MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Allied Health Profession) at University of Manchester

Programme overview

Develop your knowledge and leadership skills and further your career through our CPD master's course for allied healthcare professionals. This course is aimed primarily at registered allied healthcare professionals including dieticians, audiologists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. You will:. Develop the professional knowledge and leadership skills needed for advanced level practice in allied healthcare.

Faculty: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health | Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 or 3 years part-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You can study individual units as standalone short courses or build up units of study towards a PGCert or PGDip award, and undertake a dissertation to complete the MSc award. See the CPD Units page for more information. Compulsory units include Advanced Evidence Based Practice, Post Graduate Research Dissertation, Developing Practice and Managing Change, Leadership in Professional Practice.

Career pathways

Our course is structured around the challenges facing advanced level practitioners, and each unit will draw from, and build on, your own professional experience. This will enable you to apply your new knowledge to your own area of practice and mould the course to best suit your learning requirements.

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Application information

Entry requirements

We require a relevant health or social work professional qualification and current registration with the relevant professional, statutory or equivalent regulatory body. You must also hold a relevant honours first degree (Lower Second or above, or equivalent) from an approved higher education institution OR evidence of previous advanced study, research or professional experience that the University accepts as qualifying you for entry. Experience: Home/UK applicants should usually have current clinical practice experience at the point of application. English language: IELTS 7.0, with a score of 6.5 or above in each component.

Domestic applicants: GBP 12,700 a year (2027/28). MSc (full-time) Source

International applicants: GBP 30,900 a year (2027/28). MSc (full-time) Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 or 3 years part-time

Apply through the official page: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply/

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