Program Overview

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MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Allied Health Profession)

Overview

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.
• Learn when it suits you with our part-time and full-time study options.
• Choose from a range of course units to suit your own interests within allied healthcare.

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.

Students whose unit(s) have practical components also need written support from their employer to attend and complete any practice requirements.

Application and Selection

Applicants must apply online. We recommend you apply as early as possible. We reserve the right to close applications if the course is full.

Course Details

Course Options

| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning
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MSc | Y | N | N | N

Fees

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  • UK students (per annum): £11,500
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £28,000

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

The fees will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies. All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry).

For general fees information please visit postgraduate fees. Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance. Please be aware that you are only eligible for the postgraduate loan for English students if you choose the 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time programme.

For part-time routes, full-time fees will be split over two or three years as appropriate.

International Fee

Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused.

Scholarships/Sponsorships

For the latest scholarship and bursary information please visit the fees and funding page.

Careers

Degree awarded: Master of Science Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 or 3 years part-time

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