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Advance your health and social care career by completing your postgraduate studies and earning a master’s qualification. The MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up) programme is designed to help you achieve this by providing a pathway to a full master’s degree through completing a single research module. This qualification can unlock opportunities for career progression, promotions to senior positions, and access to a broader range of roles across the health and social care industry.
By applying your previous studies to address significant issues in the sector, this programme equips you with the advanced skills needed for higher-level roles, including problem analysis, project proposals, implementation plans, risk management, and leadership.
In addition to enhancing your career, this top-up programme offers a valuable opportunity for those interested in academia. During the course, you will consolidate your learning by integrating and applying knowledge from previous postgraduate studies into a practical research project. This process enhances your research skills, including research methodology, and paves the way for further academic pursuits such as publishing research or pursuing a PhD.
The core component of this top-up course is the research project. This module enables you to apply your academic knowledge to real-world scenarios, focusing on enhancing, improving, or transforming health and social care services. The project encourages you to explore your personal and professional skills, contributing to your overall confidence and competence.
Delivering face-to-face care to my patients with the knowledge and skills I have learned at Arden University helps me a to be a lot to be more confident in my professional role.
Research Project (60 credits)
This course is assessed based on an independent project focusing on a current issue in public health. If you're already working in health and care, you’ll have the opportunity to address a real-world situation from your workplace. You will work on this issue in a simulated setting with guidance from our academic team.
Each student will be assigned a supervisor to guide them from the conception of the project idea to the submission of the final report. This support ensures you can confidently navigate the research process and produce high-quality, industry-relevant work.
I chose to study with Arden University because the staff members were really supportive and nice. The course also fitted around my job. With Arden, I’ve finally learned to cope and understand my learning pattern, and my dyslexia. I’m on a Blended Learning degree, which involves a couple of days a week in the classroom with other students and tutors at Arden’s University centre in Ealing, West London plus fully supported online study.
Studying this course online gives you the ultimate in convenience. You can enrol with Arden from anywhere in the world and study your degree from the comfort of home, without the requirement to attend classes in a physical location.
Our online students study their degree through ilearn, Arden’s university campus in the cloud. ilearn provides everything you need to study at university. It offers an integrated virtual learning experience, including your virtual classroom, lecture theatre, and access to our Library Portal. The portal includes an extensive digital library including thousands of journal titles, eBooks, and academic and industry databases which you can use to research your assignments and projects. All of these materials are provided to you free of charge and contain all the research information you’ll need to complete your degree with us.
ilearn is also integrated with Zoom, making it easier to chat with your course tutor during your scheduled seminar sessions. You can even integrate our study materials into your Kindle, making it possible to study wherever you have your Kindle handy.
Studying online doesn’t mean studying alone. As well as receiving regular feedback and guidance from your course tutor, you’ll be studying with like-minded students whom you can meet with through our Unitu community, and you’ll have access to community message boards to discuss your course and the topics being raised within it. We’ve even set up community boards embedded into each of the course modules so you can have discussions with your tutor and classmates on the topics you’re currently learning.
Online learning students resident in the UK can apply for a Maintenance Loan if they cannot attend their course in person because of a disability. Please find more information on our fees and funding page. If you're a student from Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland you can find information on Living Cost Loans from your student finance body.
At Arden University we consider applications on a case by case basis. If you have significant work experience, have qualifications you have gained elsewhere, or a degree or qualification that isn't a clear pathway to this degree - we are more than happy to discuss your application.
Our aim is to make learning as accessible as possible by ensuring that you can study your degree in a flexible and convenient way. That's why we keep our requirements simple. All you need is a laptop or desktop PC (we recommend one running the latest version of Windows), and a good internet connection. Through ilearn, our online university campus in the cloud, you'll be able to access your course calendar, support services, learning materials, and our online library containing thousands of ebooks, as well as tools for creating assignments, keeping notes, and collaborating with other students on your course.
To be eligible for our MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up), you should have:
We also offer an internal English test for applicants who are unable to provide the above evidence of English proficiency. More information can be found here.
Stephanie West joined Arden University in November 2020 as Head of the School of Health and Care Management. In addition to her wealth of healthcare industry experience, Stephanie has held a number of Senior Academic and Leadership positions in Health, Social Care and Applied Science faculties at a variety of universities across the UK. Stephanie will provide leadership to the School of Healthcare Management, ensuring that it delivers high quality academic provision and student satisfaction across all courses.
Upon completing the course, you will be equipped to propose and lead transformative projects within your workplace, contribute to significant changes across the sector, and pursue further educational opportunities such as PhD research.
This course is designed with input from leading employers to equip you with essential skills for the health and care sector, preparing you for senior managerial or leadership roles upon graduation. During the course, you will:
The MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up) offers opportunities to advance within your current career or transition to a new path. Potential roles include:
This opens up opportunities to work with local authorities, national leaders, non-governmental organisations and well-known national and international charities.
The BGA is a membership and quality assurance body. As a member, Arden University has signed up to the BGA Charter, committing their institution to responsible management practices and lifelong learning, positively impacting their students, communities, and the economy. This shows our students that we are demonstrating responsible management ourselves, as well as it being a central theme that runs through our own courses.
As Arden University is a member of the Business Graduates Association (BGA), students will receive complimentary BGA student and graduate membership. Through this membership, current students will have access to the BGA Career Development Centre, packed with interactive tools, e-learning content, partner discounts and the latest job opportunities. This is a lifetime access, which means students will continue to have access to these services even after they graduate.
All Arden students will have free access to LinkedIn Learning through the Library Portal. LinkedIn Learning is a video-based online learning platform offering over 16,500 expert-led courses across a wide range of subjects including business, technology, and creative skills.
With LinkedIn Learning, you can:
