Credit bearing module Public Health Leadership
Explore how health is shaped across populations and communities, developing insight into prevention and wellbeing.
Key facts
- Level
- Continuing professional development (CPD)
- Academic level
- 7
- Academic credits
- 20
- School
- School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health
- Application deadline
This course is delivered on a bespoke basis for organisations and is not currently open for individual applications.
To discuss bespoke delivery for your organisation, please contact the HLS CPD Admissions Team
About this course
Engage in inter-professional learning on a topic fundamental to delivering public health services - leadership.
We'll equip public health practitioners at all stages of the leadership spectrum to develop and apply the relevant
- knowledge base
- research evidence
- concepts
- and skill-sets
to be effective leaders in both public and private sector health and care environments.
This module seeks to enhance leadership practice at personal, organisational and inter-organisational levels. We'll discuss core theories of leadership and management and how they can be applied to developing teams to improve engagement and operational performance.
There will be a strong emphasis on personal development. We'll promote a learning community where you can nurture a network of learning relationships to support current and future leadership development.
You will be assessed 100% through coursework.
When operationally appropriate, the University may co-teach this module with the distance-learning run of P44820 (HESC7011) Leadership in Health and Social Care.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
You must normally be from a healthcare background and have the support from a manager to undertake this module of study.
Fees and funding
Fees
This course is not available to students classed as International for fees purposes.
| Fee types | 2026/27 |
|---|---|
| Home distance learning | £1,000 per single module, where taken as part of an award-bearing course the module fee is £1,260 |
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
- For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page.
Questions about fees?
How to apply
Apply through our Moodle Portal.
If you wish to take this as a standalone module then you can apply to be a postgraduate associate student using our online application portal. You will need to register for the portal prior to proceeding with an application. You may take this module as a standalone module of 200 hours of study over 6 weeks or as part of a programme of study.
Our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, so module availability and course structures may vary from what is listed here. On rare occasions, we may also need to make updates to our course programmes after publication; for full details, please visit our changes to programmes page (opens in a new tab)