MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Allied Health Profession)

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

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £12,700
  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).

The Dissertation is an extended piece of written work completed following successful completion of required course work.

The aims are to enable students, through the systematic, in-depth, exploration of a specific area of policy, practice, and research to extend their understanding and ability to contribute to the advancement of nursing, midwifery, social work or professional knowledge and practice at an individual and/or organisational level.

The primary mode of teaching is via supervision. An allocated supervisor will provide academic and professional support and guidance regarding the selection of the dissertation topic, methodology, data analysis and preparation for publication. The Unit will begin with a workshop to provide an introduction to the dissertation. This will be offered as both an in-person and online option. General electronically based resources will be available via Canvas to support independent study.

• Consolidate, synthesise and critically apply the in-depth knowledge and understanding of relevant policy, literature and research acquired through the taught components of the programme to the formulation of an extended dissertation relevant to a specific aspect of nursing, midwifery, social work or other healthcare professional practice, policy, research or service development
• Justify the choices made within the dissertation regarding the design, data collection and analysis, and management of any ethical issues 

• Engage in a systematic exploration of the literature, policy and research related to a specific area of nursing, midwifery, social work or professional in order to demonstrate an in-depth and critical insight of the relationship between theory and practice, and identify key aspects for scholarly investigation
• Formulate an original proposal for change, educational learning package or research proposal to challenge the boundaries of current thinking and demonstrate a sophisticated level of knowledge and understanding of a specific area of nursing, midwifery, social work or professional practice

• Construct a cogent and workable dissertation in order to select and critically examine a specific aspect of nursing, midwifery, social work or professional relevant to their own practice or service

• Communicate effectively (verbal, non-verbal, written) in a variety of settings with a range of individuals, service providers or commissioners
• Effectively utilise information technology/health informatics
• Demonstrate research and enquiry skills by accessing and analysing literature in order to inform and develop practice
• Work co-operatively and effectively with others as a member of a team
• Reflect on own academic and clinical performance and utilise strategies to improve these.
• Use logical and systematic approaches to problem-solving and decision-making

Students will normally receive regular feedback from their supervisor as the primary mode of teaching; learning is via individual supervision.

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 via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit.