Global Public Health Leadership
MPH or PGDip or PGCert
Start dates: January 2024 / September 2024
Full time: 12 months
Part time: 2-5 years
Location: Distance learning
Department(s): Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development
Overview
How do we get communities to identify what they need? How do we empower groups and populations to support and promote good health from within? Is there a better way to advocate for society’s most vulnerable and underserved?
On our Global Public Health Leadership MPH, you’ll explore global questions in rigorous detail. You’ll look at ways to build leadership in different settings and discover innovative ways to promote better health in the community. This course is about taking new ideas and concepts, putting them into action and finding ways to mobilise initiatives from the ground up.
This course is taught entirely online so you can study alongside work commitments. You will have constant academic support, be involved in a community of other students, and be able to access all your reading materials online.
Whether you’re interested in improving public health on a global level, or looking to further an existing career in public health services, this course will give you the expertise to get you there.
Why Oxford Brookes University?
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A global perspective
At Oxford Brookes we take a global perspective on public health, giving you an insight into the various ways health is influenced in diverse cultures all over the world.
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The Health and Wellbeing Research Group
Be inspired by the experts at The Health and Wellbeing Research Group, a body that specialises in studying prevention efforts for physical and psychological health and wellbeing.
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A recognised qualification
This interdisciplinary degree is a globally recognised qualification that covers a range of leadership and management disciplines.
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A stepping stone to a rewarding career
Whether you want to advance in a current clinical role, or are looking to enter the health or social care care sector, this course will give you the skills to make it happen.
Course details
Course structure
Throughout this course you’ll examine different approaches to public health leadership, looking at the environmental, behavioural and cultural influences at play.
You’ll begin with studies in health promotion and project management. With a practical focus we’ll expose a wide range of health promotion theories and look at how to put them into practice in real world situations.
You’ll study leadership, looking at how you can empower leaders within communities. You’ll also spend time developing research skills and learn how to gather evidence and data.
There’s a strong emphasis on health promotion in this course, about how we can stimulate positive change. You’ll study community empowerment and advocacy, and look at the relationship between health services and various communities.
Your dissertation can be based on traditional research, but you will also have the option to create a health promotion tool. Previous graduates developed work that incorporated new technologies, apps, marketing campaigns and social media.
Start this course in January
You have the option to start this course in January. You will study a range of modules between January and May. During the summer months of June, July and August you will study further modules and begin work on your dissertation. Between September and December you will complete your final modules and focus on your dissertation.
Study modules
The modules listed below are for the master's award. For the PGDip and PGCert awards your module choices may be different. Please contact us for more details.
Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from those shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Research
The research areas and groups that relate to this subject include:
Careers
Graduates of our global public health leadership programme develop a vast amount of expertise, allowing them to pursue a range of careers in public health. You’ll be able to further your existing career if you’re working in an area such as nursing, or you can enter a new field such as:
- local government agencies,
- charities,
- data analysis,
- health care management,
- health education.
Related courses
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
Students require a level 6 degree from a recognised higher education institution or equivalent, and an interest in public health that is demonstrated either in the application / personal statement.
Students must be confident in using a computer or similar device to browse websites, send emails, produce documents and upload files. Their computers or devices must have access to the Internet and Google Meet, and we recommend the following minimum standards for your device:
- Processor: 1.0 GHz or faster
- Memory 1GB RAM or more
- Running a recent version of Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh or Linux or Google Chrome or Google Android operating systems
- Internet download speed: 0.5 Mbps or faster
- Internet upload speed: 0.2 Mbps or faster.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
For applicants whose first language is not English, an Academic IELTS score of 6.5 (with 6.5 in Reading and Writing, and 6.0 in Listening and Speaking) is required.
Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
Pathways courses for international and EU students
We offer a range of courses to help you meet the entry requirements for your postgraduate course and also familiarise you with university life in the UK.
Take a Pre-Master's course to develop your subject knowledge, study skills and academic language level in preparation for your master's course.
If you need to improve your English language, we offer pre-sessional English language courses to help you meet the English language requirements of your chosen master’s course.
International applications
If you are studying outside the UK, for more details about your specific country entry requirements, translated information, local contacts and programmes within your country, please have a look at our country pages.
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
International qualifications and equivalences
How to apply
Application process
Tuition fees
Questions about fees?
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Tuition fees
Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
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
Financial support and scholarships
Additional costs
Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.
Programme changes:
On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been
published on the website. For more information, please visit our
changes to programmes page.