Social Work at Bournemouth University
Social Work (BA (Hons), L500) at Bournemouth University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bournemouth.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check bournemouth.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 112–127 points.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 50%, an Access course 35%, other higher education 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- L500 · L5 social work
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
- Year
- 2027
Approved by the Social Work England for the purpose of providing eligibility to apply for registration with Social Work England as a social worker in England More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 85%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
30 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course87%90%
Learning opportunities82%91%
Assessment and feedback69%88%
Academic support79%89%
Organisation and management50%81%
Learning resources94%90%
Student voice65%82%
15 final-year students · 77% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£34k3 years£31.5k5 years£37k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
65% working35% working and studying
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 90%
85%
say their work is meaningful
UK 95%
85%
use what they learned
UK 90%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5BB
Subjects
social work social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Bournemouth University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Social work at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Birmingham | Social Work BA (Hons) | 128 points | 144–159 |
| Bradford College | Social Work BA (Hons) | 120 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Social Work BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Counselling Studies and Working with Children, Young People & Families (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Social Work BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Criminology, Communities and Criminal Justice (Top-up) BSc | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Social Work BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Children, Families and Education CertHE | — | — |
| Bournemouth University | Social Work this course | — | 112–127 |
| University of Bath | Social Work and Applied Social Studies BSc (Hons) | — | 128–143 |
| University of Bradford | Foundation Year in Social Care BA (Hons) | — | — |
See all 186 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side