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Social Work

Start your career in Social Work

We rank 3rd in London for our unique social work degree that prepares you to register as a qualified social worker post-graduation through our 170 days of work placements and support from our expert tutors. You’ll learn the essential theory and practice through interactive sessions and by working with providers, users, and carers.

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Your Career In Health and Social Work

Hear from Abigail, current nursing student, and Carol, nursing graduate and clinician, about how Middlesex has helped them to set goals for their nursing career and supported them to get where they want to go

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    Nicky Lambert, our Director of Teaching and Learning for Mental Health and Social Work, talks about managing stress during the pandemic.

  • Dr Carmel Clancy


    Dean of the Health and Education School, Dr Carmel Clancy, talks to West London Business about how MDX has adapted to COVID-19.

We train the future workforce

We're training 480 extra mental health social workers in partnership with mental health charity Think Ahead. By increasing the mental health workforce, we're proud to provide more support for vulnerable people at a time when they need it most, especially as a result of the pandemic.

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Profiles from social workers in Think Ahead programme

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Read more profiles on social workers who went through the Think Ahead programme, a partner of Middlesex University.

Think Ahead programme

Meet your Course Ambassador, Semi

Semilore is a current student at Middlesex and is here to answer any questions you might have about the course, student life or studying at university.

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