Workforce Development for Health and Social Care Professionals

This Leadership and Management PgCert is designed for health and social care professionals who are ready to elevate their leadership and management skills and make a greater impact in their field.

Why study at Huddersfield? 

• Fast-Track Your Future in One Year! - Earn a full Master’s degree in just one year with full-time study – get ahead, faster.  If a more flexible pace is needed, contact us to find out what other options are available.
• Boost Your Career Potential - Want to lead in healthcare, teach future professionals, or break into academia? This course will give you the skills to be able to do that.
• Extra Qualifications - Not just a Master’s degree – you’ll also graduate with a teaching qualification and recognition as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. A serious CV upgrade!
• Real-World Learning - Put theory into action with practical experience in teaching, leadership, and research throughout the course.
• Financial Support Available - UK (home) students can apply for a Postgraduate Loan to help fund your studies.
• Alumni Discount - The University values its alumni and is pleased to offer home students an exclusive 10% alumni discount to assist with the cost of full and part-time taught master’s level degrees.

Learn more about the course - https://courses.hud.ac.uk/2025-26/part-time/postgraduate/leadership-and-management-pgcert 

This Health Professional Education MSc is designed for ambitious healthcare professionals who would like to gain a recognised teaching qualification. 

Why study at Huddersfield? 

• Fast-Track Your Future in One Year! - Earn a full Master’s degree in just one year with full-time study – get ahead, faster.  If a more flexible pace is needed, contact us to find out what other options are available.
• Boost Your Career Potential - Want to lead in healthcare, teach future professionals, or break into academia? This course will give you the skills to be able to do that.
• Extra Qualifications - Not just a Master’s degree – you’ll also graduate with a teaching qualification and recognition as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. A serious CV upgrade!
• Real-World Learning - Put theory into action with practical experience in teaching, leadership, and research throughout the course.
• Financial Support Available - UK (home) students can apply for a Postgraduate Loan to help fund your studies.
• Alumni Discount - The University values its alumni and is pleased to offer home students an exclusive 10% alumni discount to assist with the cost of full and part-time taught master’s level degrees.

Learn more about the course - https://courses.hud.ac.uk/2025-26/full-time/postgraduate/health-professional-education-msc 

May 2025 courses (admissions closes 30th April 2025)

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Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care

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September 2025 courses

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Health Professional Education PgCert

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Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Management PgCert (Distance Learning)

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Tissue Viability and Wound Management (Distance Learning) (Masters)

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Leg Ulcer Management (Distance Learning) (Masters)

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Acute Care PgCert

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Urgent Care PgCert

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Palliative and End-of-Life Care PgCert

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Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

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Assessment and Examination of the Newborn

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Electrocardiograph (ECG) Monitoring and Interpretation

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Personal and Practice Development

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Clinical Risk Management in Mental Health and Learning Disability Settings (Distance Learning)

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Leadership and Management PgCert

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Health Professional Education MSc

January 2026 Courses

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Health Professional Education PgCert

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Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

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Managing Minor Injuries

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Communicable Disease and Infection Control

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March 2026 courses (admissions closes 31st January 2026)

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Advanced Remote Clinical Assessment Skills (Distance Learning)

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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in a Health and Social Care Environment (Distance Learning)

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Frailty, identification and interventions (Distance Learning)

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Working with Vulnerable Groups (LD & MH) (Distance Learning)

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Please stay tuned

Please stay tuned - our Workforce Development offering is currently under review, and we expect to announce updates in summer of 2025. We’ve carefully considered your feedback and are working to make our courses as accessible as possible, whilst maintaining our high levels of academic integrity. If you would like to be notified once the new course structure is available, please complete this form, and we will ensure you're kept informed. 

Form link: http://hud.ac/tlb 

Finance and Funding

You may be eligible for funding

The Independent and Supplementary Prescribing module may be eligible for funding from NHS England. To access the funding, you must be working for an eligible employer within the West Yorkshire area and have their support to undertake the course.

Your employer may be willing to sponsor you

Our other courses are not eligible for NHS funding, however, if you are working and your course is relevant to your job, your employer may be willing to sponsor you. Detailed guidance on such funding arrangements is available in their funding guide.  If your employer does agree to pay your Tuition Fees, they can email confirmation of this to sfo@hud.ac.uk before you enrol, and we can ensure that they are invoiced for your fees.

Funding your own studies

If funding via your employer is not available to you then you can self-fund - Funding your studies - University of Huddersfield

Next Steps

• To apply please use this form: https://uoh-onlineapps.hud.ac.uk/ 
• Applications need to be submitted by the deadlines identified above, preferably as soon as possible.
• If your employer is funding your studies, you would need to submit a sponsorship letter, on letter-headed paper, from your employer to our Student Finance Office. The University will then invoice the employer for student fees.
• If you’re self-funding, it may be possible to pay your fees in instalments.
• If you have any queries relating to admission, please contact hhs-wfd-cpd@hud.ac.uk