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BA (Hons) Integrated Health & Social Care
BA (Hons) Integrated Health & Social Care (L6 entry ‘Top Up’) – Buckinghamshire New University
Mont Rose College of the Management & Sciences offers this BA (Hons) Integrated Health & Social Care (L6 entry ‘Top Up’) course in partnership with Buckinghamshire New University.
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Awarding Body
Level of Course: Level 6 Bachelor’s degree with honours.
Number of Credit Hours: Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have completed at least 120 credits.
Mode and Length of Study: 1 Year Full-time
Attendance: A full-time student is required to attend 21 hours per week in term time.
Workload: A full time student will study 120 credits in an academic year, which is therefore equated to 1200 notional hours.
Exemption: No exemption is allowed for this programme.
Course Contents
Programme Structure - Level – 6
PP602 – Leadership and Management PP610 – Contemporary Issues and Inter-professional Practice PP665 – Introduction to Safeguarding PP613 – Applied Practitioner Research
Start Date
New intake each: February / September
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
A. Knowledge and its application
• Assess the complex needs of patients and service users within a responsive and appropriate framework of practice • Apply a range of complex theories and approaches, including safeguarding, collaborative working, and leadership and management, within a health and social care setting • Reflect critically on a range of contemporary issues in practice and how these are informed by practitioner-based research and collaborative learning
C. Social and ethical awareness and responsibility
• Promote social justice and equality through their understanding of the importance of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice • Work honestly, transparently, openly and with integrity in their engagement with service users and other practitioners • Demonstrate empathy towards service users and other practitioners through critical reflection • Challenge inappropriate behaviour where it is encountered in the workplace
On successful completion of the programme a graduate will be able to:
B. Creativity
• Problem solve and demonstrate an innovative approach to promoting practice change • Develop new opportunities within the health and social care sector through networking, working in partnership and collaboration
D. Leadership and self-development
• Take personal responsibility for their own learning and self-development • Work positively as part of a team, demonstrating negotiation skills and understanding the importance of effective collaboration
• Demonstrate a range of transferable skills, especially written and oral communication skills, to a range of audiences
This is an attendance-based programme, although students will be expected to draw on work-related experience in either a workplace or vocational employment setting. Students will be taught for a minimum of six hours per week, and sessions will normally take the form of: • Lectures • Seminars • Workshops • Personal and small-group tutorials
Assessment Methods:
The following assessment activities are used in this programme: • Essays • Research Proposals and Impact Assessments • Case Studies and Scenarios
In addition, students will be expected to undertake formative assessments, including presentations, guided learning tasks, and seminar participation.
Subject Benchmark Statement:
• QAA Subject Benchmark Statement (Health Studies) • QAA Subject Benchmark Statement (Social Work) • QAA Benchmark Statement: Health Care Programmes (Nursing) Students will be given additional guided learning tasks to undertake between scheduled activities, including reflection, preparation for seminar activities, and wider reading. All students will be allocated a personal tutor who will support students with their personal development through the programme.
Progressive Route on Completion
On successful completion of this programme, students will have further opportunities in career progression. These include (but are not restricted to) management positions within the health and social care sector (including private, voluntary, and statutory organisations). Students are also well-placed, on successful completion, to pursue further academic development via post-graduate routes. These include (but are not restricted to) Child Protection and Adult Safeguarding, Social Work, Nursing, Human Resources and Teaching.
Entry Requirements
Entrants to the programme should have the equivalent of 240 credits with a minimum of 120 at level 5 (Year 2). Accepted example qualifications are: • HND in Health & Social Care • HND in Healthcare Management
Non-UK applicants whose home language is not English must be able to demonstrate proficiency in English equivalent to an IELTS band score of 6 overall, with not less than 5.5 in any section in line with university policy.
Tuition Fee
The tuition fee is £9250 per annum. Students on this course may be fully funded by the Student Loan Company. This facility is only available for the UK and other European Union students. For more information, please contact the Finance team at studentfinance@mrcollege.ac.uk or T: +44 20 8556 5009
HOW TO APPLY
Please download the application form from https://mrcollege.ac.uk/apply-online/. Complete and return it to Mont Rose College with relevant qualification documents, one suitable reference, and a copy of your passport via email and attached scanned document copies at admissions@mrcollege.ac.uk or by post to Mont Rose House, 412-416 Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, IG2 6NQ.
WAYS TO APPLY
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