MSc Global Leadership and Management in Healthcare (Online)*

You should hold an honour’s degree (2.2 classification or above) in a health or social care-related subject or in leadership/management, or hold an equivalent professional qualification.

Applicants with other qualifications and experience may be able to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Academic credit may be awarded, where appropriate, for certificated learning: learning which has previously been assessed, and for which an award has been made by another education provider. This is Recognition of Prior Certificated Learning (RPCL). Experiential learning, the identification, assessment and formal acknowledgement of learning and achievement outside of formal education or training systems, may also be considered. This may include work experience, voluntary activity or other occupational learning which is not usually certificated but considered and recognised for academic purposes. This is Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL). RPCL and RPEL can be used as the basis for admission to the course or for exemption against specific modules within the course, though this will have an impact on eligibility for postgraduate loans as these are only available to students studying a full 180 credits.

If applying for RPEL, you are invited to discuss their experiences and abilities with the Course Leader.

You should have two years postgraduate experience if you are an aspiring leader or manager OR be able to demonstrate leadership and/or management responsibilities within your role.

Applicants whose first language is not English will need to satisfy the English Language requirements, which are a minimum overall score of IELTS 6.5.

Advanced Personal Effectiveness 

You evaluate your personal effectiveness, leadership and management capabilities and develop an action plan to meet your learning needs.

Designing Ethical Research in Healthcare

Prepare for your dissertation project at master’s level. You develop your ability to design an ethical research project that could contribute to the evidence base of your profession. You gain the necessary knowledge and skills to design research relevant to your practice, including primary research, systematic reviews, audit and evaluation. You are equipped with the ability to negotiate ethical approval processes and complete documentation that allows you to gain ethical approval. Develop skills in producing focused questions, searching academic databases, designing sampling, data collection and data analysis/synthesis methods, evaluating research and the principles and practices of ethical research design.

Final Project

You complete a practice-based project or systematic review. The practice-based project allows you to explore an area of your professional practice and implement and evaluate a change, or propose how you could do so in practice. You demonstrate advanced capabilities in literature retrieval and critical appraisal, to develop your knowledge and understanding in a topic related to your professional practice. Produce a 4,000-word journal article-style submission and a poster presentation, preparing you for writing for publication and presentation at conferences.

Leading Change and Managing Improvement 

Learn to lead and manage improvement within a health or social care context. Develop your knowledge and understanding of tools, techniques and approaches to effectively plan and lead improvement and strategic change. Gain an understanding of the human dimension of change, consider why change can falter or fail, and examine the skills, behaviours and approaches to manage it. Write a management report outlining your strategy to lead change, considering the complexity within your organisation, how to lead ethically and how manage the human dimensions of any change project.