Postgraduate CPD units in nursing, midwifery and social work

We offer a wide range of Level 7 units for health professionals looking to improve their skills and further their careers through CPD.

Our CPD units are available to both those working in nursing, midwifery and social work and other health practitioners. 

You can study individual units as standalone short courses, or build up the credits earned through individual units to contribute towards a postgraduate award.

Our CPD units

Units available in Semester 1

• Acute Oncology (15 credits) [September start]
• Advanced Evidence-Based Practice (30 credits) [September start]
• CAR-T Cell Therapy (5 credits) [2 days in November]
• Critical Appraisal and Evidence Synthesis (15 credits) [September start]
• Delivery of Systematic Anti-Cancer Therapies for Solid Tumour Malignancies (15 credits) [September start]
• Dissertation (60 credits) [September start]
• Enhancing Neonatal Nursing Practice (30 credits) [November start]
• Family Intervention in Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder (15 credits) [start date TBC]
• Foundations in Cancer Care (30 credits) [September start]
• Foundations of Ophthalmic Care and Management (15 credits) [September start]
• Independent Prescribing* (30 credits)
• Independent Study (15 credits) [September start]
• Infection Prevention and Control in Clinical Practice (15 credits) [September start]
• Intensive Care of the Neonate (15 credits) [September start]
• Reflective Teaching and Learning Practice (15 credits)
• Leadership in Professional Practice (15 credits) [September start]
• Pain Management (15 credits) [September start]
• Principles of Haematology Oncology (15 credits) [October start]
• Research Design (15 credits) [September start]
• Safeguarding Children and Young People (15 credits) [start date TBC]
• Theory and Practice of Ophthalmic Care and Management (15 credits) [September start]
• Urological Cancer (15 credits) [October start]

Units available in Semester 2

• Adult Safeguarding (15 credits) [February start]
• Advanced Clinical Decision Making (15 credits) [January start]
• Colorectal Cancer (15 credits) [start date tbc]
• Dementia: A Person-Centred Approach to Enhancing Care, Support and Wellbeing (15 credits) [February start]
• Developing Practice, Managing Change (15 credits) [February start]
• Effective Strategies for Advanced Communication (15 credits) [January start]
• Enhancing Competence in Infection Prevention and Control Professionals (15 credits) [January start] 
• Independent Prescribing* (30 credits)
• Independent Study (15 credits) [February start]
• Lung Cancer (15 credits) [January start]
• Living with and beyond cancer (15 credits) [January start]
• Managing Research in the Clinical Setting (15 credits) [January start]
• Physical Health Promotion and Well-being in People with Psychosis (15 credits) [January start]
• Principles and Practice of Breast Care Nursing (30 credits) [January start]
• Qualitative Research Design and Analysis (15 credits) [January start]
• Quantitative Research Design and Analysis (15 credits) [January start]
• Promoting Effective Practice and Support in Palliative Care (15 credits) [January start]
• Practical Radiotherapy (15 credits) [start date TBC]
• Renal Nursing (15 credits) [January start]
• Statistics (15 credits) [January start]
• Supervising Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners in Primary Mental Health Care (15 credits) [start date TBC]
• Urological Cancers (15 credits) [start date TBC]

Please note that dates are provisional and may be subject to change. Detailed timetables will be available once you have registered for a unit.

Fees

Standalone units for CPD (2019/20)

• UK/EU students: £1,200 per 15-credit unit (£2,400 dissertation)
• International students: £2,700 per 15-credit unit (£5,400 dissertation)

* For the Independent Prescribing short course, please refer to the course entry for fees and funding information.

How to apply

For self-funded or organisation-funded (non-SLA) courses, please complete the following forms and return them to the address at the top of the application form:

• CPD application form (Word, 58 KB) - this document includes a funding confirmation form
• MSc funding confirmation form (Word, 48 KB) - please use this if you are already registered on a pathway, and are submitting an application/confirmation of funding for the next unit as part of your pathway plan.

Limited funding may be available through the Continuing Education Service Level Agreement (SLA) for staff working in the NHS in the north-west. Please contact your trust for further information. 

Contact us

For more information about our CPD courses, please contact us by emailing cpd.nursing@manchester.ac.uk or calling +44 (0)161 306 7605.