MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Nursing) / Application and selection

Year of entry: 2024

How to apply

Please could all applicants  apply online . See the application and selection section of this page for more information.

We recommend you apply as early as possible. We reserve the right to close applications if the course is full.

Advice to applicants

You can bring academic credits studied elsewhere to this course as part of Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL). Please contact us for further details about this.

Overseas (non-UK) applicants

To achieve the aims and individual clinical unit outcomes for this MSc, you will need to be able to reflect on your current/recent practice and demonstrate how your role can develop, enhance or propose change to patient care and service delivery.

Applicants must have one year post qualifying clinical experience.

When completing your application, please include the following in the 'Further Information' section of the application form:

  • the focus of your current/recent clinical practice and an overview of your role;
  • your areas of clinical interest and the units you are interested in studying.

Portfolio requirements

UK applicants who do not hold a first degree (or equivalent qualification) may be admitted on the basis of a health/social work professional qualification. To do this, you must demonstrate the ability to study at postgraduate level.

If you do not have a first degree, you will be required to undertake a stand-alone level 7 unit to test your ability to study at this level. If successful, this unit would be incorporated into your degree pathway.