Social Work (Northern Ireland) (R61) at Open University
Social Work (Northern Ireland) (R61) (BA (Hons)) at Open University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on open.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 open.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Came in with a degree 45%, other higher education 35%, A-levels or Highers 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Duration
- 3 - 6 years
- Mode
- Part-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Year
- 2027
Accredited by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 58%
5%
left higher education
UK 15%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course100%92%
Learning opportunities95%91%
Assessment and feedback94%93%
Academic support96%88%
Organisation and management77%86%
Learning resources97%91%
Student voice72%80%
15 final-year students · 54% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£36k3 years£33k5 years£38k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 40 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
85% working5% working and studying5% studying
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
100%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
100%
say their work is meaningful
UK 89%
100%
use what they learned
UK 88%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 65% responded · 2022-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- None, [None Specified], Outside of the UK
- Postcode
- MK7 6BJ
Subjects
social work social sciences
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 BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Open University | Social Work (Northern Ireland) (R61) this course | — | — |
| University of Bath | Social Work and Applied Social Studies BSc (Hons) | — | 128–143 |
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