MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Social Work) / Overview
Year of entry: 2025
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- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- 1 year full-time, 2 or 3 years part-time
- Entry requirements
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We require a professional qualification in social work and current UK registration with the relevant 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.
- How to apply
Applicants must apply online . See the Application and selection section of this page for more information.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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| MSc | Y | Y | N | N |
Course overview
This course is particularly relevant for qualified social workers practicing in UK adult and mental health services. You will:
- Develop the professional knowledge and leadership skills needed for advanced level practice in social work whilst studying alongside healthcare professionals in nursing and allied healthcare.
- Choose from a range of elective units which include mental health and adult safeguarding. See the nursing, midwifery and social work CPD page for our full range of units.
- Learn when it suits you with our part-time and full-time study options.
- Enhance your understanding of leadership, change management and research for practice, with our mandatory units.
- Due to the legal and policy content of some units, this course is primarily suited to UK-registered social workers. International students may wish to consider our MA Social Work course.
Open days
Attending an open day is a great way to find out what studying at Manchester is like. Find out about our upcoming open days . You can also attend drop-in events and one-to-one advice sessions. Please contact us for further information.
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:
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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 fees
Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1,000 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. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.
Policy on additional costs
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 529 4563
- cpd.nursing@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/nursing/masters/
- School/Faculty
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
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