ou rag ed ▁to ▁see ▁[ service ▁users ] ▁as ▁vict ims ▁of ▁social ▁in just ice ▁whose ▁fate ▁is ▁over wh el ming ly ▁decre ed ▁by ▁the ▁economic ▁forces ▁and ▁inher ent ▁in equal ities ▁which ▁scar ▁our ▁society '. ▁G ove ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁intellectual ▁dem ands ▁of ▁many ▁social ▁work ▁courses ▁should ▁be ▁raised . ▁G ove ▁explained ▁that ▁the ▁training ▁of ▁social ▁workers ▁was ▁of ▁personal ▁importance ▁to ▁him ▁because ▁his ▁own ▁life ▁had ▁been ▁transformed ▁by ▁social ▁workers ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁his ▁ad option ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁four ▁months ▁old . ▁ ▁While ▁serving ▁as ▁Education ▁Secretary , ▁G ove ▁asked ▁Sir ▁Martin ▁N are y , ▁a ▁former ▁director ▁general ▁of ▁pr isons ▁and ▁chief ▁executive ▁of ▁Bar n ardo ' s , ▁to ▁conduct ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁social ▁work ▁education . ▁Sir ▁Martin ▁ ▁subsequently ▁made ▁ 1 8 ▁recommend ations , ▁which ▁he ▁said ▁could ▁be ▁implemented ▁at ▁" min imal ▁cost ", ▁for ▁the ▁reform ▁of ▁social ▁work ▁education . ▁Sir ▁Martin ▁called ▁for ▁more ▁emphas is ▁to ▁be ▁placed ▁on ▁practical ▁skills ▁and ▁suggested ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁students ▁rec ru ited ▁were ▁not ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁job . ▁Sir ▁Martin ▁found ▁that ▁course ▁standards ▁varied ▁widely ▁and ▁called ▁for ▁t ighter ▁minimum ▁entry ▁standards ▁and ▁the ▁standard isation ▁of ▁the ▁teaching ▁provided ▁to ▁social ▁work ▁students . ▁ ▁B irmingham ▁schools ▁row ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁a ▁very ▁public ▁argument ▁arose ▁between ▁the ▁Home ▁Office