MSc Global Leadership And Management In Healthcare (Senior Leader Apprenticeship)

To be accepted on to an apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements.

Apprentices 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.

For apprentices aged 16-18 on the first day of their apprenticeship, a level 2 English and maths (GCSE grade 4/C or level 2 functional skills) remains mandatory before completion.

For apprentices aged 19 and over, the level 2 English and maths requirement is now optional. English and maths training can be included where agreed by the apprentice and employer.

Apprentices with other qualifications and experience may be able to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

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

Apprentices must be nominated by their employer. The employing organisation sets the selection criteria for their apprenticeship (such as previous or management experience, length of time within management post or qualifications).

Eligibility for apprenticeship funding in England

To qualify for apprenticeship funding in England, an apprentice must meet all the criteria outlined by the Department for Education in the Apprenticeship Funding Rules. These requirements apply to programmes starting between 1 August 2025 and 31 July 2026.

1. Right to work

The apprentice must have the legal right to work in England.

2. Residency eligibility

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This course enables you to develop core transferable skills, knowledge and behaviours required to effectively lead and manage within healthcare organisations.

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.