Full-time Courses for Health and Social Care Professionals
At BU we are committed to providing an excellent student experience, with degrees underpinned by high-quality research, which will ultimately benefit the health and wellbeing of people locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Studying at Postgraduate level can enhance your employability as it will allow you to specialise in a specific area of health/social care, further refining and developing your skills and practice.
MSc Public Health (Full-time or Part-time)
This course prepares you for a diverse range of roles in Public Health with a focus on partnership working and improving health in teams, through a variety of mechanisms such as health education, political influencing and behaviour change.
It draws on the theories of the management of change, understanding disease patterns/epidemiology, research and practice-based education. This equips you to take your knowledge and apply it to a public health setting in order to implement courses or projects to improve healthy living and outcomes, and to evaluate the impact on the community. The learning environment is international and multi-professional with a mixture of lectures, student led seminars and self-directed study.
Study support is provided in the form of lecturer and student led classes, online support and individual tutorial support. Our Public Health Masters course is internationally focused and we have had students from many countries. Our course leader Dr Ann Hemingway and other course staff are involved in international research activity and Dr Hemingway is a visiting lecturer at Uppsala University in Sweden.
MA Social Work (Full-time)
If you already have a degree but are now considering a career in Social Work this course provides the perfect route to qualified social worker status. Our course meets the demands of the professional social work bodies so once you have successfully completed this course you will be professionally qualified to work within this thriving profession and can register with the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
With BU you will study units that relate directly to the Social Work profession, building your reflective abilities and critical thinking skills. You will have the opportunity to explore specific areas in depth and you will undertake two placements that build upon your studies and help prepare you to work in this challenging role.
During your studies you will be supported by research active and internationally linked academic staff within a nationally recognised department. Upon completion of this course you will be a research-minded, aware and capable practitioner.
