Leading People-centred Integrated Care
Award
MSc
Duration & study mode
typically 3 years part time
School
Health & Life Sciences
Location
Fully online
Course starting dates
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Fully Online: September
Last updated: 03/12/2024
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Overview
Our online MSc in Leading People-Centred Integrated Care provides a progressive pathway of master’s level studies for working professionals. It is intended for people involved in delivering, planning or commissioning of care and support across health (primary or secondary services), social care, housing, independent and third sectors and for those who have a role in education, regulation, inspection or assuring the quality of integrated services and practice.
Our MSc is designed to enable you to contextualise, develop and lead services that improve the quality of care; enhance outcomes for people, professionals and organisations and support service redesign through an integration lens.
You will develop enhanced leadership and influencing skills and a deeper understanding and respect for different professional, organisational, sectoral and international cultures.
Bringing together students with a wide range of personal and professional experiences will enrich active learning and insights from the workplace and different health and care systems.
Our programme is ideal for practitioners of all experience levels, including early career practitioners.
Highlights
This MSc is ideal for practitioners of all experience levels, including early career practitioners. The content of the degree is tailored to your working practices, to enable you to get the most out of your learning and affect positive change in your own role and beyond.
- The MSc is designed to develop your expertise to lead and transform high quality people-centred services through an integrated lens
- Offers excellent teaching support and flexibility to fit around your work and home life
- Provides an opportunity to meet and learn with other professionals working and studying in the field
- Designed to be directly applicable and transferable to the workplace and to support you to develop your own and others’ knowledge, skills and understanding
- Offers excellent opportunities to work with a global community of professionals and academics through the International Foundation for Integrated Care’s Hub in Scotland
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Opportunity for Scholarships from the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre are available.
DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
I can't recommend this course strongly enough, not only for its content but more importantly for the supportive and collaborative way in which it is delivered. From a third sector perspective, it is easy to get caught up and this course really helped move me out of that space and open up new ways of thinking in my work setting. Being able to talk through the concepts and share perspectives with colleagues from across a range of practice settings was also hugely helpful.”
Selina Ross, Chief Officer, West Dunbartonshire Council for Voluntary Services
I undertook the programme at the same time that I started in my Service Manager role. The knowledge and understanding throughout my learning journey has had a profound impact on my leadership and general outlook at work. Each module was relevant and applicable to my everyday working practice. I honestly do not know where I would be as a leader if I hadn’t started my Master’s when I did. Ultimately, I now have the qualification that will open doors to me both for interest and promotion."
Katy Smith, Service Manager, Mental Health Services, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Entry Requirements
What qualifications do you need?
We welcome Scottish, UK and international students and consider all applicants on an individual basis.
Don’t worry if your qualifications are not listed here, we take a range of factors into account when assessing your application and are happy to consider other alternative combinations of qualifications and experience
If you are applying with an EU or non-EU qualification, please check our Postgraduate & Post-experience Entry Requirements page which gives more information about country-specific entry requirements.
Academic Requirements
You should normally possess an appropriate Ordinary bachelor's degree in, for example, but not exclusively in: health; social sciences or business related field.
You must also be currently working in a health or social care environment or at least have current experience (normally within the last five years) which you can draw upon in order to meet the course's assessment requirements.
If you do not have an undergraduate degree but you can demonstrate extensive, relevant and current experience then you might still be considered at the course leader's discretion.
As part of your application please ensure you upload a personal statement detailing all of your relevant experience.
English Language Requirements
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW
All academic degrees/awards at UWS are taught in English. For applicants whose first language is not English*, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level. All English language qualifications must have been gained within two years of the start of your UWS course.
* applicants who are exempt from english language requirements include:
- native speakers of English
- Erasmus students (unless advised otherwise)
- non-Erasmus students from EU partner institutions (your institution must provide confirmation of your English language ability in the absence of a formal qualification)
- students whose previous degree-level study has been taught and assessed in English in what UK Visas and Imigration (UKVI) define as a majority English speaking country
In general terms, if you are applying to study a course at, or above, Year 1 (SCQF Level 7) bachelor’s degree level, then the UKVI’s minimum level of English proficiency is Common European Framework for References of Languages (CEFR) at B2 (Upper Intermediate).
UWS & INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST SYSTEM (IELTS)
At UWS, we define our general English language requirements using the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training) as follows:
Undergraduate (bachelor's - BA, BAcc, BEng, BSc etc.) degrees and postgraduate (master's - MA, MBA, MSc etc.) taught degrees
- the CEFR equivalent requirement is normally an overall IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent), with a score of no lower than 5.5 in any of the four elements (listening, speaking, reading and writing)
Postgraduate research degrees (MRes, MPhil, PhD, DBA etc.)
- the CEFR equivalent requirement is an overall IELTS score of 6.5 (or equivalent), with a score of no lower than 6.0 in any of the four elements (listening, speaking, reading and writing)
These are minimum requirements and some courses may require a higher standard for admission†.
† Exceptions to this level of IELTS scoring exist for some accredited or professionally-recognised courses (see IELTS Score Exceptions section below for more information).
IELTS SCORE EXCEPTIONS (RESEARCH DEGREES, BIOMEDICAL & PARAMEDIC SCIENCE DEGREES, NURSING & MIDWIFERY DEGREES WITH NMC REGISTRATION, SOCIAL WORK DEGREES, CERTIFICATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ETC.)
RESEARCH DEGREES
For our research degrees (MRes, MPhil, PhD, DBA, DProf) applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
- overall score of 6.5
- no sub-test score of less than 6.0
HEALTH & MIDWIFERY AWARDS
For Health, Nursing & Midwifery courses that lead to professional registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (BSc Adult Nursing, MSc Adult Nursing, BSc Mental Health Nursing, MSc Mental Health Nursing, BSc Midwifery and MSc Midwifery), applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
- overall score of 7.0
- score of at least 7.0 in reading, listening and speaking and
- score of at least 6.5 in writing
PARAMEDIC SCIENCE DEGREE
Our BSc Paramedic Science degree leads to professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC); it has different IELTS requirements than other Health-related courses. Although it is not possible to apply for this degree directly as an international student, for applicants who meet SAAS residency requirements and for whom English is not their first language, then the following IELTS scores are required:
- overall score of 7.0
- no sub-test score of less than 6.5
BIOMEDICAL DEGREES
For our BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science and MSc Advanced Biomedical Science degrees, which may lead to professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
- IELTS 6.0 for level 7 and 8 entry
- IELTs 6.5 for level 9/10 or MSc entry
SOCIAL WORK DEGREES
Our BA (Hons) Social Work and MSc Social Work degrees are professionally recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council and applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
- overall score of 7.0
- no sub-test score of less than 7.0
CERTIFICATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
For our Certificate of Higher Education courses, applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
- overall score of 5.0
- no sub-test less than 4.5
OTHER IELTS EQUIVALENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTS
In additional to IELTS, we also accept a number of alternative English language for application and admission to our courses for both home/EU and international students at bachelor's degree study at Year 3 (SCQF Level 9), and above. From Cambridge to TOFEL iBT qualifications the number of these qualifications is extensive.
Find out about non-IELTS English Language Tests
ENGLISH LANGUAGE HIGH SCHOOL QUALIFACTIONS ACCEPTED FOR NON-EU APPLICANTS
UWS has also reviewed a range of High / Secondary School qualifications studied by non-EU applicants that can be used as a basis of entry to a UWS. These range from Botswana GCSEs to USA High School Graduation Diplomas, the number of these qualifications is extensive.
Find out more about international English Language high-hchool qualifications
PRE-SESSIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES AT UWS
Applicants who do not meet the minimum English language requirements have the option to study one of our preparatory and pre-sessional English courses. The UWS courses available are:
- 10-week pre-sessional - entry criteria UKVI IELTS 5.0 with no element below 4.5.
- 5-week pre-sessional - entry criteria UKVI IELTS 5.5 with no element below 5.5.
- English Language for University Study - entry criteria UKVI IELTS with an overall score of 4.0, plus a score of 4.0 in all sub-tests (10-month course), or an overall score of 4.5, plus no score below 4.0 in all sub-tests (7-month course).
Course details
Our course has various exit points allowing you to exit with a Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) or Master's award depending on your needs. However, most students will typically complete the full Master's award (180 credits).
The MSc is comprised of the core and optional modules as follows:
- Creating the Conditions for Integrated Care (core for PgCert, 20 credits)
- Leading and Transforming Together (core for PgCert, 20 credits)
- People and Communities (core for PgCert, 20 credits)
- Value for People, Professionals & Organisations (core for PgDip, 20 credits)
- Research for Health & Social Care (core for PgDip, 20 credits)
- MSc Research & Enquiry Dissertation (core for MSc, 60 credits)
Plus, a further one optional 20-credit module (for PgDip), possible options include:
- Delivering Compassionate Care (optional, 20 credits)
- Independent Study (HSCE) (optional, 20 credits)
- Introduction to eHealth (optional, 20 credits)
- Quality Improvement in Healthcare (optional, 20 credits)
- Frailty in Later Life (optional, 20 credits)
- Assessment of Capacity (optional, 20 credits)
Teaching & Assessment
As our course is taught fully online you will access course materials through our Virtual Learning Environment, Moodle. Through Moodle you will be exposed to a range of engaging teaching resources to support your studies. We recognise the experience and expertise you bring and will support you to co-create learning opportunities and participate in synchronous and asynchronous peer learning.
LEARNING AND TEACHING
- Independent Study: 73%
- Scheduled Learning: 27%
ASSESSMENT
- Coursework: 85%
- Practical: 15%
Coursework will normally include essays, reflective pieces of work and your dissertation. Practical assessments will normally include presentations. Depending on the optional module you choose, this may add to further learning and teaching methods as well as additional assessment types.
Our assessment strategy ensures there are multiple points to access formative and summative feedback to enable you to feed-forward to improve your academic skills as the module and course progresses.
Course Structure
UWS Programme Specifications and Module Descriptors
Programme Specification and Module Descriptors for Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses are available to download (PDFs). These provide you with core information concerning your chosen subject.
Find Out More
Discover more about our MSc Leading People-centred Integrated Care which aims to allow you to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to help shape service provision and deliver integrated people-centred care through a flexible, multi-skilled workforce that is attuned to outcomes that matter to people.
Download MSc course brochure (pdf)
Career Prospects
This distinctive MSc will enhance your career opportunities within and across health, social care, housing, independent and third sector organisations.
It will expand your opportunities to lead, manage, plan, commission and assure integrated services.
Whatever your future destination, you will have the knowledge, skills, confidence and connections to develop, lead and transform care and support to deliver excellent outcomes for, and with, people and communities through an integrated lens.
Some recent graduates from the programme have progressed into the following roles:
- Head of Integration, Strategy and Transformation within a local Health and Social Care Partnership
- Head of Person Centred Care within a local Health Board
- Service Manager roles within local Health and Social Care Partnerships
Postgraduate Tuition Fees
Online Modular Tuition Fees (20-credit points) 2024-25
Scottish
£1,070 per module (20 credits)
All other UK & Republic of Ireland
£1,680 per module (20 credits)
Channel Islands & Isle of Man
£1,680 per module (20 credits)
International (all other EU plus Non-EU)
£2,210 per module (20 credits)
Online Modular Tuition Fees (20-credit points) 2025-26
Scottish
£1,070 per module (20 credits)
All other UK & Republic of Ireland
£1,680 per module (20 credits)
Channel Islands & Isle of Man
£1,680 per module (20 credits)
International (all other EU plus Non-EU)
£2,210 per module (20 credits)
How to apply
Postgraduate courses (MA, MSc, MEd, MBA, DBA, PG Cert, PG Dip, etc.) & some Post-experience courses (CertHE, BA, Grad Cert, Grad Dip, etc.)
All students should apply directly to the University through our online application system. Before you apply, you should check that you meet our entry requirements and you should have all your supporting documents ready.
The first stage of the process is to complete the initial application form. You will then receive a follow-up email with further instructions relating to your application including documents that you will need to forward to support your application, e.g. degree transcripts and certificates etc.
Most courses don't have a formal closing date, but they will close when they are full; apply early to avoid disappointment. There may also be funding deadlines that apply to you.
The Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) applies to all international students and researchers (apart from exempt nationalities) who are subject to UK immigration control and are intending to study or research at postgraduate level in certain sensitive subjects.
Students and researchers who are nationals of EU countries, the European Economic Area (EEA), Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland or the United States of America do not need an ATAS certificate.
An ATAS certificate may be required for certain taught postgraduate master's degrees for international students at UWS.
For the latest information on ATAS and details of eligibility and how to apply for a certificate check the UK Government's dedicated ATAS web pages.
Get in touch
Do you have a question about applying for this course? Get in touch. We are here to help!
- ask@uws.ac.uk
- 0800 027 1000 (UK)
- +44 (0) 141 849 4101 (out-with UK)
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