
An open letter to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and Health Secretary Steve Barclay, drafted by a steering group of students and social workers, states that students on social work courses are often unable to work part-time during their studies, and face unique levels of financial hardship as a result.
It adds that student bursaries for social workers in England are “distributed unequally”, and only one in six students currently benefit from them due to limited availability.
Bursaries have been capped at the same level since 2013 and funding for them has been frozen for more than eight years, the letter states, adding that this has resulted in a “real-terms cut in support” for many students.
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