MSc PG Cert PG Dip Ageing & Society

1st or 2:1 honours degree (or the equivalent from an overseas university) usually  required.

Candidates with a 2:2 degree or with professional qualifications from a recognised institution may be considered if they can:

• show relevant work experience and/or relevant professional qualifications
• demonstrate that they are highly motivated
• provide referees from their university or employment strongly supporting their admission onto a masters level programme.

In these circumstances we will usually admit a student to our certificate or diploma programmes, possibly with a view to the student transferring to the master’s programme if they successfully pass their first two examined subjects. Relevant professional qualifications will be taken into account.

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Students have gone on to pursue a range of careers including consultant positions in geriatric medicine and psychiatry, work as specialist health care practitioners focusing on older people, positions in Government and the public sector, policy positions in public and voluntary organisations, analytical posts, and research and academic posts in universities around the world. Many of our past graduates now work in strategic positions influencing the lives of older people in medicine, social care and policy or within local government, voluntary organisations, or non-governmental organisations.

Core programme content

Population Ageing and Policy is a core module which comprises coursework and an exam which must be taken and passed as part of the programme by all students.

• Dissertation in Ageing & Society (MA/MSc only)
• Population Ageing & Policy- This module aims to provide students with an understanding of demographic, biological and health related aspects of ageing and their individual and societal implications.

MSc

The compulsory modules are:

• Ageing, Health and Society
• Ageing in a Global Context
• Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science & Health
• Quantitative Data Analysis.

Students also select one of the following optional modules:

• Data Manipulation and Management
• Researching Vulnerable Populations
• Public Policy Internship
• Evaluating Public Policy.

In addition, MSc students will submit a dissertation based on an independent project.

MA

MA students take the same core and optional modules as MSc students. 

Compulsory modules for MA students are:

• Ageing, Health and Society
• Ageing in a Global Context
• Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science & Health
• Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science & Health.

In addition, MA students will submit a dissertation based on an independent project.

PG Certificate

Students registered for the PG Certificate take Population Ageing and Policy and a further 30 credits from compulsory and/or optional modules. PG Diploma students take all compulsory and core modules, choosing either Quantitative Data Analysis or Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science & Health, and optional modules to gain a total of 120 credits.