The government has revealed there will be 1,500 postgraduate social work bursaries available for students starting in the 2018 academic year and 2,500 undergraduate bursaries available for those who started courses in 2017 or this year.
This number has remained unchanged since 2015 despite latest Department for Education figures for September 2017 showing that the vacancy rate among children's social workers in England is 17 per cent, 0.3 per cent up on the previous year's rate.
The value of the bursary is also to be frozen for a fourth year in a row, despite inflation now standing at 2.3 per cent and concerns among students over rising tuition fees.
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