BSc (Hons) PUBLIC HEALTH (WITH FOUNDATION YEAR)

As the need for projects to deliver good health globally becomes ever more urgent, the more clearly we see that public health is not just everybody’s business - it’s a growth business, too. That’s why it needs graduates as well schooled as you will be in these crucial issues.

Employment opportunities abound. Our graduates have gone on to work for employers including Public Health England, local authorities, national government and the civil service, the NHS, charities and social enterprises.

They’ve become public health educators or specialists. They’ve worked in voluntary organisations in the UK and abroad, or advised on policy, or gone on to study epidemiology. Others go into further research. Anything is possible.

Ultimately, your success may depend on how resourceful, enterprising and self-starting you are.

So it’s at this point that we’ll recount the story of Marina Haque. A forty-something mum who was persuaded by her five children to take up a place at the University of East London through clearing, Marina initially found the academic side challenging.

Yet she grabbed every chance to improve her basic skills, volunteered for the London Borough of Enfield’s public health department and astonished everyone by securing the presence of the head of Public Health England at a UEL conference.

Inspired by our course, she established stop-smoking campaigns outside her son’s primary school, an initiative which spread through the borough, and organised a series of pioneering health awareness events with different healthcare organisations.

Must include passes at A2 in at least 1 subject
Extended Diploma or Diploma
Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level