We'll help you develop core academic skills such as using electronic resources, planning and note-taking, communication skills related to essay and report writing and delivering presentations.

You'll learn to manage your time, prioritise tasks and manage stress, and become more confident in engaging with collaborative learning, debates, discussions and critical reflection.

Study areas of interest related to your chosen future academic specialisation in this highly personalised module.

You'll have 25 hours of workshop tuition to explore how you will be assessed and the form your project could take, which could be a written report, a presentation, a film or a series of blog posts.

You'll also explore topics your project could focus on, and get peer assessment of your ideas.

In the first semester, you'll get support through personal tutoring and learning hub liaison.

You'll also explore careers and employability pathways in sport and health with the Graduate Recruitment Team and the School of Health, Sport and Life Sciences.

In the second semester, you'll produce your negotiated assessment, focussing on existing academic literature and other secondary sources.

You won't undertake primary empirical research.

You'll be introduced to the concept of holistic care and how the study of human biology, psychology and sociology contributes to understanding how individuals, families and communities can achieve wellbeing and how barriers such as inequality and social injustic can affect positive health outcomes.

Examine your own professional identity and the professional characteristics and values set out in codes of conduct, developing an understanding of key concepts such as duty of care, accountability and ethical implications.

You'll study the importance of interventions including safeguarding, personalised care, equality and diversity and effective communication will be applied through case study examples to promote an appreciation of how inclusive practice is delivered in health and social care.

Study multi-disciplinary perspectives of the role of exercise and physical activity with the context of health. You'll gain knowledge on the basic key theories such as health and wellbeing, behaviour change, health and safety, intervention design and working with clients through a range of activities.

You'll build your knowledge through a combination of interactive lectures and workshops as well as in practical settings which may include lab sessions, field-based activities and practical workshops.

Get an introduction to psychological factors that influence health and wellbeing, such as lifestyle, personality, mental health, motivation and risk-taking.

You'll make links between major psychological theories, concepts and models, applying these to health promotion, prevention and treatment of disease and illness.

You'll develop knowledge and understanding of how people react to, cope with, and recover from illness.

You'll look at cognitive processes, behavioural insights, behaviour change and self-management.

You'll also consider the importance of health literacy, digital health technology and personalised care on self-management of health and wellbeing.

Explore social determinants of health and influencing factors, such as gender, culture, education, poverty, and employment.

You'll investigate the causes and effects of inequalities in health and social care for minority groups, vulnerable adults and ageing populations, including how this may change across the lifespan and within communities.

You'll examine national and international policy responses to address social injustice and how health data can inform our understanding.

You'll consider how sociological theories and concepts such as social conflict theory, feminism, symbolic interactionism and functionalism influence the wider determinants of health within individuals and communities.

You'll study a range of long-term conditions (LTC), what they are and examples of key LTCs, the risk factors for the conditions and the impact these conditions have on health and wellbeing.

You'll explore interventions such as shared decision-making, supported self-management, living well with LTC, patient activation, social prescribing, improving health literacy, symptom management of conditions, the place of therapeutic relationships, telehealth and consider the place of psychosocial care.

You'll focus on how current public health strategies and campaigns aim to reduce health inequalities in vulnerable groups living with LTCs and be encouraged to actively consider how health and care professionals can work to design plans, strategies and information resources that support how to communicate person-centred care strategies effectively to service users who need to manage the impact that long-term conditions have on health and wellbeing. 

We'll cover the core values and principles you need to deliver safe, high quality and compassionate care to individuals, families and communities.

These include accountability, duty of care, codes of conduct, safeguarding, ethical practice, social justice, personalised care and professional identity.

You'll look at the skills required for professional practice including reflective practice, effective communication, supporting equality and diversity, quality assurance, and team and multi-agency working.

We'll cover the influence of policy and legal frameworks on social welfare and contemporary service delivery.

You'll be encouraged to explore how to develop relevant competencies through the work placement and professional development element of this module. 

We'll cover contemporary health and social care policy and legislation from an international, national and regional socio-political perspective.

You'll evaluate how policy and legislation impacts access to and development of service provision, as well as its effectiveness in improving health and social care outcomes.

You'll investigate equality and diversity, human rights, safeguarding, criminal justice, Mental Health and Mental Capacity Acts considering the role of culture, advocacy, choice and empowerment.

You'll explore theories and concepts of ethics using case studies, discussing how to respond to ethical dilemmas in health and social care practice.

You'll be introduced to concepts of leadership to understanding the multi-professional integrated workforce.

You will explore the challenges and constraints around multi-agency working and appraise the benefits to service users in the context of cultural differences, ethical approaches and social justice in the context of integrated services.

You will develop an understanding of how professionals within education, health care, criminal justice, social care and other sectors work together for the benefit of families, children and vulnerable adults.  

Up to date policy, legislation and current regulatory frameworks is a central theme to this module.

There are three stages to the module - preparation, work placement and reflection.

You'll have workshops to develop your employability skills, analyse your career prospects and go through the practicalities of getting and undertaking a professional placement.

You'll complete a short weekly reflective log reflecting upon the practical skills gained through your placement experience and what you have learnt about applying theoretical understanding in practice.

Explore a series of research methods, including their key features, usefulness and application in different contexts.

You'll critically examine research methodologies, with an emphasis on ethical research conduct.

You'll evaluate the usefulness of research methodologies to explore specific research questions, problems and designs.

You'll reflect on ethical issues relating to children, families, communities and professional settings.

You'll understand how to design, conduct and write up research, and understand the relationship between research, policy and practice.

You'll explore the basis of community care, the ways in which community health services are organised and driven by local, national and global perspectives, the forms they take and could take, and tackle some of the challenges faced by these services. 

You'll focus on strengthening the challenges community health services face around issues such as homelessness, violence, addiction, mental health, disabilities, ageing, gender, racial and ethnic inequalities and prison health.  

You'll explore ways to engage with and strengthen community health services as well as develop insight into the wide array of professions that an interest in community health services brings to health and social care practice.

You'll evaluate and develop skills relating to strengths-based approaches, motivational interviewing, health literacy, shared decision making, supported self-management, advocacy, restorative practice, behaviour change and cultural competence. 

You will critically review integrated care systems and interdisciplinary working to engage communities to improve their health and wellbeing.

You’ll develop, negotiate and complete a collaborative work-based learning project and apply the theoretical understanding you have acquired in your studies so far into a practical setting related to health, care and community settings.

You’ll take ownership of your learning through the independent designing, brokering, negotiating, completing and evaluating of your collaborative work-based learning project.

Explore problems contemporary families may face and the service support available locally and nationally, focussing on parental empowerment.

You'll critique the role of the government and the conflict between family rights and state intervention.

We'll then look at therapeutic support for families.

You'll study therapeutic interventions and associated theoretical approaches.

You'll make links between theory and practice, looking at research from national and international perspectives.

Explore contemporary issues in mental health and wellbeing across the life-course through the lens of positive psychology.

You'll apply strengths-based approaches focusing on interventions to support service users’ resilience and recovery.

You'll use health data to investigate the epidemiology of mental health problems across the life-course and critically analyse international, national and regional policy responses to service delivery, focussing on public mental health and prevention.

We'll use case studies to explore assessment and care planning, risk management, cultural diversity, mental health literacy, mindfulness and how social determinants affect inequalities in mental health and wellbeing.

Showcase your integrated learning with an independent project relevant to your course and interests.

You'll have tutorials to help you work out the format and focus of your project.

You'll have formative assessment points to act as stepping stones towards completion.

The module will culminate in an assessment event where you'll present work in a negotiated format.