Health and Education MSc (PGCert PGDip)

  • Overview

    Health and Education enables students with experience of the public sector and health education to study disciplines and dimensions associated with health, health care and applied social science with an emphasis on education.

    Students have to be already teaching for a minimum of 15 hours a week within a health or social care setting. Education modules comprise those that make up the Health and Social Care Education postgraduate certificate (PGCert). This course is also registered with the Nursing Midwifery Council. It is also possible to choose another health education-related PGCert from a selection offered across the university. Each individual student will consider which PGCert most meets their professional requirements in consultation with the course team.

    A further two modules are then chosen from the faculty graduate programme and the MSc is completed with the dissertation which will normally have a management component. This is reviewed annually through tutorials with the student and allocated personal tutor and utilises a career planning framework.

    Course duration Help

    Part-time: 3 years

  • Course content

    Course structure

    This course can be studied either full- or part-time and the modules are delivered different times throughout the year. Each module has approximately 30 hours lecturer contact and approximately 170 hours of individual study is expected. Learning and teaching strategies vary across different modules.

    For UK qualified nurses there is an opportunity to undertake a period of study in another health care setting in one of 14 European countries through the European Nursing Network.

    Areas of study

    Current students are from range of backgrounds but identify they want to develop educational knowledge and skills around key areas such as: learning and teaching strategies, curriculum development and educational theories. The core research module is offered on different campuses and also online so that a range of students needs are met.

    The dissertation project is an exciting element to this course and again is guided by your career route or employer requirements. This is the opportunity for you to consolidate the transferable masters-level skills gained from the taught modules which include analysing and interpreting data from a range of sources, demonstrating initiative, evaluating and problem solving, developing research skills and project management skills in order to produce a science-based project appropriate to your chosen pathway.

    There is also the option for work-based learning to be a key feature of this tailored pathway where management skills can be developed through work-based projects.

    Syllabus

    One research module from the following:
    Research Theory and Practice
    Research Methods and Critical Appraisal
    Research Methods for Health Professionals
    Qualitative Research

    Health and Social Care Education PGCert (three modules)
    Two further modules from the graduate programme

  • Entry requirements

    Typical entry requirements Help
    individual offers may vary

    For non-native speakers of English:
    IELTS 6.5 overall, 6.0 in writing.

    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. An applicant who is 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.

    Degree and/or 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 an ability to demonstrate skills of applied learning (for example successfully completing some L3 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 L3 related modules - grade C and above).

  • Location

    Location Help Falmer

  • Career opportunities

    Graduates of this course are equipped with skills that are directly transferable to health and social care-focused employment, and have progressed into senior positions in their organisations.

    During the periodic review of the course a range of local health-related employers are consulted.

    Visit the careers centre website.

  • Fees and costs

    The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2012-13. Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study.

    The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Different rules apply to research degrees - please contact the Doctoral College for advice.

    To help you plan for your time here we will be providing further information about what is included in your tuition fee, and any optional costs you may need to budget for, later in the autumn.

    Our website wwww.brighton.ac.uk/money provides advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee paying status.

    Health & Education (MSC) (Full time)  [L3BH019]
    UK/EU (Full Time)6,120 GBP
    Island Students (Full Time)7,700 GBP
    International (Full Time)11,000 GBP

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    You should not apply unless you can meet all the entry requirements for this course. Please contact the course team before applying if you are unsure about any of the specific entry requirements.

    Entry requirements

    For non-native speakers of English:
    IELTS 6.5 overall, 6.0 in writing.

    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. An applicant who is 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.

    Degree and/or 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 an ability to demonstrate skills of applied learning (for example successfully completing some L3 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 L3 related modules - grade C and above).






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