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Healthcare is changing now more than ever. Our BSc (Hons) Health, Wellbeing and Social Care with Foundation Year course positions you to be ahead of the curve — with the dynamism needed to thrive in a sector that never stands still.
Our BSc (Hons) Health, Wellbeing and Social Care with Foundation Year course delivers a comprehensive understanding of the healthcare sector, helping you develop the skills and experiences needed to be impactful following your graduation.
The learning structure during the Foundation Year has been designed to develop your academic skills while uncovering essential topics relating to health and social care. What you learn during this year will provide a fundamental understanding of the sector and support your progression into the following years of the course.
The following three years of the course will progressively build in levels of intensity, exploring key topics including behavioural influences in healthcare provision and how to deliver effective management across the sector. The quality of course materials will be matched by our experienced lecturers — giving you a wealth of experience and invaluable perspectives throughout the course.
The structure of this course ensures that you will be ready to embark on your new career — with the skills, practical experience and industry scope needed to be impactful in health and social care now and into the future.
Intakes
January, June and September
Duration
4 years
Awarding Institution
Oxford Brookes University
Awarded Degree
BSc (Hons) Health, Wellbeing and Social Care with Foundation Year
Awarded Qualification
BSc (Hons) Health, Wellbeing and Social Care with Foundation Year
Delivery
Weekdays, evenings and/or weekends
Locations
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds
Fees
£9,250 per year
Home Office Share Code
For EU students only.
Education
80 UCAS tariff points (or above) or 60 Credit Ofqual qualification at Level 3.
All applicants are assessed by the admission team via interview for listening and speaking and for writing via a personal reflection statement.
Applicants aged 21+
If applicants do not meet the standard entry requirements, we will also consider those with life/work skills which would make them suitable for undergraduate study with a Foundation programme.
All Applicants
All applicants must be assessed by the admission team via interview for listening and speaking and for writing via a personal reflection statement.
Documents required:
- Application form
- Supervised Personal reflection statement
- Personal interview
IIF no Qualification
Please provide CV with at least 2 years of work experiance , and employee reff letter.
- Academic writing skills for success 1 (20 credits)
- Health and Social Care 1 (20 credits)
- Health and wellbeing across communities, and in Health and Social Care environments (20 credits)
- Professional foundations of Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Care, compassion and communication in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Academic writing skills for success 2 (20 credits)
- Introduction to using research and evidence in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Health and Social Care 2 – policies and practice (20 credits)
- Communication and ethics in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Culture and society in Health (20 credits)
- Biological psychological and social determinants of health across the life course (20 credits)
- Careers and employability in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Equality and social justice in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Safeguarding children and adults in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Health and Social Care 3 – Professional development through work-based learning (20 credits)
- Health and Social Care for healthy ageing (20 credits)
- Applied research in practice (20 credits)
- Mental health and wellbeing across the life course (20 credits)
- Evaluating and managing quality in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Social Justice, equality and vulnerability (20 credits)
- Challenging evidence Health and Social Care (20 credits)
- Leadership and management in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
There are a range of careers within this sector at all levels of entry. Students can be employed in a variety of areas depending on their qualifications, skills and experience. The jobs below are examples of the type of opportunity that may be worth investigating if you are studying this subject.