Health and Management MSc (PGCert PGDip)

at University of Brighton

Course structure
 

This course can be studied either full- or part-time and the modules are delivered at different times throughout the year. The course is delivered in a variety of ways, and is flexible enough to meet the needs of part-time students. Delivery is typically via e-learning, lectures, seminars, and workbooks for work-based learning.
 

Each module has approximately 30 hours' lecturer contact and approximately 170 hours of individual study. Individual modules employ varying learning and teaching strategies.
 

There are a suite of management modules that can be chosen according to your own professional and personal developmental aspirations.
 

One research module from the following:

• Qualitative Research 
• Research Theory and Practice
• Research Methods and Critical Appraisal
• Research Methods in Health Care
• Quantitative Research Methods
• Principles of Social Research
• Research Methods in Community Research.

The entry requirements listed here are our typical offer for this course if you wish to begin studying with us in 2022. They should be used as a general guide. 
 

Degree and experience
 

Students are normally expected to demonstrate one of the entry requirements below:

• an honours degree from a higher educational institution in the UK (minimum of 2:2), or equivalent award from a European, or overseas higher education institution, and some public/health service experience
• an appropriate professional qualification from a body that is represented in public/health services work plus minimum five years working in a public/health services organisation
   

and

• minimum five years working in a public/health services organisation
• an ability to demonstrate skills of applied learning (for example successfully completing some academic Level 6, or degree level, studies modules - grade C and above)
• an HND, or diploma equivalent, in an area applied to public/health services, plus minimum five years working in a public/health services organisation
   

and

• an ability to demonstrate skills of applied learning (for example successfully completing some Level 6 related modules - grade C and above).
   

Other

Students are expected to be in, or to have recently been in, public service employment, or engaged in community or voluntary activity that gives them direct understanding of the public service environment. Students' reflection on practice forms an important element of the learning.
 

Applicants unable to demonstrate appropriate entry requirements can be permitted to register as a single module student. Students who are successful at studying for one module and are awarded credits will be eligible after consultation with the course leader to enrol for further modules.
 

English language requirements

• IELTS 7 overall with a minimum score of 6.5 in all elements.

International (full-time) - 13,842 GBP

On course graduation, you will be equipped with skills that are directly transferable to health and social care-focused employment. Many of our previous course graduates have progressed into senior positions in their organisations. 
 

During the periodic review of the course a range of local health-related employers are consulted, to ensure that the course content complements the priorities of employers as well as students.
 

The career planning framework that is integral to this course guides students towards choosing an appropriate and personal route through the programme.