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Public Health at Brighton and Sussex Medical School - UCAS

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Course summary

The MSc in Public Health provides a solid foundation for public health research and practice, empowering graduates to lead and innovate in a variety of public, NGO and international settings.  Our students collaborate with external partners to address real-world challenges and opportunities as part of their assignments and research. We equip students and professionals with essential Public Health skills and competencies, many of which are highly sought after by employers, including: Informing public health policy and practice Creating a population health needs assessment Drafting a funding application Designing an intervention, with a special focus on public participation methods Designing a professional evaluation plan Analysing quantitative data with statistical packages Designing, analysing, interpreting, and evaluating epidemiological studies Negotiating research ethics and governance procedures Publishing your scientific findings in high-impact academic journals Presenting at public health conferences We have a strong focus on experiential learning and practical skills and offer exciting opportunities for students to collaborate directly with local and international community and public health organisations throughout the MSc. Our immersive learning approach – with each module delivered within an intensive full-time week of lectures – allows students to apply learning within their ongoing professional work, placements or extracurricular activities. Our lecturers are not just academics; they bring decades of experience from the frontlines of public health practice, research and advocacy. Our students include primary care and public health practitioners, specialist community public health nurses, health promotion specialists, community development workers, environmental health officers and managers in the NHS and local authorities. Together, our course team and students form a dynamic MSc with interactive lectures, interdisciplinary group work and real-world dissertation projects. We believe that our student cohort is greater than the sum of individual students, which is why we invest in building a strong community at the start of the academic year. Our induction day might surprise you. Once enrolled, you will be invited to spend a few hours in a mix of social/professional activities that truly ignite the cohort's community building. We take account of different learning styles and we do not push students to socialise, yet the opportunity is there and the feedback tells us that it is much needed. We are grateful to work with valued partners in experiential learning and research. Partners include: Public Health England UK Health and Security Agency Department of Health and Social Care NHS England University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NIHR ARC KSS Brighton and Hove City Council Medway Council Citizens Advice University of Oxford Pandemic Sciences Institute London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine University College London Global Network of People Living with HIV Global Network of Young People Living with HIV

Modules

Principles and Practice of Public Health (20 credits); Epidemiology (20 credits) PLUS One other module from the core or optional list (20 credits). Optional Module List: Health Protection (20 credits); Nutrition in Public Health (20 credits); Global Public Health (20 credits); Leadership and Change Management in Clinical Services (20 credits) OR Commissioning for Quality Care Improvement in Clinical Services (20 credits).

Assessment method

Most modules are assessed by means of a 3,000 word in-depth evaluation of a topic agreed by the student and module leader.


Entry requirements

We welcome applications from all candidates who are intending to work in public health or related fields, as well as professionals who are in a position to deliver improvements in population health. Some of our students come straight from undergraduate studies, whilst others have extensive work experience. Applicants should have achieved a first or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree or equivalent in any Public Health-related subject. OR Evidence of at least five years of work experience in an environment related to public health. Applicants must demonstrate a capacity to study at Masters level. OR Successful completion of at least three years of basic medical science at a UK medical school (having gained at least 360 credits) with a guaranteed place to continue medical studies on completion of the MSc. Applicants are required to submit a personal statement no more than 4,000 characters or 47 lines in length outlining why they are the ideal candidate for this course. Please adhere to the length and guidelines specified on the University Admissions page here. For further advice on how to write a strong personal statement for postgraduate studies, we recommend watching the video from the University of Brighton's Careers Development Team, the link to this is on the course page of our website.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Please refer to our website for up to date fee information as some course fees vary: https://www.bsms.ac.uk/postgraduate/index.aspx Due to visa restrictions, international students requiring a student visa (including EU/EEA who require a student visa) are eligible to apply for BSMS full-time Masters courses only. Part-time Masters courses, all PGDip and all PGCert courses are open to UK and Irish students and international students (including EU/EEA) who have an alternative visa/immigration permission to stay in the UK (such as settled/pre-settled status, Tier 2/work visa, indefinite leave to remain etc).

Sponsorship information

There are a number of scholarships available for postgraduate students from the UK and the EU as well as from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Please see the Fees and Funding section of our webite for further details.

Public Health at Brighton and Sussex Medical School - UCAS