MSc Health and Education at University of Brighton

Programme overview

Our Health and Education MSc gives you the opportunity to explore specialist topics that match your personal and professional aspirations in depth and at an advanced level. You will benefit from the course if you are involved in teaching for a minimum of 15 hours per week within a health and social care setting. The course will develop your skills and knowledge for personal or professional advancement, with an emphasis on education.

Faculty: School of Sport and Health Sciences | Duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 3–6 years | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This is a part-time course and the modules are delivered at different times throughout the year. The course is delivered in a variety of ways and is flexible enough to meet the needs of part-time students. Delivery is typically via lectures, seminars and workbooks for work-based learning. Each module has approximately 30 hours of lecturer contact and approximately 170 hours of individual study. Individual modules employ various learning and teaching strategies. Modules include Research Theory and Application for Health Professionals, Quantitative Research Methods, Research Methods and Critical Appraisal, Research Ethics and Integrity in Health and Social Care, Philosophies of Research, Research Methods in Community Research, Qualitative Research, Dissertation.

Career pathways

On course graduation, you will be equipped with skills that are directly transferable to health and social care-focused employment. Many of our previous course graduates have progressed into senior positions in their organisations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Degree and/or experience. Students are normally expected to demonstrate one of the entry requirements below: an honours degree from a higher educational institution in the UK (minimum of 2:2) or equivalent award from a European or overseas higher education institution and some public/health service experience. an appropriate professional qualification from a body that is represented in public/health services work, plus a minimum five years working in a public/health services organisation. and. an ability to demonstrate skills of applied learning (for example successfully completing some academic Level 6 or degree level studies modules – grade C and above). an HND or diploma equivalent in an area applied to public/health services, plus a minimum five years working in a public/health services organisation. Other. You are expected to be in (or to have recently been in) public service employment or engaged in community or voluntary activity that gives you direct understanding of the public service environment. Your reflection on practice forms an important element of the learning. An applicant who is unable to demonstrate appropriate entry requirements can be permitted to register as a single module student. Students who are successful at studying for one module and are awarded credits will be eligible after consultation with the course leader to register for further modules.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,720 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

International applicants: GBP 17,748 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

Duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 3–6 years

Apply through the official page: https://evsipr.brighton.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app_crs

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