INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing THE UNIVERSIT Y OF OPPORTUNIT Y
INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing
WOLVERHAMPTON SCHOOL OF ARTS EST. 1851 2
It’s an exciting time to be in the innovative and enterprising areas of Education, Health and Wellbeing. The Faculty supports over 450 research-engaged academic staff, as well as over 30 dedicated research staff, including Professors, Readers and Research Fellows. Our teams are at the forefront of research and practice in their subjects and make a direct impact in many ways. We have over 240 doctoral students, many of whom are studying for a Professional Doctorate and making a direct impact in their workplaces. Postgraduate taught qualifications include MRes Sport and Exercise, MA Education, PGCEs for primary teaching, secondary
teaching, post-compulsory teaching, MSc degrees and postgraduate diplomas and certificates in healthcare and nursing, MSc Occupational Psychology, and MA degrees and postgraduate diplomas and certificates in Social Work. We also offer modules which you can apply for as stand-alone short courses. These are listed on our website. Many of our postgraduate courses can be studied part-time, offering you flexibility to balance your studies with other commitments.
INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY The subject areas of public health, social work and social care are located within this Institute. The Master’s in Public Health can be studied through distance learning. Graduate careers are varied and include health promotion, sexual health advice, teaching, smoking cessation, and nursing. Full details of all courses and entry requirements can be found at: wlv.ac.uk/postgraduate
COURSES • Health and Social Care (MSc, MA) • Health and Wellbeing (Top-up) (MSc, MA) • Mental Health Practice (for Approved Mental Health Professionals) (PG Cert) • Master of Public Health; Master of Public Health by Distance Learning (MPH) • Social Work (MA, PG Cert) • Social Work and Social Care (MPhil / PhD)
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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE MSc, MA
FULL-TIME: 1 year
PART-TIME: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: The course will enable you to develop your knowledge, skills and values in the changing field of health and social care, and enhance your skills and competencies required for you to make a real difference.
Semester 1
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
You will be supported by a friendly, helpful and student-focused team of academic and administrative staff; subject specialists who are involved in significant teaching, learning, and research within health and social care locally.
This course provides you with a multidisciplinary and inter-professional platform to inspire and enable you to understand social experiences of health and care and approaches to care across the sector. You will be able to critically examine the complex and diverse nature of various concepts, assess and understand policy issues, and evaluate evidence and understand what works.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? Many of our students choose this programme because they are already working in the health or social care arenas and wish to progress their career and move into more senior management positions. Other students decide on this programme because they wish to move into health and social care. The programme will help you demonstrate key skills and competencies relevant to the broad area of health and social care.
Catering for both students who are currently working in health and social care and those who hope to develop the skills and knowledge to take up such employment, the course offers a flexible approach to the subjects studied and your mode of study with both taught and work-based modules available.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? You will be assessed by a mix of coursework and exams.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MPH Master of Public Health
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The course prepares you for a role in any health organisation. What I enjoyed most was the team spirit amongst the lecturers and other students – it allowed us to support each other through the challenges the course offered. There were students from many different countries and it was great to share knowledge. ANGELA, MASTER’S IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING (Top-up) MSc, MA
FULL-TIME: 6 months
PART-TIME: 1 year
LOCATION: City Campus
START: This course allows you to ‘top up’ your existing postgraduate diploma qualification (or equivalent) in any health, welfare, or social care-related subject to a full Master’s qualification.
Semester 1
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
You will be supported by a friendly, helpful and student-focused team of academic and administrative staff; subject specialists who are involved in significant teaching, learning, and research within health and social care locally.
You will produce a 60-credit independent study in one of three options:
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? Many of our students go on to achieve new posts as a result of their studies and some have used the findings from their independent research to make recommendations which they have gone on to implement at work. Our graduates have taken posts as public or voluntary service administrators, managers and researchers, and teachers or researchers in further and higher education institutions. On completion of your Master’s degree, you can progress to a Doctorate in Health and Wellbeing within our Institute of Health.
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• A research dissertation • An evidence-based practice module containing two summative assessments, usually of relevance to your current workplace (this runs in October each year) • A consultancy report, usually of relevance to your current workplace. Whichever option you choose, this study consists of a project designed, planned and carried out independently. You will be able to focus on your own particular research interests and provided with appropriate individual supervision to support your independent study.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Assessment is through written dissertation.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MSc Primary Health Care (Top-up) (more information on our website)
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE (AMHP) PG Cert The course for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHP) will enable you to develop your knowledge, skills and values in mental health practices in order to enhance your capabilities within your own areas of expertise.
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
In 2012, the General Social Care Council inspected the course and spoke with candidates, employers and service users and carers. Employers said they were confident in the way the course is designed, their views were taken into account and the partnership with the academic team was strong. The course team strives to respond to the needs of individual students and to foster a positive learning environment.
The course covers the legislation and policy underpinning the AMHP role, including a module on the Mental Health Act (1983). You will also critically appraise other aspects of essential knowledge, such as models of mental distress, interventions and cultural competence.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY?
PART-TIME: 1 year
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Semester 1
The Code of Practice to Mental Health Act (1983) states that local authorities should ensure that sufficient AMHPs are available to carry out their functions under the Act and that a 24-hour service is available. A local authority will approve an AMHP to act on behalf of the authority and will only do so if satisfied that the applicant has appropriate competence in dealing with mentally disordered people (MHA 1983 s114(3)). This can be demonstrated by successful completion of the course.
The course is designed to enable mental health professionals to develop and demonstrate practice in accordance with the published requirements of external professional, statutory and regulatory bodies in order to act as Approved Mental Health Professionals.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Assessment methods may include critical analysis, reports and portfolios.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MSc / MA Mental Health (in Institute of Health booklet) • MA / PG Dip Social Work
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MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MPH
FULL-TIME: 1 year
PART-TIME: 2 years 2 years by distance learning
LOCATION: City Campus
START:
Our course is an internationally recognised qualification in public health. It is aimed at a wide range of people from both NHS and non-NHS backgrounds, as well as anyone wishing to develop a career in public health, in the UK or abroad.
The modules are very interesting compared to the current public health strategies and the lecturers are able, dedicated experts in their academic field. As a public health practitioner, I will use the knowledge I gained to exhibit the quality of my University both academically and professionally. SANI BARAYA WAMAKKO, MPH MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Semester 1 or Semester 2
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
We have been delivering this course for over a decade and recruit around 60 students per year over two intakes. The success rate is high, mainly attributable to the personal tutor support that is provided. We continue this support when you have completed the course through regular email updates, opportunities and reference support for job applications. Visiting and honorary lecturers regularly lead classes, sharing their knowledge and experience of contemporary initiatives in public health.
You will take six 20-credit core modules and a dissertation. Modules may include:
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY?
Assessment methods may include reports, essays, plans, strategies, and independent research.
Career choices encompass many disciplines including roles in public health, health promotion, health statistics, epidemiology, clinical governance, healthcare research, health technology assessment and public health nursing, where you will find that a Master’s level qualification is increasingly required. Students have developed careers in public health and some have gone on to work with international organisations such as the WHO and the UN.
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• Assessing the Health Needs of Populations • Advanced Research Skills • Leading Transformation and Change • Health Protection Health Improvement • Public Health Epidemiology and Statistics • Research Dissertation
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?
DISTANCE LEARNING: This route allows UK and overseas students unable to travel to the University campus to undertake the degree. Our online platform, WLVGlobal, features uploading and downloading of module materials such as guides, regulations, reading and research.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MSc / MA Health and Social Care
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SOCIAL WORK MA / PG Cert
FULL-TIME: 2 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Semester 1
This course equips you with the knowledge, skills and values necessary to meet the required levels of the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF). You will then be able to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and begin your first year in employment as a registered and qualified social worker.
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON?
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
This course offers interdisciplinary learning, approved placement opportunities across a range of settings, and opportunities to hear visiting European lecturers. There is a strong commitment to international social work in which staff members have interests and publications.
The course covers the following areas relevant to social work practice: theories and methods, law, policy and practice contexts, and critical perspectives. 170 days of the course are spent in assessed practice placements. There is a research dissertation module. For students who are not successful in the dissertation module there is an exit award of PG Diploma in Social Work which also allows for registration with the professional body as a qualified social worker.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY? Successful completion of this course enables you to begin practice as a qualified and registered social worker. The English qualification is accepted throughout the UK and recognised internationally. There is also the opportunity for candidates to enrol on a programme of doctoral study – either a Professional Doctorate or a PhD.
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Assessment is through case studies, law tests, essays and assessed practice.
OTHER COURSES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN: • MSc / MA Health and Social Care • PG Cert Mental Health Practice (for Approved Mental Health Professionals) • MPhil / PhD Social Work and Social Care
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SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL CARE MPhil / PhD
We offer supervision for research in a range of Social Work and Social Care areas. The team has experience of full-time, and part-time learners, mature professionals and overseas students. Many of our research supervisors have internationally recognised expertise in a range of research methodologies and frequently work across subject
areas so, for example, research supervision can take place around the intersections of Education, Health, Sport, and Psychology. We support students with a vibrant seminar and workshop calendar of events. Email: fehwresearch@wlv.ac.uk for more information.
FULL-TIME: MPhil: Up to 2 years PhD: Up to 4 years
PART-TIME: MPhil: Up to 4 years PhD: Up to 8 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Any time throughout the year
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This Faculty booklet describes in outline the programmes offered by the University of Wolverhampton. These, as well as other details, are correct at the time of going to print. However, programmes and modules can be added or withdrawn without notice. Support offered and other details are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information and list of programmes currently offered, as well as campus tours, student case studies, and lots more useful information, please visit: wlv.ac.uk/postgraduate. We regularly review our courses to ensure they reflect the needs of students and employers. Courses advertised ‘subject to approval’ have successfully completed the first stage of the approval process. We welcome applications for these courses. However, their full academic detail is subject to final approval and may change – in rare instances a course may not run. If you have applied for a course that is subject to approval, our Admissions team will keep you informed of any changes to the advertised course. By accepting an offer from the University of Wolverhampton, a legal contract is formed between you and the University. The University’s terms and conditions and the course-specific information provided at the time of your offer form the basis of this contract. Admissions terms and conditions (found at: wlv.ac.uk/admissions-terms-and-conditions) contain important information you must carefully read before accepting your offer. The University’s Policies and Regulations webpages at: wlv.ac.uk/polsandregs also contain important information about rights and responsibilities, including complaints procedures.