PgC - Practice Development

Choose bespoke modules to suit your individual needs and select whether you want to study full or part-time, at one of our campuses or from your own home.

Whatever your area of professional practice, our multidisciplinary modules enable you to evidence your learning in relation to your workplace.

As a result of this flexibility, your day-to-day working practice will benefit straight away from your academic learning.

• We're amongst the UK's leading universities health and social care departments
• Choose to study at our Carlisle or Lancaster campuses or complete the course entirely by distance learning
• Study on a modular basis and so you don’t need to commit to the full course – learning at your own, comfortable pace
• Range of modules to choose from to suit your interests and employment needs
• Taught by experienced practitioners and academics, who have extensive experience of working in the NHS and a range of other occupations
• Close support and guidance throughout your studies from a personal tutor
• Tutors carry out national and international research, are members of national advisory bodies and publish papers in their areas of expertise - which will enhance your learning
• Interactive online classrooms give you the opportunity to debate and discuss real life scenarios and experiences with fellow students, so you'll never feel like you're studying in isolation
• We’ve extensive experience as CPD distance learning providers and have a well-established online study skills package for you to use
• Bring your previous university credit with you – whether from us or another institution. We have generous allowances for the accreditation of prior learning (APL)

You can study gradually at a pace to suit you, starting with a single module and building towards your Post Graduate Certificate (60 credits). If you wish to study further, you can advance onto a Post Graduate Diploma (120 credits) and then a full Masters degree (180 credits).

Our aim is to see you become the best practitioner you can be and so we endeavour to give you the freedom and choice to study in a way that fits with your interests and lifestyle, even module-by-module, with support right along the way.

You'll choose the modules that are most relevant to your work, gaining 60 credits overall.

We have a comprehensive online induction package to welcome you to both the university and your programme of study. If you are new to Master's level study or returning to study, our academic skills programme, Head Start to Postgraduate Study, will help prepare you for your course.

Admission criteria are outlined in the University Admissions Policy. Normally applicants will be required to hold an honours degree classification second-class honours, lower division or above in a related subject. For applicants who do not meet this requirement, non-standard entry criteria will apply. In such cases, applicants will be interviewed. This decision will be at the discretion of the programme leader. It is expected that such candidates will have evidence of successful study at level 6 (or equivalent) within the preceding 5 years.

Applications will be reviewed on an individual basis. Potential students will be offered advice by an academic tutor on the suitability of the award and their module choices, this will be dependent on factors such as currency of prior learning, and their personal and professional development needs. Students should be able to show the potential benefits of studying for the award and offer a rationale for their module choice.