Oxford Brookes University

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (School Nursing) PGDip

Oxford Brookes University

Course overview

Our innovative online Specialist Community Public Health Nursing School Nursing programme enables you to develop your practice as a specialist public health nurse. The primary aim of this programme is to enable the foundation of specialist knowledge, professional identity, required skills, and competence as a specialist public health nurse. The programme will explore fundamental community public health practices in relation to the role of the contemporary school nurse, supporting the development of a resilient and competent practitioner in knowledge, skills, and future leadership.

This programme is mapped to contemporary high-impact areas in public health affecting children and young people; the programme is considerate of 0-19 service delivery models in the joint teaching of school nursing students for many aspects of university education, but with distinct fields of practice teaching and placement experiences

Key highlights

  • Delivered online to develop practice as a specialist public health nurse
  • Mapped to high-impact public health areas affecting children and young people
  • Joint teaching reflecting 0-19 service delivery models
  • Distinct school nursing practice teaching and placement experiences
  • Builds professional identity, competence and future leadership skills

Entry requirements

  • Additional condition: dbs_check — DBS and other pre-course checks required A mandatory requirement for community placements for Oxford Brookes students is to have an enhanced check, including for both adults and children, before the s…

Scholarships

  • Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) Scholarship

    Award value: £3,000

    Up to £3,000
  • Global Development and Humanitarian Practice Scholarship

    Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America only are eligible to apply for a single scholarship award of £9,250 to contribute to their course fees.

    Up to £9,250
  • Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding Scholarship

    Full and part-time applicants for the MA Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding are eligible to apply for one of the £1,000 scholarships.

    Up to £1,000
  • London Book Fair Scholarship

    The London Book Fair is offering a fee-waiver bursary of £1,000 to a full-time or part-time student at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing on the MA Publishing Media.

    Up to £1,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing)
  • School Nurse
  • School Nursing Team Leader
  • Public Health Nurse for Children and Young People

Cost of study

UK/Home: £1,260 per single module (part-time)

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Oxford Brookes University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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