BA (Honours) Health and Social Care Practice
Part-time
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Health and social care management
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This course enables health professionals to upgrade their qualification and enhance their professional practice.
It is a very flexible course allowing you to choose how you learn and gain recognition for your knowledge. Methods include
• taught modules
• accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL)
• accreditation of prior certificated learning (APCL)
• work-based learning
• independent study modules
You can choose modules specific to your profession or take a more general route. You can also take the full course or use credit from other courses to top up your existing qualification.
We take account of what you already know and do, this is central to the course. This allows greater flexibility in what you learn and how you gain academic credit. But you must complete the course within five years, and take a level six dissertation and research module.
Health and Social Care Practice Framework
This course is part of the wider Health and Social Care Practice Framework, a broad and flexible programme of professional courses for healthcare practitioners.
Whatever your specific needs, the framework’s flexibility allows it to deliver a focused programme of accredited professional development based on your interests. For details of other routes in the framework please contact us.
Study individual modules
You can study individual modules from this course and gain academic credit towards a qualification. Visit our continuing professional development website for more information.
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Normally part-time – typically three years, maximum five years
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £4,500 a year based on 60 credits. Some modules on this course may be funded by the Department of Health.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
We assess each module separately, normally by continuous assessment. This includes for example • essays • reflective diaries • portfolio • project work.
Defribrillator training in one of our clinical skills suites
Staff profiles
Visit the Department of Allied Health Professions website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
