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.

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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 unit aims to:

Facilitate the student to develop the knowledge, skill and professional values that underpin, safe, evidenced based, contemporary burns rehabilitation for adult and children

Facilitate the students to develop greater understanding of the longer-term impact of a significant burn injury from a physiological, psychological and wider family perspective

Analyse the complex need of those requiring burn rehabilitation within the context of current healthcare provision and evidence-based practice

Analysis current international, national and local policy, and clinical guidelines, protocol for care delivery, evidence-based practice and the influence in the assessment and management of burn rehabilitation programme

Critically discuss the appropriate neuropathic pain management of the burn-injured adult/child relating to the underpinning pathophysiology.

Critically appraise and synthesise the potential psychosocial impact of burn injuries on the individual adult/child and their significant others.

Critically appraise and evaluate the role of patient/carer education and its application in the immediate and long-term care of a burn-injured adult/child.

Critically appraise and evaluate the roles of the multi-disciplinary team and their contributions to the rehabilitation of the burn-injured adult/child.

Critically evaluate the treatments available for scar prevention and management in light of current burns research.

Provide a rationale for clinical decision-making following critical evaluation of the evidence relating to the care and support required at each stage of the patient care pathway.

Critically appraise current clinical practice and develop suggestions,underpinned by evidence, for how practice can be enhanced.

Critically examine strategies used for the assessment, management and evaluation of burn rehabilitation provision to enhance clinical practice.

Communicate developments in practice to the multidisciplinary team

Develop information technology skills to support lifelong learning.

Participate in identification of individual learning needs and develop strategies to meet those needs.

Participate in collaborative learning and peer support.

Analyse your role in leading and developing practice in relation to the care of patients with a burn injury

Promote independent learning through critically appraising the evidence that supports practice.