MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Nursing)

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £12,100
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £30,900

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

The postgraduate loan is only available if you choose the 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time course. For part-time routes, full-time fees will be split over two or three years as appropriate.

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

• To provide Qualification in Speciality (QIS) for Neonatal Nurses. Toolkit for High 
Quality Neonatal Services (DOH 2009) Standard 2 Markers of Good Practice 2.2.3 requires 70% QIS nursing staff as a minimum. 
• Enable staff to meet the complex needs of infants and families requiring Neonatal Intensive Care. (NICU) 
• To provide nursing expertise within networks and to local, national and international forums. 
• Encourage nurses to become an integral part of research strategies focused on neonatal management. 
• To ensure UoM remains competitive in the CPD education market and to enable students to continue their studies with relevance to practice at all times 
• To develop knowledge and skills to support the family unit at times of severe illness and stress. 
• To care for the neonate during the intensive and recovery phase of care 
• To develop skills to relate current research to present and future practice and to support the exploration of practice and development 
• To relate knowledge to practice at all times 
• To support the student's academic development to undertake and achieve L7 knowledge in the care of the neonate 
 

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of physiological adaptations at birth and how this impacts on neonatal disease process and normality. 
• Assimilate and systematically apply knowledge of the relevant physiology and 
pathophysiology into the care of the neonate/disease process in the intensive care 
setting 
• Critically analyse the current evidence for best practice and evaluate its implementation. 
• Demonstrate a critical knowledge and understanding of the rationale underpinning immediate and ongoing interventions. 
• Analyse the ethical and legal dimensions in neonatal care and critical evaluate governing guidelines and policies.

• Support the development of intellectual skills by assessment and critical analysis of 
professional, political and financial drivers that may impact on care, and to support 
exploration and debate of these issues and their integration into relevant health care. 
• Demonstrate leadership and initiative with decision making skills within a supportive multidisciplinary team context in the neonatal intensive care setting 
• To rationalise and evaluate and justify the development of the role of the parent in neonatal intensive care, to support the family centred care approach in the area of neonatal intensive care. 
• To understand the limits of your own role and how your role integrates into the team in the neonatal intensive care area to provide safe care at all times. 

• Develop the clinical knowledge and skills to apply and interpret and evaluate the care 
required to support the intensive care neonate in unpredictable/or emergency clinical 
situations within the team framework in the neonatal intensive care area as well as during times of stability. 
• To promote the development of practical skills that supports the coordination of 
initiation, management, facilitation and evaluation of care given to the NICU baby and 
family. 
• Provide suitable environments and competence in care and management for the neonate and family during IC episodes of care. 
• To understand and critically evaluate the potential iatrogenic sequelae of disease and be proactive in management to avert such occurrences, thereby minimising distress and discomfort for the neonate and family.

• To develop transferable skills of critical analysis, promotion and integration of 
management strategies that will empower the nurse to provide excellent holistic care and disseminate this knowledge to their colleagues. 
• To evaluate care strategies and be instrumental in evaluating standards and quality of care and management in Neonatal environments. 
• To provide nurses who will be ambassadors for the UoM School of Nursing,Midwifery and Social Work

Students will normally have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work 
submitted prior to the summative assessment. Other feedback opportunities will also be 
available in class and online discussion boards. Online feedback is provided in 
Grademark. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. A standard feedback mechanism in Grademark is utilised across all postgraduate programmes within the School which provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced. 
Student feedback is obtained through open discussion forums on blackboard, in class discussions, via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit.