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Publication - Impact assessment

Equality Impact Assessment

Published
17 Mar 2026

Footnotes

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  3. Data as of 19 December 2025 obtained from the SSSC.
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  7. SSSC extracted data tables from its 2025 Workforce Data report upon request from Scottish Government officials.
  8. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
  9. National Union of Students Scotland. (2023) Fighting for Students: The Cost of Survival. https://www.nus-scotland.org.uk/cost_of_survival_report
  10. Scottish Social Service Sector. (2025). Report on 2024 Workforce Data report. Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2024 Workforce Data | Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
  11. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
  12. National Union of Students Scotland. (2023) Fighting for Students: The Cost of Survival. https://www.nus-scotland.org.uk/cost_of_survival_report
  13. Disability Right UK. (n.d.) Social Model of Disability: Language. Social Model of Disability: Language | Disability Rights UK
  14. National Union of Students Scotland. (2023) Fighting for Students: The Cost of Survival. https://www.nus-scotland.org.uk/cost_of_survival_report
  15. Scottish Social Service Sector. (2025). Report on 2024 Workforce Data report. Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2024 Workforce Data | Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
  16. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
  17. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
  18. Scottish Social Service Sector. (2025). Report on 2024 Workforce Data report. Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2024 Workforce Data | Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
  19. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
  20. Racism in Scottish Social Work: a 2021 snapshot | BASW
  21. No room for racism | Iriss
  22. SASW (2024) Findings from the Student Placement Experience Survey. Edinburgh: SASW. Available here: https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-and-practice/resources/social-work-placement-experience-report-sasw
  23. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
  24. SASW (2024) Findings from the Student Placement Experience Survey. Edinburgh: SASW. Available here: https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-and-practice/resources/social-work-placement-experience-report-sasw
  25. Advance HE. (2023) Equality in higher education: statistical reports 2023. https://advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/equality-higher-education-statistical-reports-2023
  26. Advance HE. (2023) Equality in higher education: statistical reports 2023. https://advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/equality-higher-education-statistical-reports-2023
  27. National Union of Students Scotland. (2023) Fighting for Students: The Cost of Survival. https://www.nus-scotland.org.uk/cost_of_survival_report
  28. Scottish Social Service Sector. (2025). Report on 2024 Workforce Data report. Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2024 Workforce Data | Scottish Social Services Workforce Data
  29. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
  30. Higher Education Statistics Agency. (2025) Enrolments on Taught Social Work Courses. Data not publicly available.
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