University of Bedfordshire Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

Join us 18 March to celebrate World Social Work Day 2025!

Join us on Tue, Mar 18, 2025 from 1.30pm - 4.00pm for our online webinar focused on promoting intergenerational solidarity in social work. Co - curated by Dr Kwanele Shishane, Dr Emma Murati & Dr Sireita Mullings, this event will feature engaging discussions and networking opportunities with local community practioners, social work professionals and students from the School of Applied Social Scienes MA in International Social Development and Welfare.

Whether you're a curious practitioner, social worker or an international social work developer wanting to learn more, this event is a great opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, hear about new ideas, how students of the University of Bedfordshire engage with contemporary social issues and share best practice.

Don't miss out on how people are making a positive impact in your global and local communities!

Sign up at: https://wswd2025.eventbrite.co.uk

"Like Lockdown Never Happened" Dr Joy White's Book Launch & Conversation event! 📖

Come join us on Monday, March 3, 10:00 AM at the University of Bedfordshire Postgraduate Centre- Room P205 for a conversation and book launch event with Dr. Joy White.

Book your place at the event via eventbrite at: https://likelockdownneverhappened.eventbrite.co.uk

We reflect on how Black creative expression, specifically music feature as a contemporary form of resistance and asylum that led us through the pandemic. Explore the way that Black joy and sonic Black geographies intersect with health, wellbeing, criminology and sociology, and have become key to the culture of now. We will gain some insight into how Kano’s Newham Talks series; Steve McQueen’s BBC anthology Small Axe; the Verzuz DJ Battle series; TikTok’s Don’t Rush Challenge; radio station theresnosignal; and many more held us through LockDown!

Our dynamic course in Paramedic Science develops your clinical knowledge and confidence, equipping you with the skills needed for emergency and unscheduled care while ensuring you meet the requirements of the modern ambulance service and expanding paramedic role. With a high employment rate, the course takes you from novice to expert over three years of study, using a blended approach to learning so theory clearly meets practice. It also builds your clinical reasoning, critical thinking and leadership skills.

Visit beds.ac.uk and search paramedic science to find out more and apply today!

As the UCAS deadline draws nearer, why not find out more about the range of courses on offer within the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, including Operating Department Practice, also known as ODP where you can develop the skills to offer coordinated, patient-centred care alongside surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre nurses in a range of settings including operating theatres, emergency departments, intensive care and recovery.

Our brand new state-of-the-art 'Sim Street' provides an immersive set of simulation suites designed to enhance the training of our healthcare students before they go on placement, including an operating theatre for our ODP students.

Visit beds.ac.uk and search ODP to find out more about the course and apply today!

Our Social Work team are proud to announce that earlier this month two of their social work alumni students won an award at the Social Worker of the Year Awards.

Congratulations to our fantastic alumni Holly Shreeves who completed our Step Up to Social Work course, who took home an award for Newly Qualified Children’s Social Worker of the Year, and Elizabeth Badu, who completed out Social Work Apprenticeship who won the Newly Qualified Adult Social Worker of the Year!

Follow in their footsteps and find out more about our social work courses by visiting beds.ac.uk and searching social work, or book on to our next open day!

As part of their initiative the School of Applied Social Sciences hosted a celebration of youth work across Bedfordshire aimed at youth work practitioners from a range of settings to come together and celebrate youth work taking place across the county whilst also exploring the future of youth work in light of potential changes to the political landscape from a local and national perspective.

On 10th Oct 2024, for , our and came together for an enriching inter-professional learning day. This successful event aimed to break down barriers between professions, enhance collaborative skills, and ultimately improve patient and service user outcomes.

The event began with introductions and ice-breaker activities focused on professional stereotypes, assumptions and values, helping students to connect and understand each other better.

Students engaged in dynamic case scenario group discussions, emphasising the importance of effective communication, compassion, multi-disciplinary team work and holistic care.

With valuable insights from lecturers, practitioners and experts by experience, the groups explored the benefits, complexities and challenges of inter-professional collaboration.

visit beds.ac.uk to find out more about our courses in nursing and social work

Join us for our next open day in Luton and Bedford on 12 October!

Find out more about Career-Powered Education

- Speak to subject experts and attend industry presentations
- Find out about our scholarship opportunities to help cover costs
- Enter our exciting competitions to win a iPad or free accommodation at our Bedford Campus

Did you know?
You could be eligible for a scholarship worth up to £2500 a year

Book now at beds.ac.uk/open-days

Hear from Yadwinder Singh about studying a MSc in and how he finds studying in , alongside his at the Luton Sikh Soup Kitchen, where he got to meet the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, who presented him with a Certificate of Appreciation for volunteering efforts in the county of !

Find out more about studying one of our masters degrees with the School of Applied at our online webinar on Friday 17 May from 12pm-1pm. No need to book, just visit https://unibeds.info/SASSPGwebinar to join via Microsoft Teams

Are you interested in a in ? Join our upcoming online webinars to find out more about our and in Social Work, with topics covering timetables, placements and career opportunities.

Visit beds.ac.uk/events to find out more and join one of three webinars running on 22 April, 14 May, and 20 May between 5:30pm-6:30pm

Last week our Childhood and Youth Studies explored the Young V&A Museum in Bethnal Green 🏛️ The trip was not just a day out but a key part of the course's Narratives unit assessment. 📚 Where students have been tasked to create their own virtual exhibitions featuring three interconnected toys, games, films, or books.