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University of Gloucestershire
Postgraduate taught

Health and Social Care (Leadership and Management)

MSc

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Study type
Part Time
Course length
3 Years
Campus
Blended - Oxstalls, Gloucester AND online
UCAS Code
N/A

Lead with confidence to drive positive change. This flexible MSc will help you develop the leadership and management skills to influence teams, improve services and respond to the complex challenges facing health and social care today.

This course is designed to develop confident, capable leaders who can shape, manage, and improve services within complex health and social care environments.

The programme focuses on building your leadership and management expertise through a blend of theoretical knowledge, critical reflection, and real-world application in your workplace.

You will explore contemporary leadership theory, workforce development, organisational culture, and service improvement, enabling you to influence practice across teams, organisations, and systems. Throughout the course, you will develop the skills to make informed, ethical decisions and lead with confidence in a rapidly evolving sector.

The programme is suitable for a wide range of practitioners working across health and social care, including those in leadership, supervisory, or aspiring management roles.

Delivered through a blended learning approach, this course combines face-to-face sessions with online learning to support flexibility for working professionals. Teaching includes a mix of interactive workshops, virtual sessions, independent study, and work-based learning.

A key feature of the programme is its strong connection to contemporary health and social care contexts, enabling you to apply learning in ways that are relevant, practical, and impactful across a range of roles and settings.

You’ll also benefit from collaborative learning, engaging with peers from a range of professional backgrounds to share perspectives and develop interdisciplinary understanding.

If you decide to continue to the full Master’s programme, you may be able to accredit prior learning (APL) from completed modules, enabling flexible progression and recognition of your previous study.

This course is rich with opportunities to advance your professional practice, leadership capability, educational expertise, and confidence within your current workplace setting.

Throughout the programme, you’ll be offered opportunities to engage in work-based learning, service improvement activity, collaborative leadership and management, and critical reflection, enabling you to apply learning directly to contemporary professional challenges.

The programme offers opportunities for you to contribute to teaching, supervision, mentorship, quality improvement initiatives, and leadership and management activity within your own organisations and/or professional networks.

You’re encouraged to engage with interdisciplinary collaboration, scholarly enquiry, and communities of practice, supporting the sharing of knowledge, peer learning, professional dialogue, and evidence-informed innovation to enhance workforce development and service improvement.

Through engagement with leadership, communication, coaching, and reflective practice, you’ll develop transferable professional skills that support advanced personal and professional growth across a range of complex health, social care, educational, and organisational contexts.

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Entry Requirements

To join this course, you must hold an undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in any discipline and demonstrate aspiration and desire to advance patient experience and outcomes with innovative healthcare solutions.

We welcome students from all over the world to study our foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

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You must also meet our English language requirements, such as IELTS or an equivalent test.

If you need to improve your English before starting your course, we offer pre-sessional English programmes delivered online by our trusted partner, Study Group.


If you can’t find the entry requirements for your country or have any questions, please email [email protected] or call us on +44 (0) 3330 141414.

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The above fees apply to your first year of study only, and will increase for subsequent years. View our undergraduate tuition fees for further information.

Additional costs

Your tuition fees cover most costs related to your course, but you may need to budget for some additional costs.

These can include items such as specialist equipment, materials for projects, professional memberships, field trips or placements. You may also have everyday costs as a student, like printing, books and stationery.

To help you plan ahead and make the most of your money, explore our Budgeting at uni guide for practical advice and support.

Start date
Tuition fees

The above fees apply to your first year of study only, and will increase for subsequent years. View our undergraduate tuition fees for further information.

Additional costs

Your tuition fees cover most costs related to your course, but you may need to budget for some additional costs.

These can include items such as specialist equipment, materials for projects, professional memberships, field trips or placements. You may also have everyday costs as a student, like printing, books and stationery.

To help you plan ahead and make the most of your money, explore our Budgeting at uni guide for practical advice and support.

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