Professional Development in Health and Social Care (BA top-up)
BSc (Hons)
Key facts
UCAS code
L517
Start dates
September 2023
Location
Course length
Full time: 1 year
Overview
This Professional Development in Health and Social Care 'top-up' degree is designed to provide a learning pathway for students who want to turn their previous studies and experience into a degree with honours. It is an opportunity to use relevant health and/or social care work experience as a foundation for academic study which is highly applied and relevant.
The modules focus on areas of quality enhancement, mentoring, leadership and evidence informed practice. We align the course content with health and social care roles and current practice priorities.
Successful completion of the degree will support student's continuous professional development, overall employability, further study at postgraduate level and career progression. The emphasis is on developinng a contextual understanding of health and social care provision and increasing the student's individual effectiveness.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
Please note, tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
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.
How to apply
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
Applicants must hold a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE), Foundation Degree, HND or equivalent qualification.
The crediting of existing qualifications into the programme shall be in line with University regulations and no applicant shall have Accredited Prior Learning equivalent to more than two-thirds of their target award recognised.
Applicants will normally be working in the fields of health or social care but we will consider applicants on an individual basis with recent and relevant work experience in Health and Social Care.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
Students whose first language is not English will also need to demonstrate one or more of the following, or their equivalent:
- British Council IELTS at or above level 6.0 overall with 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in listening and speaking
- or University award taught and assessed in English
- or A-levels / high school diploma taught in English.
Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
International applications
New College Swindon cannot accept international applicants at this time.
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.
Credit transfer
Many of our courses consider applications for entry with credit for prior learning. Each application is individually assessed by our credit entry tutors.
If you would like more information about whether or not you may be eligible for the award of credit, for example from an HND, partly-completed degree or foundation degree, please contact our Admissions team.
We operate the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All undergraduate single modules are equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits and double modules to 15 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.
Application process
Full time Home (UK) applicants
Apply through UCASInternational applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityFull time international applicants can also apply through UCAS
Learn more about this course
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.