BSc (Hons) Health And Social Care

Course Overview

This health and social care degree will support your academic advancement to prepare you for a rewarding career. It will provide you with the knowledge to support your professional needs, alongside developing key skills in research, writing and presenting. You'll enhance your personal skills including communication, team working, self-management, motivation, resilience, self-awareness and confidence. You will gain awareness of professional contexts, individual professional standards and values.

The highly transferable knowledge and skills gained while studying our health and social care course will directly impact your role within practice, enhancing both personal and professional development and maximising your career opportunities in the department of Health and Social Care. You'll be empowered to take initiative, make complex decisions, and generate transformative solutions. Successfully completing this course will allow progression into postgraduate study with our postgraduate masters and CPD courses.

General Eligibility

• A-levels: CCC-BBC

• T-levels: P (C+ in the Core) – M All subjects are accepted however we recommend T Level Healthcare Science or Health for entry to this course

• Access to HE: 45 Credits at Merit –  15 credits at Distinction & 30 at Merit 

• CACHE Technical Level 3 and Level 3 Extended Diploma: C

• OCR Cambridge Technical & Edexcel/Pearson BTEC Level 3 (National) Extended Diploma: MMM – DMM

• Scottish Highers: 96-112 UCAS Tariff Points preferably from 4 Highers

• Irish LC Highers: 96-112 UCAS Tariff Points preferably from 4 Irish Leaving Certificate Highers

• Alternative routes: If don't think you'll meet the criteria for direct application to this course, check out our Integrated Foundation Year

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international applicants is 6 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).