Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: MSc: 18-24 months full-time: 3-6 years part-time
PgDip: 12 months full-time; Up to 48 months part‑time
PgCert: 8-12 months full-time; Up to 24 months part‑time
Around the world there is growing interest in end of life care, assisted dying, and the cultural values that surround death and bereavement. This postgraduate programme will offer you new and critical perspectives on end of life practice and policy, palliative care, cultural representations of death and dying, and related ethical questions.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in Social Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Social Work, Psychology, Death, Dying, Bereavement, Cultural Studies and Criticism, Mortuary Science, Funeral Studies and other Allied Health Professions.
Diplomas or certificates in any of the following may be accepted instead of academic qualifications and in complement with lower academic qualifications: Funeral Directors, Midwives, Doulas, Funeral Celebrants, Spiritual Care in Health Contexts, Grief Counselling, Loss and Bereavement Expertise, Palliative and Hospice Care, Compassionate Communities, Community Development, Voluntary Action and Organisations, Social Care, Social Enterprise. We may also accept applicants with relevant and substantial professional and/or industry experience even if they do not necessarily hold a relevant qualification.
The programme is extremely well fitted to the needs of people already engaged in some way in matters relating to death, dying, bereavement, palliative care, and end of life care: as well as those who seek to move into these fields.
Graduates are likely to find employment in:
Non-government organisations concerned with end of life care policy, service design and management.
International health organisations, particularly those with a focus on ageing and end of life care.
Government agencies and departments that take responsibility for end of life care strategies and provision.
Creative industries that focus on matters of death and dying in film, literature, public engagement, exhibitions and installations.
Emerging new professional groups: such as Death Doulas and other end of life practitioners.
Core courses:
September - December
Assisted Dying: Rhetorics and Reality
Global Challenges and Dilemmas in End of Life Care
January - April
Public Health Approaches to the End of Life
The Continuum of Ageing and Dying
April - July
Cultural Representations of Death and Dying
Theory, Methods, and Ethics in End of Life Research
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