MSc Global Advanced Professional and Clinical Practice

This 16-month taught Master’s programme is designed for nurses who wish to advance their practice and contribute to improvements in health and social care. Placing practice at the forefront, the programme offers flexibility through a broad-based award as well as 14 specialist pathways, enabling students from different professional backgrounds to review and develop their practice, benefit from shared learning, and apply contemporary evidence to improve care provision globally.

This programme supports nurses to develop:

• skills to promote, lead and evaluate innovative and emerging practice
• intellectual and transferable skills relevant to leadership, service improvement and professional development
• the ability to critically review, interpret and apply contemporary evidence to practice

The programme and pathways are designed for nurses practising across diverse areas who wish to advance their personal and professional development. Graduates commonly use the programme to support progression in clinical practice, education, leadership or research.

The 14 specialist pathways are:

MSc (Critical and Acute Care)
MSc (Cancer Care)
MSc (Leadership and Management)
MSc (Mental Health Care)
MSc (Older People's Care)
MSc (Children & Young People's Care)
MSc (Intellectual Disabilities)
MSc (Practice Education)
MSc (Applied Research)
MSc (Cardiology)
MSc (Population Health)
MSc (Respiratory Care)
MSc (Women's Health)
MSc (Maternal and Family Health)

Admission to a specialist pathway may require applicants to have current or recent practice experience in the related area. The Programme Co-ordinator will provide individual advice on module choices at enrolment.

The programme is offered on a full-time basis only and combines face-to-face teaching with online delivery.

Applicants must have a professional qualification in Nursing and must be registered Nurses. They shall normally hold a relevant 2.2 Honours degree or above, or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University.

Applicants with a 3rd Class Honours degree (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) plus level 7 Post Graduate study will be considered on a case-by-case basis.