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Stage 2
• Compulsory modules:
Professional Leadership
and Social Work Management;
Systematic Practice in
Advanced Social Work
• Dissertation including original
empirical research
You also take optional modules
from those offered on the Social
Work MA (see p222).
Applied Health Research
MSc
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Location: Canterbury
Entry requirements: Minimum
2.1 honours degree in a social
science or health-related subject,
or a medical degree and a
demonstrable knowledge and
interest in a relevant area. Those
with a Health & Care Professions
Council (HCPC) registration plus
two years’ professional practice
will be considered, though
evidence will be sought
from academic referees that
candidates have the ability to
undertake a Master’s programme.
This MSc equips you with
the skills necessary to design,
implement and publish healthcare
research. You gain an in-depth
understanding of qualitative and
quantitative research methods in
the healthcare context. You also
learn the principles and practices
of evaluating health services and
understand the theories and
application of health economics.
You acquire the skills necessary to
critically understand the concepts,
theories and empirical application
of epidemiology.
Course content
• Compulsory modules:
Introduction to Applied Health
Research; Qualitative Methods
in Health Research; Quantitative
Methods in Health Research
• Optional modules include:
Epidemiology and Public
Health; Evaluation and
Research in Health Services;
Introduction to Health
Economics; Sociology of
Health, Illness and Medicine;
Statistics in Applied Health
Research
• Dissertation
Civil Society, NGO and
Non-Profit Studies PDip, MA
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Location: Canterbury
The programme provides you with
an advanced understanding of
social science debates, theories
and concepts relevant to
organised civil society, including
the ‘third sector’ of NGOs, social
movements and other formations
between market and state, and
refers to the institutions and
practices of philanthropy,
altruism and reciprocity.
It imparts country-specific as well
as cross-national and transnational
empirical and theoretical
knowledge of the historical and
contemporary challenges faced
by these organisations. It also
analyses how they relate to
ongoing social, political and
economic transformations.
Course content
• Compulsory modules: Design
of Social Research; The Idea
of Civil Society; Organised Civil
Society and the Third Sector
• Three from a selection,
including: Comparative Social
Policy; The Family, Parenting
Culture and Parenting Policy;
Fundraising and Philanthropy;
Social Change and Political
Order; Social Suffering
• Dissertation
International Healthcare
Leadership and Management
PCert, PDip, MSc
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Location: Distance learning with
some attendance at Canterbury
Entry requirements: Minimum 2.1
in a relevant subject or a medical
degree with demonstrable
knowledge and interest in the
area. State registration in a health
profession plus two years’ practice
will be considered, though
evidence will be sought from
academic referees to establish
the candidate’s ability to
undertake a Master’s programme.