Postgraduate Prospectus

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Why study health and
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Collaborative teaching includes
significant input from practitioners
and service users, which ensures
your postgraduate qualification
is relevant and fit for purpose
Part of the University’s accredited
Doctoral Training Centre of the
Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC), with a number
of ESRC studentships available
for new postgraduates
Innovative teaching and
progression routes offer
postgraduate qualifications that
provide an exciting direct pathway
into a variety of health-oriented
careers, including professional
development opportunities with
flexible pathways on a full or
part-time modular basis
Our taught courses further your
skills and knowledge, stimulate
independent thought and have a
positive impact on local, national
and international health services
Working with partnership
organisations, we come together
to share and develop skills and
knowledge
Career prospects
As part of our fast-track
pre-registration programmes,
we organise placements for our
students, during which you have
the opportunity to experience
day-to-day life in your chosen
career. Many go on to work in these
environments after graduation and
registration.
We currently have graduates
working in both clinical and
management positions in local
trusts, hospitals and care
organisations, as well as in
local and county councils.
About our School
We have an excellent reputation for
the quality of our teaching, with an ever
expanding range of health-related courses
on offer, while our reputation for research
(submitted with our Department of
Sociology) is outstanding.
Within our School, our educational provision
meets professional regulatory requirements
and achieves high standards. We do so by
having staff that are multi-professional, so
they have clinical and academic credibility.
In addition, we draw on the expertise of
our visiting fellows and lecturers, who are
experienced practitioners, to provide further
specialist contributions to our programmes.
All our staff are concerned with the
development of evidence-based practice
in their own areas of clinical expertise,
and many are supported in carrying out
health-related research. Externally, we
have strong partnership agreements with
other educational establishments and
health organisations, including the Tavistock
Clinic in London. We deliver teaching and
research at both our Colchester and
Southend campuses.
We specialise in applied, multi-disciplinary
research that addresses issues of national
and international concern to health policy
and practice, and related fields. We have
research interest groups in ‘Developing
Professional Practice’ and ‘Applied Health
Research’, and also host the NIHR
Research Design Service for the East of
England. Many of our students aspire to
careers within healthcare or are already
working as nurses, doctors, psychologists,
allied health professionals, care assistants,
social workers and managers in healthcare
environments.
We offer a range of postgraduate studies
in health-related subjects, including taught
courses, taught pre-registration courses,
research degrees and doctoral
programmes.
Taught courses
We offer a range of unique one-year
standard and two-year pre-registration
taught courses. By pre-registration, we
mean that these courses lead to the
additional qualification of eligibility to
apply for registration with the appropriate
regulatory body.
Our courses include full and part-time
studies, which provide you with a learning
environment suited to your professional
commitments. Many of our programmes
are offered as part of interprofessional
learning (IPL), encouraging professionals
to learn with and from each other – an
understanding that helps to ensure you
have the expertise to respond adequately
and effectively to the complexity of your
service user needs, and ensures that care
is safe, seamless and of a high standard.
We form part of Essex’s interdisciplinary
Doctoral Training Centre, recently
designated by the UK’s Economic and
Social Research Council (ESRC) and one
of only 21 in the UK. This means two of
our courses have ESRC Doctoral Training
Centre accreditation, and a number of
ESRC studentships are available for
new students.
Pre-registration
Our full-time accelerated courses
are suitable if you are a graduate who
wishes to become eligible to register
with the relevant regulatory body within
two years. Our students on these courses
share learning experiences across all
pre-registration disciplines. We use
problem-based learning and design our
courses as a continuous progression of
integrated theory and practice.
Subject to meeting UK residency criteria,
your tuition fees are paid by the Strategic
Health Authority and additional support
funding may also be available.
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