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    Students clamour to join social work degree courses

    Applications for the social work degree in the UK have shot up by 41% this year, according to universities admissions body Ucas. Some 52,000 people applied to enter the full time undergraduate course starting in 2010-11, up from 37,000 in 2009.

    Posted: 09 Feb 2010 | FULL ARTICLE

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The national dementia strategy is one year old, but a key study has found progress is slow. Vern Pitt visits Croydon - seen as a leader in dementia care - to find out how the strategy's objectives are being tackled (Pic credit: Tom Parkes)