ABSTRACT
Towards the end of 1989, the Higher Education Branch of the Training, Enterprise, and Education Directorate within what was then the Employment Department of the UK government agreed to fund a project, jointly proposed by Anglia Polytechnic University and Essex Social Services Department. The project was to initiate a post qualifying course for social workers, which was rapidly christened ‘The ASSET Programme’: Accreditation for Social Services Experience and Training.1
