OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME

It is well known that healthcare organisations in the UK and beyond face unprecedented demands, and there is a real need to invest in public health, mental health and wellbeing.

At the heart of this unique programme is the ambition to equip students with the advanced knowledge and skills to guide and support individuals, communities and nations to live happier and healthier lives.

• This exciting and forward-thinking programme encourages students to consider contemporary and ‘wicked’ public health, mental health and wellbeing challenges, as well as emerging threats.
• It facilitates a creative and problem-solving approach to the field in order to improve, enhance and sometimes re-imagine ways of working.
• The programme is flexible, ambitious and supportive, and will provide students with the opportunity to further their knowledge and understanding, develop and enhance their practice, as well as ask questions and work collaboratively.

KEY COURSE FEATURES

• Encourages creativity, reflection, questioning and problem solving
• Development and enhancement of practice through Work-Based Learning
• Authentic assessment briefs that simulate ‘real life’ activities
• Flexible study options, whereby students can choose to learn in the classroom, online, or a combination of the two
• Taught by experts in health, mental health and wellbeing

Teaching & Assessment

Students will be assessed on this programme via a combination of ‘traditional’ and ‘authentic’ methods of assessment, including essays, presentations, portfolios and reports. Students will be set flexible and exciting briefs for their assessments, which they can tailor to topics and issues that are of interest. Students will be supported in a number of ways with their assessments, including the provision of assessment briefing guidance videos, and the ability to submit draft work and book tutorials with module tutors to discuss their assessments.

Teaching and Learning

This Masters programme follows a flexible Active Learning Framework (ALF) whereby students can make their own decision about how and when to engage with the learning activities. The content for all modules is delivered on a weekly basis in a classroom setting, which is audio and video recorded. The recordings are made available on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to all students, alongside directed study. Students can self-select one of three modes of engagement with the module learning activities:

Option 1: Online learning; students learn completely (or almost completely) online in their own time by watching the recordings of the classroom sessions and engaging in the directed study. This is the best option for students who are not available on a Friday to attend the live sessions.
Option 2: Blended learning; students learn by attending some of the classroom sessions live and others by watching the recordings and engaging in the directed study in their own time. This is the best option for students who know they can attend some, but not all of the live sessions.
Option 3: Live learning; students learn completely (or almost completely) by attending the classroom sessions on a Friday and engaging with the directed study in their own time. This is the best option for students who want to learn live in the classroom and are able available to do so (potentially being absent for just one or two live sessions).