Program Overview
Course Details
Health and social care is a vast service sector providing support to vulnerable people, such as children, older people and adults with disabilities or mental health issues. Our BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with foundation year offers you the opportunity to develop the values, skills and knowledge essential to good health and social care practice, opening the door to a huge range of rewarding employment opportunities.
Balancing policy, practice and academic training, our course is strongly linked to the UK government's health and social care agendas. Our highly experienced and dedicated team will lead you in exploring the principles of care, person-centred health and social care, the ethical aspects of care, and areas such as health promotion, safeguarding, and more. We'll support you as you learn how to collaborate across professional boundaries, use evidence to inform your decisions, and understand critical health and social care issues and ways of dealing with them.
Practical experience, including a work experience placement in a health and social care setting, is key to your development. Our focus is on helping you become a knowledgeable, compassionate, and person-centred care professional.
Highlights
Our Health Studies courses are top in the UK for student satisfaction, according to The Complete University Guide 2022.
This course includes a foundation year that supports you in developing essential academic and research skills by examining key social issues that impact the health and wellbeing of individuals.
Guest lectures and talks by health and social care service providers and users give alternative perspectives to enhance your understanding.
We offer access to purpose-built health and research facilities in the £31 million Bolton One centre on campus.
Our Clinical Simulation Suites in Bolton One mimic the clinical environment, including simulated patients, allowing you to gain clinical experience in a realistic and dynamic way.
Professional experience is an essential element of the course that gives valuable, hands-on, real-life experience in a health and social care setting. Our extensive network of health and social care contacts means we can offer a wide variety of placements.
Alongside specialist health and social care knowledge, you'll have the chance to develop your skills in research, data evaluation, critical reasoning and analysis, as well as in areas such as communication, team working, problem-solving and self-reflection.
Key Features
We'll work with you as an individual, giving you access to the help and support you need to succeed.
Our highly qualified and research-active team offers a vast range of professional experience in health and social care and close links with the sector, the NHS, and voluntary and charitable organisations.
The programme connects to local and national employers through an Industrial Advisory Board. This helps to ensure that you have excellent placement opportunities and that the course content is kept up to date.
Getting out of the classroom and into the workplace is a key part of your learning, so you'll undertake a placement in a health and social care setting at level HE5 of the course.
We'll encourage you to volunteer in health and social care environments throughout the course. These activities contribute to your portfolio of evidence, ready to impress employers when you enter the jobs market.
By studying alongside students who are already health and social care professionals, you'll be able to share the knowledge and experience they have developed in their working environments, helping you to provide the highest standard of care for your patients in the future.
By choosing to study with us, you'll have the chance to enjoy Bolton's many shops, bars, restaurants and leisure facilities. Manchester, one of the UK's most multicultural and lively cities, is less than 20 minutes away by train. Not forgetting, the North West of England is renowned for its beautiful countryside, coastline and heritage. This makes Bolton an ideal base from which to explore some of the best cultural and outdoor activities the UK offers.
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