'The single greatest challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.'
Nelson Mandela, 1998
Our health promotion teaching and research is underpinned by a holistic concept of health based on salutogenic and socio-ecological determinants of health, not only the absence of disease. We are interested in finding ways to improve equity in health, wellbeing and resilience between and within countries and are committed to undertaking teaching and research which makes a difference to a broad range of stakeholders in community, national, European and global health arenas. Our approach is shared with the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) of which our team are active members.
We offer a range of opportunities for research and study in health promotion designed to enable students to build on their previous professional experience and/or develop new skills.
Our Centre for Health Research, through the university's Doctoral College, offers specialist research study options in health promotion leading to either MPhil/PhD or Professional Doctorate in Health Promotion:
Our suite of four taught postgraduate courses in health promotion leading to a masters, postgraduate diploma or postgraduate certificate are designed to allow you to follow different pathways of study according to your particular area of interest and experience:
- International Health Promotion MA (PGDIp)
- Health Promotion MA (PGCert PGDip)
- Health Promotion and Education MA (PGDip)
- Health Promotion and Management MA (PGDip)
The broad aims of all four courses are to enable students to develop and extend their knowledge and skills in relation to internationally recognised core competencies in health promotion and public health so that on completion of the course, students can operate effectively in local, national and international contexts.
Students are encouraged to reflect and evaluate their own values and practices, and are supported to better understand the complex and dynamic nature of health promotion processes and public health policy, and their relationship with underlying themes of social and health inequalities.
They attract UK, European and international students from a wide variety of professional and voluntary backgrounds including teaching, social work, nursing and midwifery, health visiting, planning and environmental health.
The masters dissertation provides an opportunity for those in employment to conduct a work-based learning project if they wish, for example, evaluating or developing a particular aspect of their organisation's work from a health promotion perspective.
Global health issues are considered throughout our teaching making courses relevant to participants from all types of economies. The International Health Promotion award includes a learning experience placement in a country other than the student's own; for students from outside the UK the placement is typically within a local health promotion facility in England.
See further details on our courses, which are part of the school's continuing professional education division and the Graduate Programme Health and Social Sciences (GPHSS).
See also details of our international activities.
