Public Health and Social Care in Practice (MSc)

This Master’s course reflects the need for transforming social care for the aging population and tackling current public health issues such as lifestyle-related diseases, mental wellbeing, and longer-term conditions. The increasing demand and pressure on the system is calling for the efficient and effective use of resources.

MSc in Public Health and Social Care in Practice programme is a broad social science-oriented degree for people who are or intend to work in health and social care, on managerial and practice areas. It aims to cover all key aspects, including public health, health promotion, policy, and ethical aspects of care, as well as modern technologies and AI contributions to the organisation and management of the care system. A clear focus of this programme is developing students’ ability to use evidence to inform their decisions, understanding and analysing critical issues in health and social care, and developing ways of dealing with them.

What you will learn

The teaching and learning strategies of the programme designed to stimulate the student’s interest, skills and knowledge in Health and Social Care. It also will provide intellectual challenge PG level with the overall aim of ensuring that students are better prepared for employment and career development in the health and social care sector. The practice-based approaches, case studies and portfolios, workshops, seminars, tutorials, assignments, will help students to reflect on and validate their current practice as well as develop their knowledge base.

Career Opportunities

This qualification is designed to facilitate your career and increase your expertise in the fields of public health and social care. Online advice and support is available from the UWTSD Careers Service as well as from MyCareer.

Possession of a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree or professional qualification from a recognised British or overseas institution, or appropriate organisational competency in the health and social care field.