Health and Social Care Studies MSc

Studying MSc Health and Social Care Studies will:

Provide a diverse portfolio for you, guided by a director of studies, to undertake a specific, approved, flexible study route through the course, reflecting your individual learning needs
Develop you as a health and social care practitioner acting as an agent of change
Enhance your critical understanding of the issues and debates pertinent to health and social care in order to contribute to the development of a subject area, field or profession
Enable you to meet your personal and professional development aspirations.
Allow you to work alongside professionals from a diverse background
This course will help you to progress as a practitioner, by developing your critical understanding of the issues and debates pertinent to health and social care. This will empower you to contribute to the development of a variety of a subject areas, fields or professions.

This course provides a flexible framework that enables you to meet your personal and professional development aspirations.


The MSc in Health and Social Care Studies is suitable for a wide range of professionals involved in the provision and delivery of a changing and expanding health and social care agenda. Increasingly, practitioners are being called upon to lead change within their organisation, on both clinical and strategic fronts. This course will:

Extend and progress the knowledge and skills you already have and how you may apply them to your own individual setting
Enable you to assess and support the impact your actions will have on practice
Provide an opportunity to respond to emerging career pathways allowing you to tailor your learning needs in a flexible and creative way.