Overview

In a Nutshell

What is becoming increasingly apparent is the correlation between the highly skilled health and social care workforce that has the right skills, behaviours and education, and the delivery of excellent health and social care and an ability to transform services. There is clear recognition of how the educated workforce can effectively contribute towards the transformation of services and support the implementation of health and social care reform.

The Leadership and Management in Education programme of the University of Salford is aimed at all professionals including allied health professionals, health care scientists, nurses, midwives, doctors, and social workers who want to develop the knowledge, skills, qualities and behaviours to be effective leaders of health and social care education. The course combines education, leadership and service improvement and reform.

You will:

Develop yourself within three areas: education; leadership; and service improvement, transformation and reform

Be able to lead an education based project for the benefit of service user and or service improvements

Learn how to deal with complex leadership situations

Learn to base your education and leadership practices on sound research and evidence based practice

Learn the skills to empower yourself and others to deliver health and social care reform and transformation through the leadership of health and social care education

Gain the confidence to try new and creative approaches

Employment

Completing CPD is now an essential part of maintaining your professional registration.

By undertaking CPD modules and courses, students demonstrate to employers a commitment to the profession.

Undertaking modules lead to better career prospects and promotion.

Following completion of the course, you will have developed the expertise to lead education in health and social care contexts. There are opportunities for you to use credits from any existing postgraduate educational studies (NMC Stage 3 Practice Teacher and Stage 4 Teacher Award) towards this Master’s programme. This provides you with a flexible and dynamic educational leadership career pathway.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Enabling Change through Educational Leadership for Patient and/ or Service Improvement

Project Management and Methods of Inquiry for Health Care Practice

Leading Education in Academic Practice

Leading Education in Practice

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-16 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Educational Leadership View 76 other Masters in Educational Leadership in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

An equivalent Bachelor’s degree normally with a 2:2 honours or professional qualification (if applicable) from the UK or elsewhere.

If you are an international applicant you must demonstrate access to a health care organisation in order to undertake and apply the required work-based learning (contextualise theory and practice).

If this is not possible you must demonstrate recent (contemporary) knowledge of a health care organisation in order to undertake and apply the required work-based learning activities and contextualise theory and it is preferred that you are sponsored by the organisation/ government so have continuing links with your country health care organisation.

You will be made aware of the philosophy of a work-based learning programme (contextualise theory and practice) approach from the outset.

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Tuition Fee

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International

17000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 17000 GBP per year during 12 months.
National

9100 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9100 GBP per year during 12 months.

Living costs for Salford

500 - 800 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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