Jonathan Scourfield is senior lecturer in Cardiff School of Social Sciences. His research interests include child welfare, children's identities, gender and suicide. His most recent book is Working with Men in Health and Social Care (with Featherstone and Rivett) and he is currently engaged in research on the religious nurture of Muslim children under the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society programme.

Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Scourfield, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, The Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT, UK. E-mail: scourfield{at}cardiff.ac.uk


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The paper presents the findings of a survey of UK professional doctorate programmes that have a social work element. The aim was to provide an initial description of the extent and nature of current provision. The survey was conducted via academic community e-mail lists and followed up with telephone interviews. Findings are presented about the universities offering programmes, longevity of programmes, numbers of students, students' employment and employer support, degree nomenclature, programme structure, successful aspects of programmes and their approach to handling the relationship between research and practice. Some tentative conclusions are presented about the possible ways forward for social work professional doctorates and avenues for further research about these degrees.

Keywords: Practitioner research, Research and evaluation, Social work education, doctoral study


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