MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Allied Health Profession)

Fees for entry in 2027 have not yet been set. For reference, the fees for the academic year beginning September 2026 were as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £12,100
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £29,400

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).

This unit has been designed to enable students to create and maintain an environment which will enhance the safety of patient/clients, their relatives and other health care workers. 

• Develop their understanding of the cycle of infection and the factors that may contribute to the incidence of Health Care Associated Infection 
• Evaluate the evidence that underpins national guidelines and local policy and analyse their influence on the identification, treatment and management of Health Care Associated Infection
• Critically examine strategies of infection prevention and control, reflect on current performance and identify areas for improvement/enhancement within the multi-disciplinary team
• Gain a greater understanding of multi-drug resistant bacteria and antimicrobial stewardship to enhance the delivery of care
• Develop a firm theoretical and practical foundation on the use of the laboratory and the contribution this makes to the prevention and control of Health Care Associated Infection

• Classroom based teaching
• Directed and self-directed learning

• Demonstrate the ability to initiate, obtain, critically evaluate and apply comprehensive microbiological knowledge in relation to infection control problems in the clinical arena
• Critically evaluate the cycle of infection and apply it to the practice setting
• Critically evaluate the challenges posed by anti-microbial resistant organisms
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of the patient experience of Health Care Associated Infection

• Critically analyse, synthesise and demonstrate an understanding of the research based evidence underpinning infection prevention & control practices
• Critically evaluate current practice and service delivery and drawing on a range of evidence, propose innovative approaches to prevent, control and lead change in the management Healthcare Associated Infection

• Initiate, manage, critically evaluate and synthesise research based infection prevention and control practice, in line with local policies/guidelines, whilst also acting as a role model to colleagues
• Critically appraise practice and apply insightful strategies to enhance the delivery of safe practice, in relation to infection prevention and control
• Critically examine the need for change in current practice and communicate innovative strategies to the multi-disciplinary team

• Develop information technology skills to support lifelong learning and participate in the identification of individual learning needs and develop strategies to meet those needs
• Demonstrate research and enquiry skills by accessing and analysing literature, evaluating methodologies and where appropriate propose new methodologies
• Critically reflect on own role in delivering safe infection control practice and identify innovative opportunities to improve patient care
• Reflect on own academic and clinical performance and utilise strategies to advance these to initiate change.

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. 

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