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Professional Practice via Negotiated Work Based Learning PGDip

  • For entry: 2013
  • Duration: Part time 12 Month(s)
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Course Overview

This programme comprises four components:

Module (Self Review and Programme Planning):

  • reflect and review your prior learning
  • further develop your work based learning and study skills
  • plan your future development. Agree a postgraduate programme taking account of your personal and professional needs and those of your organisation. This includes specifying any topic modules that you wish to undertake and outlining your work based project
  • if you wish to claim credit for prior learning and experience then alongside this module you prepare an Accreditation of Prior Learning claim to be awarded towards a postgraduate qualification

Topic Modules:
Optional topic modules are available in a range of subject areas including:

  • Leadership and Management
  • Project Management
  • Organisational Change
  • Advanced Skills (communication, creative thinking and problem solving)

As well as modules from Groups A, B and C of the PG Certificate in Applied Bioscience and Business Management.

Module (Work Based Research Methods):
Equipping you with the knowledge and skills needed to design and carry out your work based project.

Module (Work Based Project):
Project modules vary in size depending on the target award, i.e. Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma, or Masters Degree. You produce a work based project and a project report (includes a statement of what the project is about, a rationale and contextualising information, details about the methods used and an analysis of the findings).

Key Information

Director of Studies: Lesley Mayne
Duration: Negotiable
Entry Requirements: Completed application form, a 500 word statement and recommendation from your line manager. We may ask you to undertake a pre-entry assessment. We also offer accreditation of prior learning (APL) both certificated and experiential
IELTS: At least 6.5 overall (with no less than 6.0 in each element) or equivalent
Assessment: Coursework, including learning contracts, project proposals, reports, reflective commentary, and oral presentation
Funding: All applicants should consult www.lancs.ac.uk/pgfunding/

Fees: View details of our current Postgraduate Research fees or Postgraduate Taught fees.

Related Courses

  • Applied Bioscience and Business Management : PGCert
  • Biomedical Science (by research) : MSc (research)
  • Biomedical Training for Industry : PgCert
  • Biomedical and Life Sciences : MPhil/PhD
  • Biomedicine : MSc
  • Clinical Psychology : DClinPsy
  • Clinical Research : PGCert
  • Developing Professional Practice (Health Care) : MA
  • Developing Professional Practice : MA
  • Developing Professional Practice in Management (Health Care) : MA
  • Developing Professional Practice in Management : MA
  • Health Research : MPhil/PhD
  • Health and Well-Being : MRes
  • Leadership and Management (Health Care) : Postgraduate Certificate
  • Leadership and Management : Postgraduate Certificate
  • Medical Biotechnology and Leadership : MSc
  • Medical Leadership : Postgraduate Certificate
  • Medical Sciences (by research) : MSc (research)
  • Medicine : M.D.
  • Medicine : MPhil/PhD
  • Mental Health : PhD
  • Organisational Change (Health Care) : Postgraduate Certificate
  • Organisational Change : Postgraduate Certificate
  • Organisational Health and Well Being : PhD
  • Palliative Care : PhD
  • Professional Development : PGCert
  • Professional Practice via Negotiated Work Based Learning : PGCert
  • Professional Practice via Negotiated Work Based Learning : PGDip
  • Professional Practice via Negotiated Work Based learning : MA/MSc
  • Public Health : PhD
  • Statistics and Epidemiology : PhD
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