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welcome
Glyndŵr University offers over 150 Other subject booklets are available:
postgraduate courses across a wide range of
subject areas. Most of these are offered on a
full and part-time basis.
Art & Humanities
Our courses encourage entrepreneurship
and are designed with your employability
in mind. They are directly relevant to
challenges currently faced by our society,
industry and economy.
Business & Management
The health and nursing postgraduate courses
and research opportunities outlined in this
booklet showcase the breadth of expertise we
have at Glyndŵr University. Researching and
promoting best practice in the health, nursing, Computing &
psychology, public health and sport sectors Media Technologies
and improving the nation’s health, fitness and
wellbeing is at the core of this area.

Our courses are aimed at people wishing to

advance their career in either leadership roles
or within specialist health fields. The courses Education & Society
are grounded in the practical application of
knowledge and facilitate gaining knowledge
in areas of personal interest.

I look forward to welcoming you to Glyndŵr

University and to the Graduate School. Science & Technology

Dr Peter Heard
Director of the Graduate School

Theology
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content

introduction 4
our expertise 6
research 12
student researcher profile 20
courses
health and social care 22
health, social care and public health 24
nursing 28
occupational health 34
palliative care 36
professional education 38
psychology 40
public health 44
sport and exercise sciences 46
student profile 48
entry requirements 50
how to apply 53
contact us 55
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introduction to health and nursing
at Glyndŵr University
The health and well-being of the population is
the focus of our dedicated team of academics
within the fields of nursing, public health,
psychology, sport and allied health areas.
leading expertise
The University has a wide range of expertise
covering nursing, psychiatry, psychology, public
health, mental health, sport and fitness, diet
and nutrition, health risks, and drugs.
Our academics are published widely in
scientific journals and at conferences across
the world. Professor Alex Carson is also the
Chief Executive Editor of The International
Journal of Narrative Practice.
Our expertise in these subject specialisms
is sought by a range of organisations and
public bodies. Often projects enable the team
to collaborate with colleagues in theology,
education and social care related areas, as
well as partners in hospitals, health bodies,
sport associations and clubs, councils and the
government.
European and international perspectives
in these areas are also available through
research and education partnerships with
universities across Europe including the
Netherlands, Croatia, Italy and Finland,
as well as internationally in Dubai and
Trinidad and Tobago.
More details of the research interests within
these fields can be found on pages 12 - 19.
specialist facilities
Backed by the Welsh Assembly Government,
we play a key role in the North Wales Clinical
School along with the Wales College of
Medicine at Cardiff University, the Betsi
Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor
University and primary care deliverers in
north Wales. The School helps train doctors
in Wales and provides an outstanding
residential, teaching and library facility for
medical students.
Glyndŵr University is investing £2 million
in a Centre for the Child, Family and Society,
to be opened in early 2011. Based on an
integrated approach to child development,
the Centre will include a wide variety of
specialisms relating to children, including
health, nutrition, child psychology, exercise and
education. The new building itself has facilities
for babies, toddlers and pre-school children
including inside and outside play areas, sleep
rooms, and a sensory room as well as seminar
and observation rooms.
Our health and sports science students
have access to one of the best facilities
around, in the Human Performance
Laboratory. Recently refurbished, it is filled
with specialist equipment to aid students’
learning. Among these are highly advanced
cardiovascular analysis equipment and 3D
motion analysis instruments for studying
physiology and biomechanics. This is
supported by our modern Sports Centre
which is home to the North Wales Regional
Hockey Stadium, a six badminton court-sized
sports hall, fitness suite, dance studio, and an
Astroturf pitch.
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Our eight-bed Chinese Medicine Clinic is open

to the public, as well as staff and students.
While student practitioners deliver treatments,
they are always closely supervised by qualified
and experienced staff. Treatments such as
Acupuncture, Moxabustion and Chinese Patent
Herbal Medicine are used to treat all sorts of
conditions, including back pain, weight loss,
depression and insomnia.

At the Wrexham Maelor Hospital is the

Simulation Suite, a facility utilised by our
nursing and medical students. It allows for
real life situations to be set up and students
to be observed at work through a live video
link-up from the suite. Next door, students
can observe their peers and lecturers and
analyse scenarios.

More details on our facilities and the student

experience at Glyndŵr University can be found
in our Guide to the University booklet or on our
website at www.glyndwr.ac.uk
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our expertise
These are a flavour of some of the academics
you’ll have the opportunity to be taught by,
and research alongside, at Glyndŵr University.
Professor Christopher Alan Lewis -
Head of Psychology; Dean of the
University Institute for Health,
Medical Sciences and Society
Professor Lewis is a Chartered Health
Psychologist and a Fellow of the Higher
Education Academy.
Chris is editor of the international scientific journal
Mental Health, Religion and Culture and has
published over 200 research articles. His research
and teaching interests include: psychology of
peace, health psychology, conflict and violence,
positive psychology and the psychology of religion.
He has served on the General Assembly of
the European Federation of Professional
Psychologists Associations (EFPA) and also
the International Union of Psychological
Science (IUPsyS).
Dr Lynne Kennedy – Academic Leader for
Medicine and Health Sciences; Course
Director, Master of Public Health (MPH)
Lynne is Academic Leader for Medicine and
Health Sciences with responsibility for a range
of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She
is Principal Lecturer in Public Health and Course
Director for the Master of Public Health (MPH)
programme, which she developed and introduced
in 2009.
Lynne teaches both quantitative and qualitative
research methods and health promotion research
and practice on the MPH course, Occupational
Health and Environmental Health degree course;
as well as Masters nursing courses.
During a distinguished academic career Lynne
has been instrumental in establishing strategic
task forces to tackle public health issues and has
published and lectured extensively.
She is on the European Training Consortium
for Public Health & Health Promotion, advises
the Welsh Assembly on public health training,
and is a member of Wrexham’s public health
commissioning group, the ‘Healthy Eating &
Being More Active’ strategic group and
local research committees.

Dr Sue Taylor - Senior Lecturer
in Exercise Physiology
Dr Sue Taylor is the Programme Leader for
the MRes in Sport and Exercise Science. She
completed a PhD in paediatric exercise science in
2002, before taking up a two-year post-doctoral
position at Liverpool John Moores University
with the SportsLinx Project, which focused on
childhood obesity and fitness. She has continued
to research in this area whilst at Glyndŵr
University with the F Factor Project which is run in
conjunction with Denbighshire County Council.
Her applied experience is working with British
Swimming, GB Canoe and Polo, and with athletes
from a range of sports, including: triathlon, tennis,
squash and cycling. She has also undertaken
consultancy with local authorities including an
intervention to increase physical activity in the
workplace, an evaluation of the GP referral system
and a study to investigate the health and fitness
of school children in Wrexham.
She has professional memberships of a number
of organizations including BASES (British
Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences) and
REACH (Research into Exercise, Activity and
Children’s Health).
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Professor Rob Poole -
Professor of Mental Health
Rob Poole worked as a clinical psychiatrist for
28 years before taking up his post at Glyndŵr
University. He is a social psychiatrist who is
interested in disadvantaged populations. He
trained at St George’s Hospital, London and
in Oxford.
From 1988 to 2004 he was a consultant in a
severely deprived part of Liverpool. Here he was
closely involved in developing services such as the
Criminal Justice Liaison Team and the Homeless
Outreach Team. In 2004 he moved to a clinical
post in rural north east Wales.
His research interests include the relationship
between substance misuse (especially alcohol)
and mental illness, the care of people with
intractable mental illness in the UK, prescribing
practice in psychiatry, the nature of the
relationship between social inequality and severe
mental illness, and the relationship between
mental illness and creativity.
In the past four years he has co-authored two
books, which are concerned with clinical skills.
With Robert Higgo he is working on a third text,
‘Mental Illness and Poverty’. He has recently
become a leading opponent of the integration
of spirituality into clinical practice.
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Marie Roberts Davies -
Principal Lecturer in Health Studies
Marie manages a range of Health Studies
courses including post-qualifying programmes
for nurses, midwives, health visitors and other
healthcare professionals.
A qualified health visitor, she has had roles
in clinical practice, research, education and
international development.
During her career, Marie has led research into
the preparation of advanced practitioners and
worked with the British Council in Bangladesh
developing nursing education.
She moved into education in the mid-80s and
joined Glyndŵr University five years ago.
She has overseen successful developments
in specialist and advanced practice healthcare
courses and a range of postgraduate courses
for professionals aspiring to management or
education roles.
Professor Odette Parry - Director of
the Social Inclusion Research Unit
Odette has extensive experience in health and
social care research. She has led major research
projects here and overseas. These include a
UNICEF funded project with the University of the
West Indies and research into health-related risk
behaviours for the University of Edinburgh.
She joined Glyndŵr University in 2003 and her
research interests combine health and education.
Here, she headed the qualitative evaluation of the
no-smoking legislation for the Welsh Assembly.
She is interested in expanding on her research
around this and other risky health behaviours,
including alcohol misuse.
Charlotte Hilton - Lecturer,
Master in Public Health
Charlotte’s career has spanned clinical
psychology, community mental health and public
health. She is a member of the Motivational
Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and
consults as a practitioner and trainer.
Her main areas of research interest include
physical activity and health, behaviour change
counselling, quality of life assessments,
psychometrics and motivational interviewing.
Charlotte was responsible for coordinating the
evaluation of the national pilot of the Let’s Get
Moving (LGM) physical activity care pathway
which was funded by the Department of Health
(DH) and based in London. The LGM pathway
is currently being rolled out nationally. While
working with Gedling Primary Care Trust (PCT) in
Nottingham, Charlotte received several awards for
developing the city’s first exercise referral scheme.
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The focus of Charlotte’s PhD was to develop an

exercise-specific quality of life measure that will
shortly be made available as an evaluation tool
for exercise and health practitioners working
across the UK. The outputs of this research
also highlighted the importance of incorporating
an MI approach to consultations with patients
looking to change their physical activity behaviour
in the long term.

Pam Richards - Senior Lecturer

in Sports Coaching

Pam is an experienced international coach and

has many years of experience of integration of
theory to practice.

During the last 16 years Pam has gained valuable

experience working as an international coach in
the sport of hockey and has successfully gained
five European titles as coach. Pam currently holds
the position of national coach and FIH coach.

In addition to this Pam has provided Sport Science

support to the Welsh National Women’s Hockey
Squad and prepared them for the Commonwealth
Games in Malaysia in 1998 and European
competitions in the role of physiologist.

Her research interests lie in the learning and

development of performance intelligence and
team decision-making, an interest spawned from
her applied hockey coaching. In particular, Pam
is interested in coaches’ abilities to facilitate and
create an empowering environment to develop
performance intelligence. This has specifically
resulted in the development of reflective practice
strategies with her performers; collectively this
represents Pam’s PhD research area.
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Dr Alex Carson - Associate Dean for
Research and Enterprise and Academic
Leader of Social and Community
Dr Alex Carson has worked in clinical and
educational posts in health for over thirty years.
He is a registered nurse who worked for a number
of years in surgery, particularly vascular and head
and neck surgery.
He completed his Masters degree at the
University of Stirling, undertaking 16 months
fieldwork for his Ethnographic study of Teacher
Training. He completed his PhD in the Department
of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.
Although he has conducted a number of research
projects using qualitative methods, he has
developed his own particular methodology using
narrative. He has published in peer reviewed
international publications and is currently writing a
book on narrative methodology. He also chairs an
International Conference on Narratives annually.
His research interests lie in ethics, linking theory
and practice, and narrative methodology.
Marjorie Lloyd - Senior Lecturer
in Mental Health Nursing
Marjorie has been working in and around mental
health nursing for the past 20 years. During this
time she has been a support worker, mental
health nurse and lecturer.
At the University she teaches in the areas of
social policy law and ethics, critical appreciation
and research, interpersonal skills, and dementia
care. She is also currently writing up her PhD on
Service User Involvement in Mental Health Care, a
contentious issue that she feels passionate about
and which is becoming fascinating to explore.
Aside from this her general research interests
lie in Narrative Methods, Critical Social Theory,
Nursing and Service User Involvement.
She is a reviewer for the Nursing Standard Journal
and a member of the Mental Health Research
Network Wales as well as a Member and
Facilitator of the Learning and Teaching about
Mental Health in Wales Network.
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health & nursing research
If you are looking to engage in the global
policy and research agenda for health and
well-being you will find a wide range of
challenging and stimulating opportunities at
Glyndŵr University. Some projects require
interdisciplinary research to be undertaken
in conjunction with the related areas of
Childhood Studies, Education, and Theology.
Our academics are passionate about the
health of society and their expertise reflects
a wide range of health specialisms from
nursing and psychology through to sport
science and public health. In the latest
Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008), a
proportion of all the University’s submissions,
including that for Nursing and Midwifery, was
judged to be “internationally excellent”.
This area attracts significant research funding
and commissions from organisations around
the world. Some of the organisations that
have commissioned research include the
Welsh Assembly Government, the North
Wales Criminal Justice Board, Nightingale
Associates, and the European Food Safety
Agency. Our academics are published widely
at international and national conferences and
in scientific journals.
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public health and environmental
health and risk management
One particular area of growth and development
in postgraduate training and research is in
public health and, more recently, environmental
health and risk management. Research around
these areas is focused on improving the health
and well-being of the population, preventing
disease and minimising its consequences, and
prolonging valued life and reducing inequalities
in health.
Within this field Dr Lynne Kennedy, Reader
in Public Health, has published on a wide
range of health related topics including
social inequalities in health, politics of health,
diet and obesity prevention, healthy eating,
food poverty and health promotion. She
has been involved in several multi-centre
research collaborations, both in Europe
and the UK, for example: a joint project
evaluating the implementation of the World
Health Organisation (WHO) Healthy Cities
Network in Germany, a joint project with the
University of Liverpool to undertake a Health
Impact Assessment (HIA) of the European
Food Safety Agency and a Department of
Health funded project into the feasibility of
randomised control trial of lay health trainers
in primary care.
Charlotte Hilton has a background in
psychology and public health, with particular
research interest in how exercise impacts on
quality of life including the areas of physical
activity for health, motivational interviewing,
and exercise referral.
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There are several ongoing research projects
and a number of PhD students working on
public health related topics including: obesity
and young people; critical discourses on
obesity; young people and health promotion;
Salutogenic indicators for health promotion
– focusing on well-being rather than disease –
and health related research and evaluation.
dietetics
One large scale project was an evaluation
of the all Wales dietetics grant scheme
undertaken on behalf of the Welsh
Assembly Government.
The Welsh Assembly Government launched its
Food and Fitness – Promoting Healthy Eating
and Physical Activity for Children and Young
People 5 Year Plan in 2006. As part of the
implementation of this plan a grant scheme
was launched to increase dietetic capacity to
inform and support communities in healthy
eating. Our academics were asked to evaluate
and assess the impact of the grant scheme.
Much research has also been undertaken to
look into the health and fitness of school-aged
children, evaluating children’s diets and food
choices and cardio-respiratory fitness and
body mass index.
storytelling and ethics
Dr Alex Carson has a passionate interest in
the theme of the narrative practitioner which
examines the use of narrative and storytelling
in a range of contexts, including pedagogy,
practice, research and performance. He is also
the Chief Executive Editor of The International
Journal of Narrative Practice.
He has interest and has been published on the
subject of ethics and bridging the gap between
theory and practice in health and social care.
stimulants in society
Many of the academics in this area have
undertaken research into the impact of legal
and illegal highs, and prescription drugs.
Areas researched include alcohol-involved
death, polypharmacy and high dose prescribing
regimes in the community, predictors of risky
alcohol consumption in school children and
their implications for preventing alcohol-
related harm.
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nursing
Some of the research areas investigated
by our nursing team include school nursing,
palliative care, living with heart failure,
perceptions and experiences of taking oral
glucose lowering agents, and diabetes.

Our mental health experts also have interests

in suicide risk assessment and self-harm
awareness, alcohol-involved death, depression,
schizophrenia, antipsychotics trials, anxiety
disorders, and mental health services.

Our nursing team have been widely published

in these areas including scientific and
specialist journals and as book chapters.

The team, collaboratively with a local

hospice, recently achieved runner-up status
in a national palliative care award. This has
developed a new research interest and
research projects for the academic staff in
this field.
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psychiatry
Ethical psychiatry is one of the themes
researched at the University in this area.
Psychiatric practice is often faced with
complex situations that seem to pose serious
moral dilemmas for practitioners. Methods for
solving these dilemmas have included
the development of more objective rules to
guide the practitioner such as utilitarianism
and deontology.
The research examines current approaches
and suggests that a better model of ethical
judgment could be developed through the use
of narratives or stories. This idea puts equal
value on the patient’s and the psychiatrist’s
version of the dilemma they are faced with. It
has the potential to lead to a more genuine
empathy and reflective decision-making.
Professor Rob Poole’s recent research has
been in postmodernism and psychiatry, clinical
skills in psychiatric treatment, polypharmacy
and high-dose prescribing regimes in the
community, psychiatric interviewing and
assessment and spirituality and the threat to
therapeutic boundaries in psychiatric practice.
taking psychology to society
Applied psychological research is undertaken
at the University in the areas of health
psychology, social psychology, individual
differences, and the psychology of religion.
Professor Christopher Lewis is a specialist in
the psychology of religion and has published
widely in this area, in particular on religion,
mental health and culture. In addition he
has undertaken research in the areas of
psychology of peace, conflict and violence,
positive psychology, and individual differences.
He is Co-Editor of the international journal
Mental Health, Religion and Culture and serves
on the editorial board of the Journal of Beliefs
and Values.
Victoria Woodward specialises in the area of
addiction psychology and chronic illness with a
focus on women and HIV. In addition she has
specialised in equality and diversity, alcohol
misuse in young adults and adult counselling.
She is also currently involved with motivation
and educational psychology research.
Dr Emyr Williams is a specialist in the
psychology of religion, and is particularly
interested in new and emerging forms of
religion and spirituality. This research has
focused on the prevalence of such forms
of religion and spirituality in contemporary
society, and their relationship with personality
theory. He is also interested in the fields
of social capital (from a psychological
perspective) and the development of
psychometric scales concerned with
assessing religion and spirituality.
Sally-Ann Baker has an interest in service
evaluation and health and lifestyle. She
has been involved in a number of projects
including evaluating nursing roles, and a
range of health, community and school-based
initiatives. She has been involved in projects
such as the Welsh Assembly Government All
Wales Dietetics Initiative, Caia Park Healthy
Living Centre, the Heart of Flintshire Project,
CAIS, and the Wrexham Student Assistance
Programme. She has an additional interest
in research ethics, committed to increasing
research capacity and is a member of Betsi
Cadwaladr University Health Board Internal
Review Panel (Eastern division).
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Criminological psychology and the delivery of

psychology courses within 16-19 education
are the research interests of Fiona Lintern.
She has held a number of senior examining
posts with national and international
examination boards and was involved in the
development of the most recent OCR A-level
Psychology syllabus.

Phill de Prez has an interest in the social

interactions of the individual within work place
environments. After several years of exploring
the complexities of stress in organisations,
he has extended this work to encompass
and focus on the individual’s perception
of motivation in teams and especially the
temporal element of a team or a group’s
effectiveness.

Some of the other themes currently being

researched include stress, psychological
well-being and burnout at work; mental
health of young adults; beliefs and values
of young people; health care and education;
personality measurement and psychometrics;
religious attitude, belief and behaviour; and
research methods.
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sport and performance
Dr Duncan Mascarenhas is an applied sport
psychology researcher interested in training
interventions to improve team decision-making.
With specific expertise in the performance
and training of elite sports officials, Duncan
is currently researching elite football referees
with colleagues in New Zealand and Germany.
Dr Tim Donovan is an applied physiologist
specialising in ergogenic aids and pacing
strategies in aerobic sports, predominantly
rowing but the principles have been applied
to athletics and cycling. In addition Tim is
a qualified strength and conditioning coach
which has opened up additional opportunities
to investigate the use of ergogenic aids in the
development of strength and power during
training and competition.
Differences in training behaviours in
professional and amateur rugby union players
is one of Colin Hill’s research interests. He
has collected data from coaches and players
about their training behaviours in order to
discover which constructs, if any, are important
in training.
Sue Taylor’s principal area of research is
obesity and the fitness of school-aged
children but she still has a keen interest in
the applied physiology of elite athletes. Sue’s
current study is investigating the health and
fitness of school children.
The learning and development of performance
intelligence and team decision-making is the
interest of Pam Richards. An experienced
applied hockey coach, she is interested in
coaches’ abilities to facilitate and create
an empowering environment to develop
performance intelligence. This has specifically
resulted in the development of reflective
practice strategies with her performers.
Other research interests within the area of
sport and exercise sciences include physical
education in schools, the learning and
development of performance intelligence and
team decision-making and applied physiology.
get in touch
We welcome applications for research
degrees (MPhil, PhD, Professional Doctorate)
from anyone interested in the broad fields
of nursing, psychology, health, public health,
Chinese and complementary medicine, or
sport science.
This booklet showcases just some of the
research interests of academics within this
area; if you have a related research proposal
that you would like us to consider please get
in touch.
Application forms can be downloaded from
our website and should be sent through to
mphil-phdadmissions@glyndwr.ac.uk
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student
research profile

Robin Ranson
Research Student

After graduating from the University of Cumbria
with a Sports Science degree, Robin worked
as a coach and trainer focussing on fitness for
sport. His former tutors put his name forward for
Glyndŵr University’s F Factor project and he was
delighted to be selected.
Funded by the National Lottery, the project is
about health and fitness for children, and is being
carried out for Denbighshire County Council.
“It looks at fitness, exercise, and childhood
obesity,” Robin explains. “We’re focussing on the
under 12s and last year alone, we worked with
1500 children. We created a health, physical
activity and diet questionnaire for them as well
as fitness fun days.
“My thesis is about fitness and strength strategies
for primary school children. I’ve created an
intervention, which is being put into place at
the moment.
“It highlights children who perform in the lower
5% out of the 1500 we tested so we’re targeting
people who need the help. They come along with
a parent to one cooking and one exercise class
each a week.”
Robin likes Glyndŵr University’s positive
student focus.
“You get a lot more quality personal contact
time and tutorials,” he says. “It’s easier to get to
know people properly too and therefore create
a better network.
“Ultimately I’d like a job with the department.
But the F Factor has already opened up work
opportunities here as well as with Denbighshire
County Council.”
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health & social care
MSc Leadership in Health and Social Care
Course duration Postgraduate Certificate in
Part-time Leadership in Health and Social Care
MSc: 3-5 years
Postgraduate Diploma:
2-3 years
Postgraduate Diploma in
Postgraduate Certificate: Leadership in Health and Social Care
1-2 years
Location The healthcare sector constantly has to adapt to trends
Wrexham and policies, with healthcare professionals having to lead,
Start month organise and deliver care in an increasingly challenging and
September ever-changing environment.

This course is designed for key facts

health and social care
practitioners looking to advance
careers in a management
or leadership direction. The
programme of study is aimed
at practitioners of health or
social care who have
progressed into management
roles, or those who aspire to do
so. It is designed for those who
aim to take, or develop a
leadership role within the field.
The programme of study
provides you with a wide
choice of learning opportunities.
These will allow you to focus
on an aspect of management
or leadership relevant to your
position. If you’re looking to
remain in nursing practice,
clinically-focused options
are available.
The overall aim of the course
is to give you the knowledge
to underpin development of
the skills identified in the NHS
Leadership Qualities Framework.
•• Maximum flexibility: choose
from a range of optional
modules or negotiate up to
40 credits of learning to meet
your own needs
•• Enables practitioners
to develop the skills of
leadership required by
a managerial role, or by
practitioners aimed to develop
managerial skills
•• Registered nurses, midwives
and specialist community
public health nurses have the
opportunity to study modules
approved by the NMC. These
will lead to professional NMC
recognition or recordable
NMC qualifications
•• Offers the opportunity to
study with a wide range of
health professionals
•• This course will be continually
developed during 2010/2011
to ensure its continued
applicability to health and
social care managers

career opportunities
Promoting leadership skills is
high on the agenda of health
and social care services. At all
levels employees are asked
to engage in service-run
programmes. The degree has
been designed to allow you to
integrate your experience into
the Masters degree.
The course will also prepare you •• Negotiated modules
to undertake Doctoral level study.
It will enhance your research
expertise, and it’s the ideal
platform to develop your skills
of evaluation and synthesis
towards originality in thinking.
course content
The overall aim of the
course is to enable students
to develop a systematic
understanding of knowledge,
and a critical awareness of
current problems and new
insights into leadership in and
management of health or social
care services as a basis for the
development of leadership and
management qualities.
course modules
•• Research methods in
Health and Social Care
•• Leadership and Professional
Issues
•• Dissertation
Optional modules
•• Appraisal and Development of
Theory and Practice (work-
based learning)
(up to 40 credits)
•• Human Caring
•• Mentoring and Empowering
•• Professional Judgment
and Decision-Making
•• Clinical Leadership and
Professional Judgment
•• The Policy and Practice
of Health Promotion
•• Independent Prescribing
(V300)
•• Narratives:
Theory and Method
•• Social Policy and Practice
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entry requirements
You need to have an honours
degree or equivalent in a
relevant subject. If you’re not
a graduate, you might also
be admitted if you have held,
for a minimum of two years,
a responsible position which
is relevant to the scheme
you’re looking to join and
can demonstrate aptitude
for study at Masters level.
assessment
Written work, short
exams and, for some
modules, portfolios.
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Course duration Doctor of Health Sciences (DHSci)

Full-time
DHSci: 3 years DHealth in Health and
DHealth: 3 years Social Care (DHealth)
DPH: 3 years
MRes Health and Doctor of Public Health (DPH)
Social Care: 1 year
MRes Public Health: 1 year
MRes Health and Social Care
Part-time
DHSci: 5 years
MRes Public Health
DHealth: 5 years
DPH: 5 years
MRes Health and
Social Care: 2 years The Professional Doctorate provides opportunities for the
MRes Public Health: 2 years development of professional practice and competencies
Location including critical reflection, extension of research skills,
Wrexham leadership and awareness of socio-political contexts relevant
Start month to professional practice.
September
Doctorates are awarded for the creation and interpretation of
CRB check knowledge, which extends the forefront of a discipline, usually
Where appropriate, you will through original research. Holders of Doctorates will be able
be required to complete a to conceptualise, design and implement projects for the
Criminals Records Bureau generation of significant new knowledge and understanding.
(CRB) form and pay the
appropriate fee, so that a Although equivalent in status and challenge to the traditional
check can be made on the PhD, the Professional Doctorate is more appropriate for those
your suitability for working with pursuing professional rather than academic careers.
children and vulnerable adults
(see page 50 for more details).

The aim of these courses
is to find novel approaches
to integrating professional
and academic knowledge.
Undertaking a Professional
Doctorate will enable you
to contribute and develop
theory and practice in your
specialist field.
An extended piece of research,
presented as a thesis, and
examined (viva) by experts in
the chosen field is an integral
part of a professional doctorate.
The research should relate to
real and complex issues in your
chosen field. In many cases
the research is carried out in
your own organisation or is a
practical problem relevant to
that profession and field.
The MRes offers a
comprehensive programme
of generic and specialised
research training culminating
in an in-depth exploration of
research by dissertation.
The courses provide
opportunities for professionals
in health, social care, sport
and exercise sciences and
psychology to progress and
develop their academic and
professional skills.
025
key facts •• Study weekends for the
courses will be arranged for
•• The University has a wide some of the taught modules.
range of specialist health The cost of these week-ends
and social care expertise and will be paid for by students
its academic staff are active and will be in addition to
researchers in these fields University fees. It is expected
•• There are opportunities for that fees for these weekends
projects to cross specialisms will be no more that £100
where appropriate and you per weekend
will be encouraged to share
learning and individual
development
•• Specialist guest lecturers
and visiting professors in
medicine, nursing, psychology,
and epidemiology will
provide additional learning
opportunities
•• There are strong links with
consultant staff from the
local health board and senior
managers in social services
•• You will be allocated a
personal tutor to guide you
through the course and
assist you with your choice
of optional modules and
negotiated learning
•• The University has
professorial posts in
psychology, mental health,
social inclusion, health and
community studies and
criminal justice
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health, social care & public health

Doctor of Health Sciences (DHSci)

DHealth in Health and
Social Care (DHealth)
Doctor of Public Health (DPH)
MRes Health and Social Care
MRes Public Health
continued

career opportunities
Holders of Doctorates will have the qualities
needed for employment requiring the ability to
make informed judgements on complex issues
in specialist fields, and innovation in tackling and
solving problems.

course content
Throughout these courses you will produce a
personal development plan portfolio of evidence.
This portfolio will form a key learning opportunity
for you and is integrated into each module on
the course. At the Doctorate stage you will be
expected to keep a learning journal as well.
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course modules
To apply for the Professional Doctorate you
MRes Health and Social Care must hold one of the following qualifications:
MRes Public Health •• An initial degree awarded by an approved
degree awarding body, normally awarded with
•• Research Methods 1 first or second class honours.
•• Research Methods 2 •• A professional qualification that has been
•• Research Methods 3 deemed by Glyndŵr University to be of
•• Negotiated module a satisfactory standard for entry to a
•• Ideas and Questions Professional Doctorate programme.
•• Dissertation
In addition, you must be working in a
professional capacity and have a minimum of
DHealth in Health and Social Care (DHealth) three years’ professional experience of working
Doctor of Health Sciences (DHSci) at an appropriate level in an area relevant to the
Doctor of Public Health (DPH) named award.

•• Ideas and Questions

•• Research Methods 1 assessment
•• Research Methods 2
•• Research Methods 3 Assessment will be portfolio based,
•• Negotiated module and will reflect your journey towards the
•• Methodology and Proposal thesis/dissertation.
•• Research and Reflective Practice
•• Thesis

entry requirements
To apply for the MRes course you must hold one
of the following qualifications:
•• An initial degree awarded by an approved
degree awarding body, which shall normally
be awarded with first or second class honours
undergraduate degree or equivalent.
•• A non-graduate qualification and a minimum of
two years’ experience in a responsible position
which is relevant to the field of study, and which
together are deemed by the University to be of
a satisfactory standard for entry to a Master of
Research degree.
nursing
Course duration
Full-time
Health Visiting: 1 year
School Nursing: 1 year
Occupational Health Nursing:
1 year
Part-time
Health Visiting: 2-3 years
School Nursing: 2-3 years
Occupational Health Nursing:
2-3 years
Location
Wrexham
Start month
September
CRB check
Before you are offered a
place on this course you will
be required to complete a
Criminal Records Bureau
(CRB) form and pay the
appropriate fee, so that a
check can be made on your
suitability for working with
children and vulnerable
adults (see page 50 for
more details).
Postgraduate Diploma/
MSc Specialist Community
Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting)
Postgraduate Diploma/
MSc Specialist Community
Public Health Nursing (School Nursing)
Postgraduate Diploma/
MSc Specialist Community Public Health
Nursing (Occupational Health Nursing)
These courses are for registered nurses and midwives who
wish to specialise in their career and register an additional
qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. These
specialist options allow you to address the issues of public
health and how they relate within the contexts of health
visiting, school nursing and occupational health nursing.
The programme of study is The design of the course is
made up of theory and practice- grounded in public health
based learning. This allows practice. This is in keeping
registered nurses and midwives with its overall aim and the
to enhance their professional statutory requirements set
skills to a specialist level in one down by the Nursing and
of the three routes offered – Midwifery Council (NMC).
health visiting, school nursing
or occupational health nursing.
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key facts Successful completion of the entry requirements

• • Successful completion of
the postgraduate diploma
enables you to register on
Part III of the NMC register
and practise as a Specialist
Community Public Health
Nurse (health visitor, school
nurse or occupational
health nurse)
• • If you successfully
complete the Community
Nurse Prescribing V100
programme (which is
integrated in the Specialist
Practice modules) you’ll
be able to record the
qualification with the NMC
• • The degree prepares
you for practice through
learning and assessment in
the practice context
• • Students have the
opportunity to return to
complete a dissertation on a
part-time basis and gain the
Masters degree, following
a period of consolidation of
practice (normally one year)
career opportunities
postgraduate diploma will allow
you to register the qualification
of Specialist Community Public
Health Nurse (health visiting,
school nursing or occupational
health nursing) and record the
qualification of Community
Nurse Prescribing with the
NMC. It will develop your skills
of evaluation, originality in
thinking and research, so if
you decide to study through to
Masters level you’d be able to
go on to undertake Doctoral
level study.
course content
•• Research Methods in
Health and Social Care
•• Leadership and
Professional Issues
•• Health Promotion and
Education
•• Public Health Policy
and Practice
•• Health Needs
Assessment Project
•• Continuing Professional
Development (Portfolio)
Module (Level 6)
An honours degree in nursing
or a cognate discipline is
required. You also need to
be employed in a public
health nursing role
(e.g. school nursing, health
visiting or occupational health
nursing) or be able to secure
a placement equivalent to
the above, to hold current
registration as a nurse or
midwife with the NMC,
and have a minimum of
two years post-registration
nursing experience.
assessment
Written assignments,
reflections, short exams and
a portfolio which assesses
competence in practice.

Complete the course and Route specific module

you’ll be able to assess •• Specialist Practice
and manage risk and make Health Visiting
decisions in complex and •• Specialist Practice
unpredictable situations by School Nursing
using your initiative and taking •• Specialist Practice
on personal responsibility. Occupational
Health Nursing
nursing
Course duration
Part-time
MSc: 3-5 years
Postgraduate Diploma:
2-3 years
Postgraduate Certificate:
1 year
Location
Wrexham
Start month
September
CRB check
Before you are offered a
place on this course you will
be required to complete a
Criminal Records Bureau
(CRB) form and pay the
appropriate fee, so that a
check can be made on your
suitability for working with
children and vulnerable
adults (see page 50 for
more details).
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
Postgraduate Diploma in
Advanced Clinical Practice
Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Practice
If you’re an experienced registered healthcare practitioner
looking to further your career in an advanced clinical role, this
course gives you a unique opportunity to develop your skills.
The course aims to help you key facts
become a practitioner with
advanced clinical, leadership •• The course prepares
and research skills. You will practitioners for advanced
learn how to make decisions clinical roles in a range of
in complex and unpredictable areas of healthcare practice
situations by using initiative and by enabling them to develop
taking personal responsibility skills in clinical assessment,
– ideal preparation for a more diagnosis and treatment,
advanced challenging role clinical judgment and
decision-making and research
You will have the opportunity •• You have the option to
to undertake an optional undertake Independent/
professional qualification in Supplementary Prescribing
Independent/Supplementary for Nurses and Pharmacists
prescribing that will be (V300) or Supplementary
recorded with the appropriate Prescribing for Allied Health
professional body. By the end of Professionals, successful
the course, you will be eligible to completion of which will allow
study at Doctorate level. you to record that qualification
with your regulatory body
•• If you already hold a
prescribing qualification you
may be able to gain credit for
your prior learning

•• If your career development
does not require you to
complete a full Masters
programme, you may exit
with the clinically focused
Postgraduate Certificate
or the broader clinical
leadership focus of the
Postgraduate Diploma
career opportunities
Successfully complete the
course and you’ll be able to
apply for advanced clinical posts
in a range of areas of practice.
You’ll also be able to improve
your performance in the role in
which you are already working.
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course content The programme structure is
based upon a 50% theory
The overall aims of the and 50% practice divide in
Masters award are to enable programme hours. This is on the
experienced professionals: understanding that the student
•• to develop a systematic will spend 600 hours over Part
and critical knowledge 1 of the programme learning
and understanding of their in their work setting. Leading
specialist field of practice Advanced Care Management is
•• to develop a critical delivered over three semesters
awareness of current to enable practitioners to
problems, gaining new maximise opportunities for
insights at the forefront of critical reflection and work-
their area of advanced or based learning.
palliative care practice that
enable further strategic
development of practice and
practice knowledge
•• to enable practitioners to
inform, enhance and develop
their competency within their
field of practice
•• to demonstrate advanced
scholarship in their
subject area through
the planning and execution of
Level 7 enquiry
continues overleaf
nursing
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
Postgraduate Diploma in
Advanced Clinical Practice
Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Practice
continued
course modules
Core modules include:
•• Clinical Assessment,
Diagnosis and Holistic
Care Management
•• Leading Advanced Care
Management
•• Policy and Practice in
Advanced Health Promotion
•• Research Methods in Health
and Social Care
•• Dissertation
Up to 40 credits may be
selected from option modules:
•• Palliative Care: Symptom
Management (20 credits)
•• Negotiated Module at level 6
or 7 (20 credits)
•• Independent or
Supplementary Prescribing
(40 credits)
•• Psychosocial Support in
Palliative Care (20 credits)
•• Ethics of Decision-Making in
Palliative Care (20 credits)
•• Mentoring and Empowering
(20 credits)
•• Narratives: Theory and
Method (20 credits)

entry requirements
To be accepted onto this course
you must:
•• Hold current registration
with a professional, statutory
regulatory body relating
to your area of advanced
practice
•• Hold a degree, of 2:2
classification or above, in
a discipline related to your
professional qualification
or hold a non-graduate
qualification which the
University has deemed to
be of a satisfactory
standard for the purpose
of postgraduate admission.
Candidates without a full
honours degree at 2:2
or above will be asked to
complete a 1500 word essay.
•• Have a minimum of three
years full-time (or equivalent
pro rata) post-registration
clinical experience and be
employed in a clinical role
with a high level of autonomy
or have employer support
to secure a placement with
protected time equivalent to
the above for a minimum of
two days per week
•• If undertaking the Prescribing
qualifications you must have
a Designated Supervisory
Medical Practitioner (DSMP)/
Medical Supervisor and
clinical mentorship support
from your employing
organisation.
•• Following completion of an
application form you will be
invited to attend an interview
with the admissions team.
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assessment
Each module is assessed
using a variety of
assessment methods.
Assessment of practice is
based within specific modules
and will include a practice
portfolio consisting of reflective
accounts and care studies/
clinical management plans.
Unseen multiple choice
examinations test your
knowledge base in subjects
such as pathophysiology
and pharmacology. Objective
Structured Clinical Examinations
(OCSEs) test psychomotor skills
and decision-making skills.
You’ll also be tested through
written theory assignments.
These will underpin your
knowledge, as well as the
clinical research/practice
development project with
evaluation proposal. Carrying out
this research tests outcomes
relating to research.
occupational health

Course duration MSc Occupational and

Full-time Environmental Risk Management
1 year

Part-time
This MSc recognises the increasing demand from both
3 years
industry and enforcement bodies to integrate occupational
Location health, safety, and environmental issues in an ethical manner.
Wrexham As well as exploring ways to improve health and well-being
Start month in general as well as at work, it looks at how inequalities in
health can be reduced.
September

The last few years have seen environmental health,

an increase in health risks both
in the workplace and among
the population in general.
We have seen the threat of
contagious diseases spreading
on pandemic scales. Obesity is
now a critical issue for a large
percentage of the population.
There has also been a rise
in workplace risks caused by
alcohol and drug abuse. Each
of these issues has serious
consequences for businesses,
the economy, and the population
in general.
The aim of the course is to
help you develop a critical
understanding of the health
implications of occupational
and environmental conditions
in a variety of workplace and
social conditions.
The course aims to equip you
with a critical understanding
of the main disciplines of
occupational and environmental
health, its links with
and managing the health
of populations.
Areas of focus include
epidemiology, environmental
health, health promotion, health
protection, health surveillance,
incident control and outbreak
management, occupational,
environmental and social policy
development, and ethics.
Through the course you will also
be able to: assess environmental
and environmental health risks,
advise others on environmental
or health issues; work
collaboratively on multiagency
environmental health issues;
develop, design and undertake
independent research into
topics relevant to public
health, analysing and
communicating your findings
to relevant audiences; and
demonstrate practical skills
in managing change within
occupational and environmental
health organisations.

key facts
•• The course explores the
relationship between
health, social care and
well-being, looking at health
systems internationally, and
contemporary issues in the
workplace. It also examines
theoretical concepts, principles
and practices associated with
environmental health and
health improvement
•• A variety of teaching and
learning methods are used
including some online delivery
•• You will develop a
critical appreciation of
the skills needed to
practice occupational
and environmental risk
management. These include
strategic management and
leadership, problem solving,
and multidisciplinary working
career opportunities
The course provides a good
basis for careers in occupational
and environmental health. It
provides a solid foundation if
you are already working in risk
management, health protection
health promotion, or policy
development and evaluation.
The course prepares you for
career development towards
senior and managerial
positions in the occupational
and environmental health
sector. There are employment
opportunities in government and
non-governmental organisations
(NGO), as well as other health-
related agencies. A career
in research or practice in
environmental health in a variety
of public and international
settings is another possibility.
course content
•• Research Methods
•• Environmental Health and
Health Protection
•• Occupational Health and
Hygiene
•• Leadership in Occupational
and Environmental Risk
Management
•• Dissertation
035
Options
•• Environmental Risk
Management
•• Accident Investigation and
Outcome Management
•• Risk Management
•• Negotiated Learning
entry requirements
If you are currently working,
or already have qualifications,
in this field and would like to
further your academic studies,
this course is aimed at you.
It will develop your knowledge
in this area as well as your
vocational and leadership skills.
You are ideally suited if you
currently work in the following
organisations: local authorities;
environmental health
departments; environmental
consultancies; occupational
health departments; health
and safety companies; or if
you are an undergraduate of
the subject.
palliative care

Course duration MSc in Interdisciplinary Palliative Care

Part-time
MSc: 3-5 years Postgraduate Diploma in
Postgraduate Diploma: Interdisciplinary Palliative Care
2-3 years
Postgraduate Certificate:
1 year
Postgraduate Certificate in
Location
Interdisciplinary Palliative Care
Wrexham
Start month Palliative care is concerned with the achievement of the best
quality of life for patients and their families. Palliative care
September
often includes the management of pain and the provision of
psychological, social and spiritual support.

The course is grounded in This encourages practitioners

leading palliative care practice
and supported by academic
and clinical staff with high
levels of expertise. It develops
practitioners towards mastering
their practice and effectively
supporting patients and their
families in any setting.
The course is offered as an
interdisciplinary provision
for health and social care
professionals working in all
areas of the health and social
care sector. A key part of the
course is critical reflection on
clinical practice and on issues
pertinent to palliative care.
to share their knowledge and
skills at an advanced level.
It will develop awareness of
the interdisciplinary approach
central to palliative care.
Health professional students
may choose a route which is
clinically focused and includes
attaining a Non-Medical
Prescribing qualification
recognised by their Professional
Statutory or Regulatory Body.

key facts
•• Interdisciplinary programme
for health and social
care, suitable for medical
practitioners, nurses, allied
health professionals and
social workers. Specific
modules may also be of
interest to the clergy
•• Gain exposure to leading
theory and practice in the
field of palliative care
•• Gain an additional
qualification recordable with
the relevant professional body
in Non-Medical Prescribing
•• Provides a solid grounding in
health care research methods
for those wishing to complete
the Masters degree
•• The University has close links
with hospitals and hospices
around the region
career opportunities
The course is designed to
enhance your personal and
professional knowledge
and skills in interdisciplinary
palliative care.
The full Masters programme
will prepare you to undertake
Doctoral level study. It will
enhance your research
expertise, and it’s the ideal
platform to develop your skills
of evaluation and synthesis
towards originality in thinking.
course content
Clinical Route
•• Palliative Care: Symptom
Management
•• Ethics of Decision-Making in
Palliative Care
•• Psychosocial Support in
Palliative Care
•• Holistic Care Management in
Palliative Care
•• Independent Prescribing
for Nurses and Pharmacists
or Supplementary
Prescribing for Allied Health
Professionals
•• Research Methods in Health
and Social Care
•• Mentoring and Empowering
•• Leadership and Professional
Issues
•• Policy and Practice in
Advancing Health Promotion
•• Narratives: Theory
and Method
•• Negotiated Module
in Interdisciplinary
Palliative Care
•• Dissertation
Non-Clinical Route
•• Ethics of Decision-making in
Palliative Care
•• Psychosocial Support in
Palliative Care
•• Mentoring and Empowering
•• Leadership and Professional
Issues
•• Research Methods in Health
and Social Care
•• Policy and Practice in
Advancing Health Promotion
•• Narratives:
Theory and Method
037
•• Negotiated Module
in Interdisciplinary
Palliative Care
•• Dissertation
entry requirements
You will need to hold a
degree in a health subject
or similar area; or a non-
graduate qualification in
a health subject or similar
area which the University
deems as satisfactory for
postgraduate study.
If you are a non-graduate you
might also be admitted on
to the course provided that
you’re practising in health or
social care and you have held,
for a minimum of two years,
a responsible position which
is relevant to the scheme to
be pursued. Irrespective of
entry qualifications, you need
to show the interview panel
that you’re able to produce
academic work to the
standard needed to complete
the course successfully.
assessment
Written critical reflection, case
study and critical analysis
of a videotaped scenario.
Examinations are required in
prescribing modules.
professional education

Course duration MSc Professional Education

Full-time
MSc: 1 year Postgraduate Diploma in
Postgraduate Diploma: 2 years Professional Education
Postgraduate Certificate:
6 months (with the Nursing and Midwifery Council recordable
‘Teacher’ qualification for UK registered nurses,
Part-time midwives or specialist community public health nurses)
MSc: 2-5 years
Postgraduate Diploma: Postgraduate Certificate in
2-3 years
Postgraduate Certificate: Continuing Professional Development
1 year in Higher Education
Location
Wrexham
Start month This course formally links the subject areas of health, social
September care and education by enabling those practising in health or
social care to gain a teaching qualification.
CRB check
Before you are offered a
place on this course you will
be required to complete a
This award allows lecturers key facts
both to qualify as teachers and
Criminal Records Bureau
ultimately obtain a postgraduate •• Successfully completing the
(CRB) form and pay the
degree. Increasingly, modules of the Postgraduate
appropriate fee, so that a
practitioners in health and social Certificate in Professional
check can be made on your
care wishing to oversee the Development in Higher
suitability for working with
learning in practice of students Education allows you to
children and vulnerable
on professional programmes qualify for membership of the
adults (see page 50 for
need to hold a qualification Higher Education Academy
more details).
at this level. This includes •• The course will enhance your
fieldwork teachers in social research expertise, and is
work; and mentors, practice the ideal platform to develop
educators and practice teachers your skills of evaluation and
in health care. synthesis towards originality
in thinking

•• For practitioners registered
with the Nursing and
Midwifery Council,
successfully completing the
Postgraduate Diploma allows
you to record the qualification
of nursing, midwifery or
specialist community public
health nursing teacher with
the NMC
•• Successfully completing the
modules Learning Teaching
and Assessment in Higher
Education and Reflective
Practice in Higher Education
allows a nurse, midwife or
specialist community public
health nurse to be recognised
as holding a Practice Teacher
qualification
•• This course is open to
overseas students who
wish to gain a high quality
teaching qualification
career opportunities
Complete the course and
you can start looking for
employment in roles where you
need a recognised teaching
qualification – in further or
higher education, or in practice.
Nurses and midwives
completing the postgraduate
diploma can record a teaching
qualification with the NMC
and seek employment in
higher education, or as an
educationalist in practice.
039
course content
Postgraduate Certificate
•• Learning and Teaching in
Higher Education – Reflection
and Development
•• Assessment and Evaluation in
Higher Education – Reflection
and Development
•• Academic Practice in Higher
Education
Postgraduate Diploma
•• Learning and Teaching in
Higher Education – Reflection
and Development
•• Assessment and Evaluation in entry requirements
Higher Education – Reflection
and Development A professional qualification
•• Academic Practice in Higher in health or social care and
Education an honours degree in a
•• Research Methods in Health relevant subject.
and Social Care
•• Leadership and Professional
Issues assessment
•• Negotiated Module in
Education Practice and Written work, including a
Development dissertation and a portfolio.
If you wish to record a teaching
qualification with the NMC, you’ll
need to complete:
•• Negotiated Module in
Education Practice and
Development (NMC Portfolio)
For the Masters degree in
addition to the above:
•• Dissertation
psychology

Course duration MSc Psychology of Religion*

Part-time
3 years
Location
Psychology of religion is a continually developing and exciting
Wrexham area within the field of psychology. This course will let you
Start month understand why people believe what they do and how this
September relates to the ways in which a person thinks and behaves.
CRB check
For some students a CRB
check may be necessary
This course provides an
depending on the focus of
their independent study
excellent opportunity for those key facts
interested in the relationship
(see page 50 for details).
between psychology and •• The course will be
religion to deepen and broaden delivered primarily through
their understanding of this field e-learning combined with a
up to Masters level. two-day residential workshop
* subject to validation
per module
The psychology of religion •• Our division of psychology
provides an overview of the is research-active in this
classical theories of the specialist area
psychology of religion, and •• This course will provide
an in-depth assessment of you with the skills necessary
current research within the to conduct your own
field. The course will provide you empirical study
with a theoretical basis
for understanding religion,
and for understanding the career opportunities
role that religion plays within
an individual’s life. There will This course will be of interest
also be opportunities for you to those working in careers that
to further explore your areas require an understanding of
of interest. people’s beliefs and values: e.g.
clergy, health care professionals,
social workers, psychologists
and teachers. It provides an
excellent base for further
study within the field of the
psychology of religion.
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course content
Indicative modules include:

•• Psychology of Religion
•• Mental Health, Religion and
Culture
•• Research Methods
•• Individual Differences
and Religion
•• The Psychology of Religious
Experience, Belief and
Behaviour Negotiated
Learning
•• Dissertation

This is a new course for 2011.

The latest information will
be posted on the University
website, glyndwr.ac.uk.
Alternatively please contact
the admissions and enquiry
team on 01978 293 439, who
will be happy to help you with
your enquiry.

entry requirements
The course is open to both
Psychology graduates and
graduates in other disciplines. It
is expected that students
will have gained at least a
2.1 honours degree.

assessment
A wide variety of assessments
will be employed, including
essays, book reviews,
poster presentations, and
a dissertation.
psychology
Course duration MSc Teaching of Psychology*
Part-time
3 years
Location
Wrexham
Start month As a teacher of psychology
September you will recognise the ever
developing nature of both the
subject, and the qualifications/
* subject to validation assessments you are delivering.
This programme will support
your professional development
through an advanced study
of theoretical developments
and contemporary issues in
Psychology, combined with the
development of your teaching
and assessment skills.
key facts
•• The course will be
delivered primarily through
e-learning combined with
an optional two-day
residential workshop
on selected modules
career opportunities
This course provides excellent
CPD for practicing teachers
of post-16 Psychology who
wish to obtain a Masters level
qualification to maximise
progression through the
teaching profession.
course content
Indicative modules include:
•• Teaching Research Methods
and Statistics in Psychology
•• Teaching the Core
Psychology Curriculum
•• Contemporary Issues
in Psychology
•• Learning and Assessment
•• Reflective Practitioner
•• Negotiated Learning
•• Dissertation
This is a new course for 2011.
The latest information will
be posted on the University
website, glyndwr.ac.uk.
Alternatively please contact
the admissions and enquiry
team on 01978 293 439, who
will be happy to help you with
your enquiry.
entry requirements
Both Psychology graduates,
and graduates from other
disciplines may be eligible
for this programme, with a
2:1 and above.
assessment
Written work, including a
dissertation and a portfolio.
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public health
Course duration Masters in Public Health (MPH)
Full-time
1 year Public health is concerned with improving the health and
Part-time well-being of the population. Preventing disease, minimising
2 - 5 years its consequences, prolonging valued life and reducing
inequalities in health.
Location
Wrexham The public health approach
Start month does not have limits. It is
September concerned with broad issues
such as the wider determinants
of health and the impact
of housing, town planning,
globalisation or unemployment
on the health of society in
addition to tackling disease,
prolonging life and changing
individual lifestyles.
Public health therefore requires
a skilled multidisciplinary
workforce, drawn from a wide
range of agencies, to work with
communities to improve health
in its broadest sense.
This course is ideal for a wide
range of health and local
authority practitioners looking
to improve their knowledge and
skill set within the public health
domain. This course will benefit
anyone who has an interest in
approaches and interventions
designed to improve the health
of populations globally, in the
UK and at individual and
community level.
key facts
•• Fit your course around
your current job with our
flexible study options and up
to 5 years to complete
•• We offer access to European
health promotion and public
health through the European
summer school
•• Our courses are driven by
the core competencies for
practising public health and
the National Occupational
Standards for Public Health
Practice, which will help equip
you for registration
•• Our tutors are experts
in public health, health
promotion, occupational
and environmental health,
psychology, health protection,
European health promotion,
health and social care, and
working with partnerships
•• We have a range of local,
national and international
honorary and guest lecturers
who contribute to and
enrich the courses and the
curriculum
•• Our course reflects the
diversity of the public health
workforce and the emphasis
on partnership working,
community engagement and
equity in health

career opportunities
Our public health course
is designed to equip people
with the necessary knowledge
and skills to work within the
broad and expanding field of
public health, thereby aiding
career progression.
course content
•• Foundations of Public Health
•• Research Methodologies in
Public Health
•• Applied Public Health
Research
•• Health and Well-being
•• Health Services and Public
Policy
•• Environmental Health and
Health Protection
•• Dissertation
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Optional modules undertake a postgraduate
•• Environmental Health course. You can do this by
•• Occupational Health showing a portfolio of evidence
•• Health and Society to support your application and
•• Physical activity and health demonstrating your ability to
•• Behaviour Change study at Masters level.
Counselling
•• Public Health Nutrition We welcome overseas
•• European Health Promotion applications.
•• Public Health Leadership
•• Partnership Working and
Community Involvement assessment
•• Written assessments
entry requirements •• Oral presentations
•• Dissertation
A first degree or equivalent
in a health or related subject
or at least five years’ relevant
experience.
We also welcome and actively
encourage non-health-related
graduates and others who
can satisfy the University that
they are suitably qualified to
sport & exercise
Course duration MRes Sport & Exercise Sciences
Full-time
1 year
Part-time
2 - 3 years This MRes degree is
Location designed for continued
professional development
Wrexham
in the field of sport and
Start month exercise science. The degree
September is designed for students who
wish to make it to the top of
CRB check
the field.
For some students a CRB
check may be necessary
depending on the focus of
This postgraduate degree has
their independent study
been designed to provide a
(see page 50 for details).
flexible course involving taught
and research modules which
can be tailored to help you
pursue an area of your interest.
As part of the course you have
the opportunity to complete
a negotiated learning module
which allows you to tailor
your degree to your specific
career aim or topic of interest.
For example you may wish to
undertake an applied placement
in preparation for BASES
Supervised Experience; develop
a range of marketing materials
to publicise health/fitness
events; or complete a work-
based case study.
The purpose of the core
elements of the programme
is to provide structured training
in research methodology and
transferable skills which will
inform the development of
a coherent and feasible
research proposal.
key facts
•• The negotiated learning
module and research
dissertation can be tailored to
your career or place
of work
•• The taught elements of
the programme provide
structured training in research
methodology (quantitative,
qualitative or action research)
and transferable skills
designed to support research
investigation
•• You will be assigned a
Personal Tutor in line with
your research goals and
objectives and the selection
of dissertation topic.
•• Progression will be monitored
through informal and formal
meetings with the supervisory
team
•• Opportunity to be supported
by highly-qualified, dynamic
team of lecturers with
international research
experience
•• Excellent sport facilities on
campus including a Human
Performance Laboratory with
state-of-the-art equipment; an
international standard water-
based Astroturf pitch and
modern sports hall

career opportunities
This unique degree is tailored
to the specific requirements of
the individual, making it not only
extremely flexible but also very
relevant in the real world. The
MRes could also be used as a
springboard into a PhD.
course modules
•• Research methods 1 –
Qualitative
•• Research methods 2 -
Quantitative
•• Research methods 3 - Action
Research
•• Negotiated module
•• Dissertation
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entry requirements assessment
Applications are invited from The modules are assessed
those who have a 2:2 honours in a variety of ways including
degree classification (or the opportunity to tailor
above) in the field of sport and some assessments to your
exercise science (or a relevant own requirements.
discipline). A non-graduate
qualification and a minimum
of two years’ experience in a
responsible position which is
relevant to the field of study, and
which together are deemed by
Glyndŵr University to be of a
satisfactory standard for entry
to a Master of Research degree
may also be considered.
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student profile
Gillian Cowan
Masters in Public Health student
Gillian Cowan trained as an occupational therapist
in 1982 before enjoying a 22 year career in the
profession. This included posts across the UK,
from Mansfield to Huddersfield and latterly north
Wales. Since 2003, Gillian has been employed as
a health and social care wellbeing and strategy
manager for Wrexham Council. She joined the
Masters in Public Health at Glyndŵr University
in September 2009.
“My current role involves a lot of work with public
health issues and health promotion and I wanted
to improve my knowledge and understanding
of the area,” says Gillian. “I’ve seen the benefits
of studying for a Masters already. As well as
providing me with new knowledge, more than
anything else it has given me the confidence and
ability to raise issues and question things when
I’m at work. The Masters will also give me the
opportunity to research an area of public health
which is of personal interest. One of the topics
I’m considering for my dissertation is looking
at different ways of using mobile technology to
address sexual health issues. I worked with the
police during Christmas ‘09 on a project which
used Bluetooth to raise alcohol awareness
among the general public. It was a great success,
but generally I think mobile technologies are
underused in the field of public health so it’s
something I’m keen to investigate further.”
Gillian took advantage of Glyndŵr University’s
membership of a European Masters Programme
in Health Promotion by undertaking a two week
summer school in Germany at the end of her first
year of study.
The partnership, which operates with universities
in Italy, Germany, Croatia and The Netherlands,
among others, provided her with the opportunity
to work trans-nationally on a public health project
relevant to all European nations.
“The project looked at the issue of mental
health and how we could promote mental health
well-being in a hospital environment. Recent
research has shown that stress levels and mental
health problems in the workplace are increasing–
but instead of taking time off sick, people are
continuing to go to work without ever functioning
properly when they are there. So, the project
looked at how we as public health workers could
support people in their workplace environment to
improve their mental health. It was an interesting
topic to look at, made even more so by the
fact that I was working with people from other
countries, learning how their public health systems
work and how they were different to what we
have in the UK.”
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health & nursing
entry requirements
taught courses
The entry requirement for taught postgraduate
courses is normally a recognised honours
degree in a relevant subject. This usually means
equivalence to at least second-class honours
degree standard. Entry to a professional course
depends on the level of the award offered. Please
see the course listing for your chosen course for
details of any specific requirements.
All applicants are considered on an individual
basis and motivation and commitment are
considered alongside academic requirements. All
applicants should be able to show their ability to
complete their chosen programme successfully.
accreditation of prior learning
and experience
If you are able to demonstrate appropriate
knowledge and experience in your chosen
subject, you may be eligible for exemption from
parts of your course.
criminal records bureau checks and
independent safeguarding authority
Some of the courses may involve regular and
unsupervised contact with children or vulnerable
adults. Where this is the case, a Criminal Records
Bureau (CRB) check is required for which you
will be required to complete a form and pay the
appropriate fee.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily
exclude you from studying with us. A decision
as to whether to offer you a place will depend
on the nature of the programme and the
circumstances and background of any offences.
If you are accepted for a course which involves
contact with children or vulnerable adults and are
admitted to this course, in addition to needing
a satisfactory CRB disclosure you will also
be required to register with the Independent
Safeguarding Authority or to inform the University
if you are already registered. You will receive
further information about this when you apply.
The Vetting and Barring Scheme for Wales,
England and Northern Ireland has been
introduced to help prevent unsuitable people
from working with children and vulnerable adults.
The Independent Safeguarding Authority has
been set up to oversee the operation of this
scheme and will work in partnership with the
Criminal Records Bureau. The fee for registration
with the Independent Safeguarding Authority
is £28, in addition to the fee of £36 for CRB
disclosure, a total fee of £64 (as at the time of
being published).
international students
For international students applying to study
at Glyndŵr University, please send copies of
your transcripts and certificates (translated into
English), along with the completed application
form, to the Glyndŵr University International
Office. They will be happy to advise you on
whether you meet the entry requirements.
The British Council in your own country will
also offer advice if needed.
See page 53 for further details.
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research degrees In addition at least two references are

required, concerning your academic ability
To register for an MPhil, with or without the and fitness to conduct research.
possibility of transfer to PhD, you will be
expected to possess a good UK honours Exceptionally, you may be considered for
degree, normally with at least upper second admission directly as a candidate for PhD,
class honours, or an academic or professional if you possess, in addition to the
qualification which the Research Degrees requirements above, a UK Masters degree
Committee deems to be equivalent. in a relevant subject, which included
a substantial research element, or an
You will also need to be able to demonstrate academic qualification which the Research
competence in the use of the English or Degrees Committee deems to be equivalent.
Welsh language to the satisfaction of the
Research Degrees Committee. Students who
have studied in the UK for three years within
the previous six years or have a UK Bachelors
or Masters degree shall be deemed to have
demonstrated such competence.
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how to apply
taught courses
To apply for any of our taught postgraduate
courses, contact our enquiries and admissions
team on 01978 293439 or e-mail
sid@glyndwr.ac.uk. We will then provide you
with an application form. Alternatively, you can
download an application form from our website
www.glyndwr.ac.uk
Once you have submitted your application form to
Glyndŵr University, we will arrange for the relevant
course leader to assess your suitability for the
course you have chosen. You may be required to
attend for an interview with the admissions tutor.
If you are successful you will be sent a formal
letter offering you a place which you can then
sign and return to Glyndŵr University to confirm
you wish to start the course.
research degrees
To undertake a research degree you will need to
identify a suitable topic/project which will be an
appropriate intellectual challenge and has not
previously been researched.
Support will be provided by the University to
give you a contact person who will discuss your
topic/project with you and help you make any
modifications to your outline proposal.
In some circumstances a subject area may already
have a sponsored topic/project which they are
looking for a research student to pursue.
You must initially complete a research programme
application form and submit it to the Graduate
School. You can download a research application
form from our website www.glyndwr.ac.uk.
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This should then be returned as an e-mail
attachment to mphil-phdadmissions@glyndwr.ac.uk
If the necessary expertise for supervision
is available, applicants for research degree
programmes shall normally be interviewed by
at least two members of academic staff as
consistent with Glyndŵr University’s Code of
Practice for Research Degree Programmes,
and the QAA Code of Practice for Postgraduate
Research Programmes (2004).
The application will be considered in terms of
its academic merit and its viability within the
resources available.
international students
If you believe that you are an international
student for fees purposes, or are unsure, please
contact the Glyndŵr University International
Office admissions hotline on 0044 1978
293390 (outside of the UK) or 01978 293390
(from within the UK). Alternatively, please
email international@glyndwr.ac.uk. For further
information about studying at Glyndŵr University
as an international student please visit
www.glyndwr.ac.uk and click on the
‘International students’ link on the homepage.
*subject to validation
In our publications, an asterisk (*) next to a course
title indicates that this is a new or revised course,
and that at the time of going to print, the details
of the course e.g. module topics and titles, are
subject to, and in the process of being approved
by, appropriate validation processes. Please visit
www.glyndwr.ac.uk for the latest information on
each course.
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If you are thinking about coming to Glyndŵr University we would recommend that you come along
to one of our Open Events. This will give you the chance to see our facilities, talk about the courses
and find out more about studying at the University.

Saturday 4 December 2010, 10.00am–3.00pm

Saturday 4 June 2011, 10.00am–3.00pm
Saturday 20 August 2011, 10.00am–3.00pm

Find out about our Open Events at www.glyndwr.ac.uk

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If you believe that you are an international
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anything from our courses to accommodation.
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And they can put you in touch with the right
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information about studying at Glyndŵr University
the student support team.
as an international student please visit
www.glyndwr.ac.uk and click on the
If your questions relate mainly to applying
‘International students’ link on the homepage.
for a research degree please contact our
Graduate School on 01978 293576 or
e-mail mphil-phdadmissions@glyndwr.ac.uk
(applications) or h.dennis@glyndwr.ac.uk
(general enquiries).

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tour our campuses and get a feel for what life is
like as a student here. Visit our website for a list of
upcoming open days, or contact the enquiries and
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