Applied Social Work with Foundation Year at University of Derby
Applied Social Work with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), L51F) at University of Derby: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on derby.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 derby.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 112–127 points.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 65%, an Access course 20%, a degree 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- L51F · L5 social work
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
65%
still studying
UK 85%
35%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
15 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%90%
Learning opportunities85%91%
Assessment and feedback88%88%
Academic support84%89%
Organisation and management48%81%
Learning resources91%90%
Student voice68%82%
20 final-year students · 73% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£27.5k5 years£30.5k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
80% working10% working and studying5% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 90%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 95%
80%
use what they learned
UK 90%
- Welfare Professionals55%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals20%
- Caring personal services5%
- Sales occupations5%
- Teaching Professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 35 graduates · 80% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Derby, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- DE22 1GB
Subjects
social work social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Derby Campus - Kedleston Road
- 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 BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| University of Bath | Social Work and Applied Social Studies BSc (Hons) | — | 128–143 |
| University of Derby | Applied Social Work with Foundation Year this course | — | 112–127 |
See all 186 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side