Health and Social Care

Are you passionate about making a real difference to people's lives? This course is designed for those who want to create meaningful change, supporting individuals and communities facing challenges such as mental health issues, homelessness, domestic abuse, and social inequality.

Our teaching is led by experts alongside a curriculum shaped by the latest developments in the field. You will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience to navigate the evolving health and social care landscape. You'll explore a diverse range of topics — from public health to criminal justice, lifecycle development to the impact of poverty — while critically examining the opportunities and challenges of a globalised, technology-driven world.

Whether you aspire to work on the front lines of care, influence policy, or continue on to postgraduate study, this course opens doors to a wide array of career paths. Join a community of changemakers and start your journey towards a rewarding future in health and social care.

Why study Health and Social Care at NTU?

• The Health and Social Care body of students is incredibly diverse, with students from the local area, around the UK and overseas, as well as mature students. We also consider applicants with professional experience in the field.

• This course includes 240 hours of Work Like Experience such as placements, volunteering, live projects or employer-led simulations.

• With a wide range of optional modules to choose from, you'll be able to tailor your learning based on your interests in both your second and final years.

• Our course is consistently one of the most popular Health and Social Care courses in the UK.

Course Modules

We use creative teaching methods to bring issues to life and to help students make the links between theory and practice. Our teaching uses the latest research and utilises our close links with a range national and local organisations; guests from the sector regularly come to campus to share their experiences with our students.

Here’s a breakdown of the core and optional modules you’ll be studying across your course:

Year One modules include:

• Health and Society

• Current Issues in Health and Social Care

• Social Policy, Inequalities and Social Justice

• Effective Communication Skills

• Preparing for Practice

• Human Growth and Development

Year Two modules include:

• Developing Real-World Research Skills

• Managing Health and Social Care

• Becoming a Health and Social Care Professional

• Person Centred Interventions

• Optional modules include: Engaging with Vulnerable Groups; Mental Health and Wellbeing; and Health, Social Care and Crime.

Final Year modules include:

• Practice-Informed Research

• Leadership in Health and Social Care

• Optional modules include: Children's and Young People's Mental Health; Young People and Social Care; Health Promotion in Practice; Global Health and Development; and Ageing in the 21st Century.

Full-time and part-time

• Year 1 coursework

• Year 2 coursework

• Year 3 coursework

Coursework includes different forms of assessment such as:

• coursework-based essays

• reports

• individual and group presentations

• your work experience portfolio

• a final year research-based dissertation.

There will also be practical assessments, which will include:

• group and individual presentations

• video exercises

• poster presentations

• IT-based exercises.