‘This is a cage for migrants’ training’, while ‘39.5% would not treat a gay man/lesbian in the same way as they would treat heterosexuals’. Although the majority of the students (52.1%) viewed themselves as ‘rather positive’ or ‘positive’ towards homosexuals, two in five (40.9%) identified themselves as ‘neutral’. More recently, a study by Dedotsi et al (2015: 21) of social work students in Patras TEI had shown that: Delivered by Ingenta IP : 94.67.166.95 On: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:25:18 Copyright The Policy Press Students’ stereotypes and blaming approaches were observed to have remained unchallenged within their education, and a profound lack of understanding of the structural roots of oppression was revealed by the majority of them.... Consequently their role as social workers is perceived in narrow terms such as providing individual support to a distressed individual or taking no action because anything they might do is of little relevance in promoting change. Given the general tendency in social work education in Greece towards individualistic approaches (Ioakimidis, 2008; Teloni, 2011a), we decided to analyse the current curricula of the four social work departments in Greece with regard to immigration policy and racism. Although it is possible that other taught modules in the departments may also refer to the issues of racism, multicultural social work and so on, the curriculum is still an indicator (with its restrictions) of the general tendency. Interestingly, our analysis revealed that the majority of social work departments now include modules concerning immigration policy and multicultural social work (see Table 1). In some, critical social work and anti-racist social work are the targets of the modules. Undoubtedly, this development is a positive step for social work education in Greece. Still, it seems that multicultural social work dominates, at least in the titles of the modules.14 The multicultural approach ‘lies at the core of the idea that most people are not racist but lack appropriate awareness of cultural differences’ (Singh, 2014: 20). Undoubtedly, social workers need to know and respect different cultures and values; they also need to understand the complexity of the factors of an ‘identity’ (Lavalette Table 1: Modules in social work departments in Greece Academic department Modules about racism, immigration policy, anti-racist social work and multicultural social work Athens TEI, Multicultural social work, particular references to and emphasis on anti-racist Department of Social practice and anti-racist pedagogy Work Democritus Critical social work and minorities (includes multicultural social work) University of Thrace, Immigration and immigration policy Department of Social References to critical and radical social work as the target of the modules Administration and Political Science Crete TEI, Multicultural social work (with references to racism, immigration policy and Department of Social stereotypes and an emphasis on multiculturalism) Work (Irakleio) Patras TEI, A general module entitled ‘Social work with population groups’ Department of Social Work Sources: Athens TEI (2014), Crete TEI (2014), Democritus University (2014), Patras TEI (2014) 197