Samarbetskommittén för socionomutbildning 25 år. En kortfattad historik 1977-2002
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In 1977 there was a radical reform of Swedish universities. According to
the reform the six independent schools of social work were incorporated
in universities or university colleges. At the same time a new discipline
“social work” was established. The independent schools of social work
had curricula decided by the government. With the reform this was
decentralised. There was a clear risk of getting very divergent study
programs and differences in quality. In order to try to get at least some
form of common standards the Association was founded in 1977.
During the first years much attention was paid to efforts in getting
common standards. In the 80s all the programs experienced financial
cuts and the Association acted as a pressure group towards the
government to obtain more funds. Here the Association demanded an
evaluation of the programs with the implicit aim to show that quality
requirements could not be met without better funding. Efforts of further
training of social workers were also on the agenda during the 80ies. The
“liberty reform” of Swedish universities during the first years of the 90ies
put once again the question of common standards on the agenda. The
last years of the 90ies were characterised by new financial cuts and new
demands for an evaluation on a national level. Such an evaluation took
place and as a result the Association obtained funds from the National
Board of Health and Welfare to launch three national projects aiming at
increasing quality and more equal standards. This was first real
cooperation between the schools.
the reform the six independent schools of social work were incorporated
in universities or university colleges. At the same time a new discipline
“social work” was established. The independent schools of social work
had curricula decided by the government. With the reform this was
decentralised. There was a clear risk of getting very divergent study
programs and differences in quality. In order to try to get at least some
form of common standards the Association was founded in 1977.
During the first years much attention was paid to efforts in getting
common standards. In the 80s all the programs experienced financial
cuts and the Association acted as a pressure group towards the
government to obtain more funds. Here the Association demanded an
evaluation of the programs with the implicit aim to show that quality
requirements could not be met without better funding. Efforts of further
training of social workers were also on the agenda during the 80ies. The
“liberty reform” of Swedish universities during the first years of the 90ies
put once again the question of common standards on the agenda. The
last years of the 90ies were characterised by new financial cuts and new
demands for an evaluation on a national level. Such an evaluation took
place and as a result the Association obtained funds from the National
Board of Health and Welfare to launch three national projects aiming at
increasing quality and more equal standards. This was first real
cooperation between the schools.
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Publishing year
2003
Language
Swedish
Publication/Series
Meddelanden från Socialhögskolan
Issue
1
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Document type
Report
Publisher
Socialhögskolan, Lunds universitet
Topic
- Social Work
Status
Published
Report number
2003
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0282-6143
- ISSN: 0282-6143