MRes HEALTH SCIENCE

Unlike traditional MSc courses, our MRes in Health Science is designed specifically to provide you with the maximum opportunity to develop and demonstrate key research skills.

As such, the majority of the course consists of independent project work under the direction of a director of studies.

You will also study a core module on Essential Research Skills and choose one other from a list of options which range from Designing and Implementing Survey Research to Health Promotion: Theory and Practice, and Sports Rehabilitation: Injury to Optimal Performance.

The course as a whole will equip you with the knowledge, skills and techniques to carry out independent research effectively.

You will also learn about the standards and requirements research entails, and about how to maximise its impact and effectiveness.

You will emerge from this course with enhanced research expertise and, crucially, ready to demonstrate leadership in your given area.

You will also return to your workplace able to communicate more effectively with clients, their friends and family, and your colleagues.

Working closely with experienced researchers on internationally recognised projects will give you an invaluable insight into what a career in high-level scientific work entails.

Your own experience and capacity to conduct research will be hugely enhanced if you decide to embark on a PhD.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to conduct a piece of independent research, and your awareness of and ability to implement good research practice.

Being attached to research groups of such standing will also give you a good opportunity to develop your research and have it published.

Some of our graduates have gone on to pursue further research abroad. Some overseas students have become professors or lecturers in universities in their home countries.

Other graduates have returned to careers within NHS or other healthcare sectors with the skills required to take up new levels of responsibility.

Whether you’re a podiatrist, a speech therapist or a nurse – if you work in any kind of clinical setting, particularly within the NHS – you will find your career progression will be hindered unless you can demonstrate management competencies.

This unusual and carefully tailored course will help you progress your career – either by honing your research skills or by enhancing your managerial abilities.

Minimum 2:2 Honours and a Research Proposal
We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths.