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Management in Health and Social Care
MSc or PGDip or PGCert
Key facts
Start dates
January 2021 / September 2021 / January 2022 / September 2022
Course length
Full time: MSc: 12 months, PGDip: 12 months
Part time: MSc: normally 3 years, PGDip: 12-18 months, PGCert: 12 months
Overview
Study advanced level health or social care management and leadership with our MSc in Management in Health and Social Care.
We focus on developing your understanding and leadership of the complex and changing health and care environment. You will gain knowledge and perspective of the wider care system that can help further your managerial career.
You will learn to bring about tangible results in the delivery of care. And develop the skills you will need for leading innovation, collaboration and partnerships. You will learn to manage effectively and lead with confidence while gaining:
- strategic insight
- business acumen
- a sound understanding of operational delivery and leading systems change.
We have close links with practice areas across a diverse range of health and social care settings within the UK and through our Erasmus programme. So you will be able to explore different approaches to the delivery and management of care. And gain new insight into the global issues, challenges and opportunities within the sector.
How to apply
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
You must have:
- a UK BSc/BA degree, or equivalent learning experience, from a recognised international institution, or a professional qualification applicable to health or social care
- evidence of recent study (within last five years) at degree or equivalent level
- 6 months' experience as a student, employee or volunteer within the health/social care sector (European or International; public, private or voluntary).
If you do not hold a UK BSc/BA degree or equivalent overseas degree from a recognised institution, you should contact the Programme Administrator for further information.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about 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.
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.
Application process
Please apply for this course through our application portal.
International applicants will:
- need to apply early to allow enough time for obtaining visas
- if offered a place be asked to pay a deposit of £1,000 to secure a place on the course.
Applications are dealt with on a first come, first served basis, so please act early to avoid disappointment.
Tuition fees
Please see the fees note
Questions about fees?
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Tuition fees
2020 / 21
Home/EU full time
£1,040 per single module
Home/EU part time
£1,040 per single module
International full time
£14,500
2021 / 22
Home (UK) full time
£1,060 per single module
Home (UK) part time
£1,060 per single module
International / EU full time
£14,900
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.
Financial support and scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are offered by Oxford Brookes University. Applicants who have been offered a full-time place on this master’s course are eligible to apply for the following scholarships:
John Henry Brookes Scholarship
The John Henry Brookes Scholarship is awarded to home/EU and international applicants for academic excellence. Each scholarship will be paid towards the tuition fee for a taught master's degree. The awards do not include a maintenance grant.
For general sources of financial support, see our Fees and funding pages.
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, if any, are detailed below.
Learning and assessment
You will gain an understanding of changes and developments in health and social care policy. The operational environment at local, national and international levels will also be covered.
The course will enable you to:
- build your knowledge of the core functions of management and leadership
- examine policy and strategy in a variety of health and social care settings
- develop and apply leadership capability
- gain and apply research skills
- expand your networks.
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 that shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Learning and teaching
You will learn through the following methods:
- lectures
- seminars
- learning sets
- blended and online learning.
Each module amounts to about 200 hours of study time. This is delivered through morning and afternoon sessions and online learning activities.
You can tailor your learning to cover topics suited to your professional development needs, through the course's flexible structure.
You will maximise benefits to your professional role through the use of real workplace issues, adding value to assignments. You can then apply your learning and evidence-based management to your organisation.
Research
Our academic staff have a significant record of research and publications on the topics of management and leadership.
The Professional Education and Leadership course team have research and publication interests in the following fields:
- coaching and mentoring
- inter-professional and work-based learning
- quality improvement.
After you graduate
Career prospects
The qualifications associated with the course will be of value in consolidating your existing leadership role and/or contributing to your career development.
Our Staff
Emidia Vagnoni
Read more about EmidiaProgramme 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.