Health and Social Care Management (London)

Our Health and Social Care degree is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• Foster an informed and critical attitude to policies and interventions used to improve the management of service development and client care within the health and social care sector.
• Enhance knowledge of leadership and management skills and how these can be applied within a variety of sectors.
• Be familiar with the methods used to collect and interpret data.
• Help you become an informed, independent and reflective practitioner through the development and application of practical research skills.
• Improve your ability to think logically, analyse problems and communicate effectively within the workplace.
• Prepare for employment in a wide range of contexts either within or without the field of health and social care or for further study.
• Enhance transferable skills that you can take forward into employment including problem-solving, decision-making, digital literacy and written, verbal and visual communication.

You'll be assessed in a wide range of ways that test your Health and Social Care management skills and reflect the demands of your management role, once you have graduated. These could include presentations, case studies, practical reports, critical reflective blogs, workbooks, practical projects, essays, exams, development plans, and proposals.

We offer variety in the way we teach: sometimes we'll set you problems so you can find the answers for yourself, sometimes we'll lecture. Most modules use a mix of lectures and small group seminars, and there's a good blend of online activities using our Virtual Learning Environment.

We invite health and social care professionals in to talk about their experiences.

All of our teaching methods facilitate your development as a self-directed learner. Many of our lecturers have a background in the area of health and social care. You’ll be given personal support in your study – we're a friendly team of academics, committed to helping you achieve your goals.

You may already be skilled in your current career, perhaps working in health and social care or beauty and wellness, and now wish to progress to leadership in your specific field. Our students come from diverse fields including healthcare administration, social care, and public health.  

This course could be for you if you’re looking to level up your current skills so that you can progress to management, policy, research, teaching (following an initial teacher training course) or consulting, or you’re interested in making a career switch into the field of health and social care.

You could also start your own business, charity or community initiative, or become a supervisor or manager in a related field, such as health, mental health, social care, or recruitment for health and social care.

This course is taught at our Bath Spa University London campus. You'll have digital access to services such as:

• ASk (Academic Skills)
• Specialist subject resources and subject librarian
• Virtual Learning Environment
• LinkedIn Learning
• English Language Unit
• Careers and Employability
• Student Wellbeing Services

Our libraries offer a wide range of business materials that you can access online. You can also access a wealth of material available via electronic sources. These include Business Source Complete, Mintel, Newsbank and an increasing range of e-books.