Through our Professional Practice programme you will enhance your knowledge and understanding of effective team and interprofessional working, you will be motivated in your own personal and professional development, and you will gain critical insight into the evidence-base surrounding your own area of professional practice.
Overview
The Professional Practice course will enhance your knowledge and understanding of effective team and interprofessional working, encourage your own personal and professional development, and give you a critical insight into the evidence base surrounding your own area of professional practice.
The course has an interprofessional approach to teaching which means you learn with others from different professional groups and benefit from different perspectives on common issues, while learning how to approach these in your own work situation. Learning within a group and sharing information across professional roles and responsibilities really enhances the study experience.
Learning methods are dynamic and stimulating. The course is delivered by experts from across the School.
Who is the course for?
The programme is suitable for those working in healthcare, education,
child care, emergency services, the police, social care or the voluntary sector.
Why study Professional Practice at City University London?
- Choose from course routes enabling you to study either Child and Youth Studies or Public Service Management
- Widen your employment opportunities in the UK and overseas in professional practice
- Learn alongside students from varying professional backgrounds
- Undertake a course which fits in with your work and life
- Choose from a range of modules enabling you to follow core and specialised routes
Course Fees:
- Full-time EU: £9,000 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
- Part-time EU: £4,500 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
- Full-time Non EU: £14,300 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
- Part-time Non EU: £7,150 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
Start Date:
Each programme route commences in September, although you can also join the programme at the beginning of each academic period, January or May.
Entry Requirements
- Foundation Degree or Diploma
- We welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds
- It is not necessary for applicants to be in full-time employment.
English Requirements
For those students whose first language is not English one of the following qualifications is also required:
- IELTS: 6.0
- TOEFL (internet-based): 80-90
Visa Requirements
City University London retains Highly Trusted Status from UKBA, enabling us to sponsor international students to study in the UK.
The way that you apply may vary depending on the length of your course at City, there are different rules for:
- Students on courses of more than 6 months
- Students on courses of less than 6 months
- Students on a pre-sessional English Language course
For more information see our main Visa page.
When and Where
- Start Date:
- Each programme route commences in September, although you can also join the programme at the beginning of each academic period, January or May.
- Duration:
- Students on the full-time programme have up to two years to complete it; those on the part-time programme have up to three years.
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Course Content
Child and Youth Studies Route
This route gives professionals from a wide range of backgrounds the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge required to become competent practitioners and leaders in the field of child and youth work; to develop their professional skills, knowledge and understanding though work, and to demonstrate the acquisition of skills, knowledge and understanding required of a graduate.
Public Service Management Route
This route gives professionals from a wide range of backgrounds the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge required for success in administrative and management roles in the public and voluntary services sectors.
Course Structure
Child and Youth Studies route
Core modules
- Integrated working
- Personal and people development
- Using research knowledge
- Reflective and critical practice (Dissertation module)
- Work-based project
Route-specific modules
- Promoting child and adolescent psychological development
- Child Protection: Working together to manage risk and resilience
- Management, leadership and change
Public Service Management route
Core modules
- Integrated working
- Personal and people development
- Using research knowledge
- Reflective and critical practice (Dissertation)
- Work-based project
Route-specific modules
- Management, leadership and change
- Public policy and law
The course is work-focused, so you may find it helpful to arrange access to placements for some of the modules if you are not currently in employment.
Read the full programme specification.
Teaching and Assessment
The course will be delivered through formal lectures followed by practice-orientated seminars; enquiry-based learning; student-led seminars around specific professional practice topics and disciplines; group projects; and project development. You will also benefit from personal tutorials to follow up the content of shared modules.
Assessment is through a combination of course work, projects and reflective practice.
Read the full programme specification.
Fees
- Full-time EU: £9,000 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
- Part-time EU: £4,500 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
- Full-time Non EU: £14,300 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
- Part-time Non EU: £7,150 (2013/13). 2012 fees, all fees to be confirmed.
Funding
For up-to-date information about tuition fees, living costs and financial support, visit Undergraduate Fees and Finance or Postgraduate Fees and Finance.
Career Prospects
The course allows you to develop your skills and knowledge and proves your commitment to your professional practice. In a field in constant flux, your ability to progress and to embrace change will enhance your career prospects.
Find out how studying at City University London helps you to improve your job prospects.
About the School and Department
School of Health SciencesFind out more about City University London
Download an application form and information on the admissions process
For further information contact:
Admissions (CPD & postgraduate)
School of Health Sciences
City University London
Health Building, Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)20 7040 5000
F: +44 (0)20 7040 5808
E: healthprofessionals@city.ac.uk