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title: "MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up)"
description: "Study MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up) degree online at Arden. Advance your healthcare career with our master's/postgraduate course. Apply now!"
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# MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up)

## Course details and modules

The core component of this top-up course is the research project. This module enables you to apply your academic knowledge to real-world scenarios, focusing on enhancing, improving, or transforming health and social care services. The project encourages you to explore your personal and professional skills, contributing to your overall confidence and competence.

![Helen Okpoh](https://cdn.arden.ac.uk/s3fs-public/styles/quote_m/public/2021-05/Helen%20Okpoh%20%282%29.png)

Delivering face-to-face care to my patients with the knowledge and skills I have learned at Arden University helps me a to be a lot to be more confident in my professional role.

Helen Okpoh

BA (Hons) Healthcare Management

### Modules

Research Project (60 credits)

### How do we assess you?

This course is assessed based on an independent project focusing on a current issue in public health. If you're already working in health and care, you’ll have the opportunity to address a real-world situation from your workplace. You will work on this issue in a simulated setting with guidance from our academic team.

#### Project requirements

- **Organisation selection:** Choose an organisation you know or one with accessible public or academic information.
- **Project proposal:** Outline the significance and relevance of your research to the chosen organisation or sector.
- **Ethics approval:** Start the ethics approval process early if your project involves primary data collection.
- **Final report:** Present the completed report as an industry-related document, suitable for the management or executive team.

#### Support and supervision

Each student will be assigned a supervisor to guide them from the conception of the project idea to the submission of the final report. This support ensures you can confidently navigate the research process and produce high-quality, industry-relevant work.

#### Skills development

- **Research practitioner:** Gain advanced skills in research methodology, critical analysis, and data interpretation.
- **Healthcare leadership:** Develop leadership skills for managing and implementing change in the sector.
- **Analytical and digital skills:** Improve problem-solving, risk management, and proficiency with digital tools for health research and decision-making.

## Study options

![Cemene Wellington](https://cdn.arden.ac.uk/s3fs-public/styles/quote_m/public/2018-09/Cemene_Wellington.png)

I chose to study with Arden University because the staff members were really supportive and nice. The course also fitted around my job. With Arden, I’ve finally learned to cope and understand my learning pattern, and my dyslexia. I’m on a Blended Learning degree, which involves a couple of days a week in the classroom with other students and tutors at Arden’s University centre in Ealing, West London plus fully supported online study.

Cemene Wellington

BA (Hons) Healthcare

#### How does it work?

Studying this course online gives you the ultimate in convenience. You can enrol with Arden from anywhere in the world and study your degree from the comfort of home, without the requirement to attend classes in a physical location.

Our online students study their degree through ilearn, Arden’s university campus in the cloud. ilearn provides everything you need to study at university. It offers an integrated virtual learning experience, including your virtual classroom, lecture theatre, and access to our Library Portal. The portal includes an extensive digital library including thousands of journal titles, eBooks, and academic and industry databases which you can use to research your assignments and projects. All of these materials are provided to you free of charge and contain all the research information you’ll need to complete your degree with us.

ilearn is also integrated with Zoom, making it easier to chat with your course tutor during your scheduled seminar sessions. You can even integrate our study materials into your Kindle, making it possible to study wherever you have your Kindle handy.

Studying online doesn’t mean studying alone. As well as receiving regular feedback and guidance from your course tutor, you’ll be studying with like-minded students whom you can meet with through our Unitu community, and you’ll have access to community message boards to discuss your course and the topics being raised within it. We’ve even set up community boards embedded into each of the course modules so you can have discussions with your tutor and classmates on the topics you’re currently learning.

Online learning students resident in the UK can apply for a Maintenance Loan if they cannot attend their course in person because of a disability. Please find more information on our [fees and funding page.](https://arden.ac.uk/studying-with-us/fees-and-funding/undergraduate-loans) If you're a student from Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland you can find information on Living Cost Loans from your student finance body.

[**Learn more about online learning**](https://arden.ac.uk/where-to-study/studying-worldwide)

## Entry requirements

At Arden University we consider applications on a case by case basis. If you have significant work experience, have qualifications you have gained elsewhere, or a degree or qualification that isn't a clear pathway to this degree - we are more than happy to discuss your application.

### Eligibility

To be eligible for our MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up), you should have:

- 120 credits at postgraduate level in a relevant discipline(s) or Senior Leader Apprenticeship, Level 7, UK IfATE ST0480.

### English proficiency

- IELTS 6.5 (no less than 6.0 in any element); or TOEFL iBT 90; or equivalent
- Alternatively, evidence you have previously studied in English, such as a letter to show that the Medium of Instruction was in English, can be accepted.

## Meet the faculty

![Professor Stephanie West](https://cdn.arden.ac.uk/s3fs-public/styles/quote_m/public/2021-03/stephanie_west.png)

Dr. Stephanie West joined Arden University in November 2020 and is the Head of the School of School of Leadership & Service Industry Management. In addition to her wealth of healthcare industry experience, Stephanie has held a number of Senior Academic and Leadership positions in Health, Social Care and Applied Science faculties at a variety of universities across the UK.

Stephanie will provide leadership to the School of School of Leadership & Service Industry Management, ensuring that it delivers high quality academic provision and student satisfaction across all courses.

Professor Stephanie West

Head of School - School of Leadership & Service Industry Management

## Career prospects

Upon completing the course, you will be equipped to propose and lead transformative projects within your workplace, contribute to significant changes across the sector, and pursue further educational opportunities such as PhD research.

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### What will the MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up) do for me?

This course is designed with input from leading employers to equip you with essential skills for the health and care sector, preparing you for senior managerial or leadership roles upon graduation. During the course, you will:

- Gain the ability to understand, analyse, critique, and review key challenges in the health and care sector, identifying potential improvements.
- Become skilled in undertaking industry-focused research and developing potential industry projects.
- Confidently propose transformative projects in your workplace, lead changes across key areas of the sector, and pursue further educational pathways such as PhD research.
- Acquire key skills for public health practice, management, and research at local, national, and international levels.
- Be ready to work as a public health practitioner in NGOs, charities, public sectors, or academic institutions.

### What can I do after Arden University?

The MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up) offers opportunities to advance within your current career or transition to a new path. Potential roles include:

- Policy Analyst​
- Programme Manager​
- Health Advisor​
- Health Consultant​
- Health Educator​
- Health Researcher​
- Health Leader/Manager​
- Academic/Researcher

This opens up opportunities to work with local authorities, national leaders​, non-governmental organisations and well-known national and international charities.

## Industry skills

![Business Graduates Association (BGA)](https://cdn.arden.ac.uk/s3fs-public/2021-07/BGA_Member_logo-1.png)

### Business Graduates Association (BGA)

The BGA is a membership and quality assurance body. As a member, Arden University has signed up to the BGA Charter, committing their institution to responsible management practices and lifelong learning, positively impacting their students, communities, and the economy. This shows our students that we are demonstrating responsible management ourselves, as well as it being a central theme that runs through our own courses.

As Arden University is a member of the Business Graduates Association (BGA), students will receive complimentary BGA student and graduate membership. Through this membership, current students will have access to the BGA Career Development Centre, packed with interactive tools, e-learning content, partner discounts and the latest job opportunities. This is a lifetime access, which means students will continue to have access to these services even after they graduate.

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