Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 12 months full-time; 24 months part‑time
Our Masters in Global Health Policy & Society responds to the huge challenges we face in the fast-changing environment of population health and wellbeing. From climate change and geopolitical conflict to global inequality, you will be well prepared to offer to solutions to these most challenging issues and be an asset within the workplace.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Public Health, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy.
We may also accept degrees in other health professions and lab-based sciences.
We may sometimes accept degrees at 2.2 Hons or non-UK equivalent.
This programme will help you develop a holistic understanding of the key issues within population health and wellbeing alongside a policy and planning focused approach. This unique opportunity will prepare you for entering the global workplace and tackling key issues from a social science perspective.
Early in the programme you will be given advice and support on career pathways and how to achieve them. Roles in the workplace that Global Health Policy & Society graduates would be well-prepared and suited to do include:
National health policy and planning
Advisory and advocacy roles in governments
Academic and non-academic research
International agencies and non-governmental organisations
Public health care systems, and the voluntary and third sectors
Health care professionals
Health care improvement specialist
PhD study in the UK and internationally
Core courses:
Contemporary Global Challenges
Global Health in Social Context
Researching Public Policy
Understanding Health Policy
Recommended optional courses:
Global Development and Human Rights
Health and Culture
Improving Health and Society: Programme Development and Evaluation
International Organisations
Skills for Development
Studies In The History Of Medicine From 1850 To 2000
The Disabling Society
The Wellbeing Economy
Other optional courses:
Communicable Diseases
Geography of Health and Health Inequalities
Mental Health and Disability: International Law and Policy
Mental Health Promotion Across the Life-span
Planetary Health
Sexual Health and Wellbeing
Research project:
Independent Research Project
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