The Faculty of
Health and Social Care is one of the major providers of Health and Social Care educationin the North West
and offers a wide range of programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate
levels.
All branches of pre-registration nursing can be undertaken, as well as
pre-qualification courses in Midwifery and
Social Work.
Social Work programmes are available at both undergraduate and
masters levels. The Faculty also offers a wide ranging and exciting portfolio
of post-qualifying programmes with an inter-professional focus.
Within the
Faculty, research is viewed as integral to the working life of staff, in
partnership with local and regional providers of care. The strategic focus is
on further development in community/primary care, users and carers support and
inter-professional learning.
There are opportunities to register for a PhD,
with supervision from recognised experts in their field. Individual Professors,
Readers and Teaching Fellows lead their own research developments in subjects
closely related to practice-based care.
These include clinical interventions in
eating disorders, supporting individuals with learning disabilities in the
penal system, interventions in forensic mental health, supporting carers and
users of services, inter-professional learning in social care, safety factors
for single practitioners in the community and exploring how health care workers
can access and use work-based learning.
The Dean of
Faculty is Professor Michael Thomas.
Academic Programme
The Faculty is divided into six departments and
has a research office and has links with external partnerships and
businesses.
