Course summary

Do you have a health-related background? Do you want to play a role in tackling threats to health across the world? If you have experience and a degree in Public Health or Health Promotion, this MSc Public Health course could enhance your career prospects, enabling you to progress on to senior roles at either operational, policy or commissioning level in a wide range of areas. Public Health research and practice is at the heart of tackling many of the world’s current threats to health so this course provides the opportunity to develop the skills and understanding you need to become a leader and agent for change in Public Health. What's covered in the course? This course aims to enable you to become a leader and change agent, developing the knowledge and skills needed to work within the new multi-disciplinary public health landscape. You will advance your public health knowledge, skills and approach to teamwork, multi-agency collaboration and community partnerships throughout the modules on this course and critically evaluate strategies to improve public health outcomes. These skills are increasingly relevant for the public health workforce who may be located within a variety of settings including the local authority, the NHS, the voluntary or private sector. You will be taught by highly experienced tutors who come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds including research and policy, health psychology, epidemiology, sociology of health, health policy, health economics and leadership. You will also experience guest lectures from visiting relevant professionals from organisations such as Public Health England, the Faculty of Public Health, the voluntary sector and local government. This is a heavily practice-based course, with excellent links to employers in the field of public health, for example, local government, Public Health England and a variety of voluntary organisations. Your peers on the course will be from various public health backgrounds, degree topics, and cultural and national experiences. These previous experiences, along with the knowledge gained through the course, are used to inform real-world scenario discussions and enhance problem-solving abilities.