Professional Practice (Negotiated Specialism) BA/BSc/GradCert

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What will you study on BA/BSc/GradCert Professional Practice (Negotiated Specialism)?

During the course of this programme, you will develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of relevant theoretical concepts, practice and evidenced based knowledge that can be applied to real work contexts and complex issues. You will study ethical principles, values and codes of practice and explore how these can be applied to your own practice. You will also explore the influence of current policy, organisational context, and workplace priorities on practice development. You will also look into relevant methodologies and approaches for developing your own practice and/or that of others in health, social care and education settings.

What will you gain?

On completion of this programme, you will be able to effectively engage, network and communicate with relevant stakeholders and academic audiences, and take initiative and leadership for practice development in your own setting or work context (within limits of role). You will understand how to evaluate practice or identified issues and apply appropriate problem solving techniques, inquiry and action planning. You will have the ability to systematically design, undertake and manage a work-based project that has the potential to improve your own practice and/or that of others. Finally, you will learn to critically reflect and evaluate your own practice and systematically plan professional development.

BA/BSc modules

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This module runs throughout the programme and is designed to enable you to critically evaluate your personal and professional development needs and develop a professional development plan. It will also support the academic skills needed to succeed at graduate level.

This module is designed to develop your understanding in a range of advanced inquiry methodologies appropriate for practitioners to design a proposal for a real work based project that has clear objectives related to your own professional development and/or the development of practice in your setting.

This module is the culmination of a your degree and will support you to undertake and evaluate a real work-based project that is designed to develop or inform areas of your own or your colleagues professional practice in a healthcare, social care or educational setting.

Both 30 and 60 credit options are possible depending on the requirements of the individuals negotiated programme.

GradCert modules

The Graduate Certificate is particularly suitable for practitioners who have undertaken accredited CPD modules with their organisation or a University and want to achieve a small graduate award in the first instance. Progression from an accredited course(s) to a named award may have been negotiated by your organisation as part of the accreditation.

Bring in relevant certificated credit from Middlesex modules, another university or accredited partner or gain credit for experiential learning through recognition of prior learning (RPL).

You can find more information about this course in the programme specification. Optional modules are usually available at levels 5 and 6, although optional modules are not offered on every course. Where optional modules are available, you will be asked to make your choice during the previous academic year. If we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, or there are staffing changes which affect the teaching, it may not be offered. If an optional module will not run, we will advise you after the module selection period when numbers are confirmed, or at the earliest time that the programme team make the decision not to run the module, and help you choose an alternative module.