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This innovative course has been designed to develop knowledge and skills in evidence-based public health practice in order to meet the professional standards laid down by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for registration on part three of the register.The course provides education and training for a child- and family-centered public health role to enable you to work with individuals, families and populations. It focuses on the prevention of ill health, health improvement and the reduction of health inequalities.After gaining your Postgraduate Diploma you can undertake a top-up course to progress to a Masters award, which incorporates a research module and dissertation.

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This innovative course has been designed to develop knowledge and skills in evidence based public health practice in order to meet the professional standards laid down by the NMC for registration on Part 3 of the register.The course provides education and training for a Child and Family centred public health role to enable you to work with individuals, families and populations. It focuses on the prevention of ill health, health improvement and the reduction of health inequalities.The qualification is recognized nationally, and is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.After gaining your Postgraduate Diploma you can undertake a top-up to progress to an MSc which incorporates a research module and dissertation.

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60 CREDIT MODULE - APPROVED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. The module is a full time programme which will offer the students a thorough and comprehensive understanding of mental health policy, legislation and its application to people with mental health needs and their carers, with a specific focus on assessments under the Mental Health Act 1983.

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This course offers you opportunity to gain a UK Masters degree in Nursing with a focus on a critical understanding of the knowledge required to underpin and change international nursing practice.Please note that in-order to register as a nurse in the UK you must undertake and successfully complete the Overseas Nursing Programme (ONP) option module, which has strict entry requirements as set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the UK. Students who complete the MSc (Hons) International Nursing Studies without undertaking the ONP will not be able to register as a nurse in the UK.Additional informationThis course will enable you to become an increasingly effective practitioner in caring for patients from different backgrounds with complex needs.

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Our course is for midwives who are passionate about their practice and wish to develop their knowledge and skills to an advanced level. It will enable experienced midwives to develop the skills of independent thinking required for advanced midwifery practice.

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This course is designed to meet the needs of nurses in the international arena. It is delivered entirely via distance learning and aims to:advance your knowledge and practice, as a nurse, to meet the increasingly complex and dynamic demands of caring for the critically ill patient.promote evidence-based international guidelines, policy, ethics and world class research in order to cultivate nurses who can effectively use analytical and problem solving skills to evaluate and apply a range of contemporary evidence to their own practicefoster innovation and creativity in order to nurture critical care nurses who are able to influence practice, service delivery, and effect changefacilitate professional international networks, promoting a community of learning, in which you can share and debate common interests and issues whilst providing and obtaining professional peer support.

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Within our multidisciplinary School of Health and Human Sciences, we offer research supervision in the following fields: - analysis of large scale surveys; - approaches to pain management; - child and adolescent mental health; - children with special educational needs; - clinical decision making; - clinical psychology; - cognitive behavioural therapy; - consumerism and consumption in health care; - cross-cultural mental health; - educational psychology; - evaluation of psychological treatments; - health-related social movements; - health-related stigma; - health services research; - housing and health; - how life events and conditions influence health; - interpretative policy analysis of health care; - mental health services; - the third sector and health care provision; - nursing theory and practice; - physiotherapy education and practice; - political economy of health care; - post-trauma responses/stress disorder/growth; - professional/clinical education and practice; - public health management; - public health practice and policy; - qualitative methods; - quantitative methodologies and analysis of large-scale datasets (panel and cohort studies); - service evaluation and development; - social aspects of HIV/AIDS; - social epidemiology and health inequalities; - social inequality and health; - social issues around health and the intersection of theories of delinquency and health; - social organisation of health care; - sociology of happiness and wellbeing; - sociology of health and illness; - sociology of mental health; - sociology of risk; and - understanding and application of research in health settings.We also offer an MSc by dissertation and an MPhil in this subject and part-time research study is also available.This is not an exhaustive list of staff research interests and more can be found on our School website. However, if you are looking to carry out research in a different area to those listed, please contact us to discuss this further.

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Professional doctorates are awarded in named areas and are designed to enable you to develop and demonstrate expertise within your chosen field.

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This MSc course is designed to equip practitioners with knowledge and skills, as well as the personal, professional and inter-professional insights and qualities you need to function as a successful change agent, skills analyst and researcher or practice innovator in the advancement of your own field of practice. Throughout your study you will explore module themes with regard to your own practice situation.The qualification comprises a series of modules, each with its own investigations or activities that enable you to explore your work as a place of learning and to further your enquiries using the study group, print and electronic resources of the qualification.

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Death, dying and bereavement has been one of the Faculty of Health and Social Care's major research and teaching themes for over twenty years. The work in this area ranges from dying through to death and bereavement.

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