New Student Website From "Community Care"

The magazine Community Care has launched a new website "Student Zone" especially for social work students. The website contains help and advice on: placements, careers, writing essay, dissertations and there is a Forum where you can discuss issues ands concerns with other students.

You can check out the website at: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/social-work-degree-social-care-students/

Guidance for Social Workers on Alcohol & Drugs

The Tilda Goldberg Centre for Research in Social Work & Social Care (based at the University of Bedfordshire) has produced a pocket guide for social workers entitled "Alcohol and Other Drugs". The guide aims to support social workers in taking professional responsiblity for ensuring that their knowledge and skills meet the needs of service users in relation to alcohol and drugs.

You can access the guide (and other publications produced by the Centre) here: http://www.beds.ac.uk/goldbergcentre/resources

Learning Matters Student Promotion

Learning Matters (an important publisher of social work textbooks) is offering new and returning students a 15% discount on all its social work textbooks.

Books can be purchased online through the website: http://www.learningmatters.co.uk or by phoning the orderline: 0845 230 9000 and quoting voucher code: LM26.

Free delivery is offered on orders of 5 or more books.

This offer is valid on orders placed before 31st December 2010.

Reduced Price Books For Sale

Waterstones Bookshop will have a stall in Bedford, Polhill Library from Monday 27th September - Friday 8th October selling core texts on reading lists at reduced prices for students.