Public Health (Taught)

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Currently applications for the September intake of this course are only open to home students.

This course is moving into one of our new buildings at City campus. Teaching will be delivered at our Collegiate campus during the 2024/25 academic year while we get our new facilities ready. After that you will study in brand new facilities at City campus

Course Summary

• Explore the links between policy, evidence and practice and address key questions in healthcare.

• Learn how successful management requires development of critical approaches to theory, practice, and outcome measurement.

• Develop knowledge in key competencies necessary to join the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health specialists.

If you work or want to work at an operational, managerial or strategic level in public health, this course is ideal. If you currently work in a public health role you can gain academic credit for work based learning in the Public Health Practice elective.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Networking opportunities Beyond the course, you have access to a wide range of developmental and professional events in the department and the wider university as well as volunteering and employment agencies. In addition, you're also supported to find work experience and are well supported by a comprehensive suite of career management services including interview training and networking opportunities.

Applied learning

Rather than a traditional lecture and seminar format, a variety of learning and teaching methods are used with an emphasis on peer learning and class participation. The course is taught by relatively small team and draws on guest speakers from a range of public health roles which may include GPs, Community Health Workers, policy makers and public health practitioners.

You learn through

• seminars

• workshops

• presentations

• oral presentations

• reports

• essays

• book reviews

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career as a

• teenage pregnancy coordinator

• health promotion specialist

• five-a-day co-ordinator

• health visitor

• public health nurse

• midwife

• nurse consultant

• PhD study

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Agewell

• Sure Start

Where will I study?

You study at Collegiate Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.