Public Health and Social Care in Practice (Full-time) (MSc)
This Master’s course reflects the need for transforming social care for the aging population and tackling current public health issues such as lifestyle-related diseases, mental wellbeing, and longer-term conditions. The increasing demand and pressure on the system is calling for the efficient and effective use of resources.
MSc in Public Health and Social Care in Practice programme is a broad social science-oriented degree for people who are or intend to work in health and social care, on managerial and practice areas. It aims to cover all key aspects, including public health, health promotion, policy, and ethical aspects of care, as well as modern technologies and AI contributions to the organisation and management of the care system. A clear focus of this programme is developing students’ ability to use evidence to inform their decisions, understanding and analysing critical issues in health and social care, and developing ways of dealing with them.
Course details
- Blended (On-campus)
- Full-time
- English
Why choose this course?
What you will learn
The teaching and learning strategies of the programme designed to stimulate the student’s interest, skills and knowledge in Health and Social Care. It also will provide intellectual challenge PG level with the overall aim of ensuring that students are better prepared for employment and career development in the health and social care sector. The practice-based approaches, case studies and portfolios, workshops, seminars, tutorials, assignments, will help students to reflect on and validate their current practice as well as develop their knowledge base.
The course is designed with a strong emphasis on employability. The teaching team comprises university staff, as well as visiting experts from the health and social care professions and guest speakers from practice.
Compulsory
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(60 credits)
Optional
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
Disclaimer
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We listen to student feedback and insights from industry and from professionals to ensure that course content is high-quality and up-to-date, and that it offers the best possible preparation for your future career or study goals.
For this reason, there might be modifications to the content of your course over time, to keep up to date with changes in the subject area or in the sector. If a module is no longer running, we’ll make sure to keep you informed, and work with you to choose a different suitable module.
Ratings and Rankings
Staff
Our People
You will be taught and supported by a wide range of professional staff and teams here to help you get the university experience you are looking for. Our teaching staff were ranked 2nd in Wales for assessments and feedback (NSS 2023) meaning the comments you get back from your work will help you learn. Our commitment to your learning has seen our students place us as Top 10 in the UK for Lecturers and Teaching Quality. Find out more about our academic staff who teach across our courses.
Accommodation
Birmingham Accommodation
Birmingham is a great student experience, attracting thousands of students per year to this thriving student city. There is a variety of purpose-built student accommodation available and our accommodation team will be able to guide you.
Further information
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Possession of a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree or professional qualification from a recognised British or overseas institution, or appropriate organisational competency in the health and social care field.
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A variety of assessments will be used to challenge students. There is a strong academic focus within the programme alongside the development of practical skills.
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No additional costs are mandatory.
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.
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This qualification is designed to facilitate your career and increase your expertise in the fields of public health and social care. Online advice and support is available from the UWTSD Careers Service as well as from MyCareer.