Health and Social Practice Framework

This award framework has been designed in collaboration with health and social practice stakeholders and students. This innovative framework is aimed at health and social practice professionals who wish to consolidate or develop their practice in line with their career aspirations. This framework brings the single module activity previously provided into a coherent award structure.

The award framework has been created to provide a cohesive student choice driven pathway of awards aligned with career progression in Health & Social practice. This will support increased demand in Health and Social practice for more complex decision making, resulting in the requirement of an advancing level of practice within the workforce and the level of care provided to patients or clients.

BSc Programme:

You will study modules that are designed to develop your skills as a critical consumer of evidence relating to your area of practice and an extended project that examines the impact of health and social practice interventions on outcomes for your patients, clients, or service users. This will underpin the modules from which the student can chose from leading to a clinical, education or leadership award.

MSc Programme:

You will study modules that are designed to facilitate and engender a critical evaluative approach of contemporary practice relating to your area of expertise, an appreciation of the knowledge, skills and philosophical approaches required to undertake research. This will be capped by a supervised dissertation project designed to facilitate an exploration of an area of primary or secondary research or a practice project focussed on your area of practice interest. Entrants should be UK based and for certain modules hold a relevant health and social practice professional registration with bodies such as NMC or HCPC and normally have a minimum 2:2 Honours degree in a subject related to their registration status.

Please note, applicants must be based in the UK. These are part time programmes of study and overseas applicants who reside outside of the UK are ineligible for the CAS/Student Route Visa, and as such are ineligible for the programmes listed.

Award Building Study System

Modules previously available as single modules are now incorporated into our Health and Social Practice programme where they can be used to build an award or studied alone using a single refined application process. A step by step guide to opt out of programme modules can be found here. Modules available for each programme in this framework can be found in the 'Modules' drop down below. We encourage you to contact Programme leads for discussion about your individualised award via this email nsapplicantservices@northumbria.ac.uk. FAQs can be found here.

Alongside the core modules designed to underpin your progress, students will be encouraged to choose from our substantial suite of optional modules to build their own award in line with their development needs and stakeholder workforce development plans leading to a student-centred approach to learning.

BSc Programme

The BSc (Hons) award is designed for students who wish to consolidate their practice and evidence their professional development beyond Diploma in HE level and to progress their career or underpin their health and social practice role.

This programme allows the building of a coherent award, bespoke to the student, beyond their graduate studies leading to Clinical, Education or Leadership bracketed awards. The award is studied through a combination of physical or online lectures, seminar, workshop, and practical sessions, with the opportunity of tutorial supervisions as appropriate to the teaching content. You will be supported by a personal tutor throughout your studies. You will be able to use online reading lists, and you are encouraged to use subject-specific, online library resources, electronic databases, and periodicals. You will have access to Blackboard Ultra, our online learning platform, which will host online learning and collaboration where appropriate and house module and programme materials. Learning support is supported by our library services team and their substantial experience supporting and developing learning either face to face or online.

The award consists of 120 credits at level 6 and can be studied in 2-5 years invoiced on a module credit basis. Recognised prior learning (RPL) is considered on an individual basis in line with industry standards and alignment to programme learning outcomes. Entrants should be UK based and for certain modules hold a relevant health and social practice professional registration with bodies such as NMC or HCPC and normally have a Diploma of HE or Advanced Diploma of HE for degree entry in a subject related to their registration status.

If you need help understanding the structure, take a look at our BSc Health and Social Practice Framework diagram.

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BSc Programmes:

Health and Social Practice BSc

Health and Social Practice (Clinical) BSc

Health and Social Practice (Education) BSc

Health and Social Practice (Leadership and Management) BSc

Health and Social (Advanced Diploma Entry Point) BSc

Graduate Certificate Programme

The graduate certificate is designed for students who are already in possession of an Honours degree in a health and social practice related subject and wish to study at graduate level (level 6).

This programme allows the building of a coherent award, bespoke to the student, beyond their graduate studies. The Grad Cert award is studied through a combination of physical or online lectures, seminar, workshop, and practical sessions, with the opportunity of tutorial supervisions as appropriate to the teaching content. You will be supported by a personal tutor throughout your studies. You will be able to use online reading lists, and you are encouraged to use subject-specific, online library resources, electronic databases, and periodicals. You will have access to Blackboard Ultra, our online learning platform, which will host online learning and collaboration where appropriate and house module and programme materials. Learning support is supported by our library services team and their substantial experience supporting and developing learning either face to face or online.

The award consists of 60 credits at level 6 and can be studied in 2-5 years flexibly around the needs of the student and is invoiced on a module credit basis. Entrants should be UK based and for certain modules hold a relevant health and social practice professional registration with bodies such as NMC or HCPC and normally have a Honours degree in a subject related to their registration status.

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Graduate Certificate Programme:

Health and Social Practice Graduate Certificate

MSc Programme

The MSc award is designed for students who are already in possession of an Honours degree in a health and social practice related subject and wish to study at master's level (level 7) to progress their career or further underpin their health and social practice role beyond graduate level.

This programme allows the building of a coherent award, bespoke to the student, beyond their graduate studies leading to Clinical, Education or Leadership bracketed awards. The MSc award is studied through a combination of physical or online lectures, seminar, workshop, and practical sessions, with the opportunity of tutorial supervisions as appropriate to the teaching content. You will be supported by a personal tutor throughout your studies. You will be able to use online reading lists, and you are encouraged to use subject-specific, online library resources, electronic databases, and periodicals. You will have access to Blackboard Ultra, our online learning platform, which will host online learning and collaboration where appropriate and house module and programme materials. Learning support is supported by our library services team and their substantial experience supporting and developing learning either face to face or online.

The award consists of 180 credits at level 7 and can be studied in 3-5 years flexibly around the needs of the student using current university regulations and is invoiced on a module credit basis. Lower-level awards can be achieved if desired, at exit points at the end of year 1 with 60 credits at level 7 (PGCert) or year 2 with 120 credits at level 7 (PGDip) structured by the student’s needs and using current university regulations. Recognised prior learning (RPL) is considered on an individual basis in line with industry standards and alignment to programme learning outcomes. Entrants should be UK based and for certain modules hold a relevant health and social practice professional registration with bodies such as NMC or HCPC and normally have a minimum 2:2 Honours degree in a subject related to their registration status.

If you need help understanding the structure, take a look at our MSc Health and Social Practice Framework diagram.

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MSc Programmes:

Health and Social Practice MSc

Health and Social Practice (Clinical) MSc

Health and Social Practice (Education) MSc

Health and Social Practice (Leadership and Management) MSc

Health and Social Practice - Year 3 Direct Entry (Dissertation) MSc

Post Graduate Certificate Programme

The Postgraduate Certificate is designed for students who are already in possession of an Honours degree in a health and social practice related subject and wish to study at graduate level (level 6 or level 7).

This programme allows the building of a coherent award, bespoke to the student, beyond their graduate studies. The Postgraduate Certificate award is studied through a combination of physical or online lectures, seminar, workshop, and practical sessions, with the opportunity of tutorial supervisions as appropriate to the teaching content. You will be supported by a personal tutor throughout your studies. You will be able to use online reading lists, and you are encouraged to use subject-specific, online library resources, electronic databases, and periodicals. You will have access to Blackboard Ultra, our online learning platform, which will host online learning and collaboration where appropriate and house module and programme materials. Learning support is supported by our library services team and their substantial experience supporting and developing learning either face to face or online.

The award consists of 60 credits at level 7 and can be studied in 2-5 years flexibly around the needs of the student and is invoiced on a module credit basis. Entrants should be UK based and for certain modules hold a relevant health and social practice professional registration with bodies such as NMC or HCPC and normally have a Honours degree in a subject related to their registration status.

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Postgraduate Certificate Programme:

Health and Social Practice Postgraduate Certificate

Modules

Please find links below to all the modules available as part of the Health and Social Practice programmes. Click on the link for the course you are interested in, and this will take you to a list of modules that can be studied as part of that programme.

We encourage you to contact Programme leads for discussion about your individualised award via this email nsapplicantservices@northumbria.ac.uk. FAQs can be found here.

BSc Programmes:

Health and Social Practice BSc Modules

Health and Social Practice (Clinical) BSc Modules

Health and Social Practice (Education) BSc Modules

Health and Social Practice (Leadership and Management) BSc Modules

Health and Social (Advanced Diploma Entry Point) BSc Modules

Graduate Certificate Programme:

Health and Social Practice Graduate Certificate Modules

MSc Programmes:

Health and Social Practice MSc Modules

Health and Social Practice (Clinical) MSc Modules

Health and Social Practice (Education) MSc Modules

Health and Social Practice (Leadership and Management) MSc Modules

Health and Social Practice - Year 3 Direct Entry (Dissertation) MSc Modules

Post Graduate Certificate Programme:

Health & Social Practice Postgraduate Certificate Modules

Please Note:

For applicants who wish to undertake V300 (non-medical prescribing) as part of this framework – please note additional checks are required in order to ensure you are fully prepared to undertake this module and in accordance with PSRB requirements. These additional checks must be carried out at least 6 weeks prior to module start. For applicants wishing to undertake this module in September, all checks must be completed by the 18th August, for January start, checks must be completed by 20th November, therefore, programme application and acceptance of offer must be completed before these dates