Leading Interprofessional Practice Education
Course overview
• A postgraduate qualification that enables you to develop your skills and knowledge in education within your practice setting, putting you at the forefront of professional practice education • The course can be completed in one or two years of part-time online study, making it ideal for your professional development and career advancement • You’ll benefit from learning alongside a range of health, social care and allied health professionals to help you to develop the interprofessional academic and personal skills needed in future-focused educational practice • This course provides the opportunity to develop leadership skills and specialise in the teaching and support of undergraduate and postgraduate learners towards, during and following assessment, through constructive feedback • You’ll develop the ability to support diverse groups of learners with an ‘anti-exclusionary’ approach underpinned by a sound understanding of equality and accessibility • Increase your digital capabilities through online study, while demonstrating digital technologies in the facilitation of learning, the promotion of independent learning skills and other teaching techniques
Key highlights
- Develop education skills and knowledge within your own practice setting
- Learn alongside health, social care and allied health professionals
- Build leadership skills in teaching and supporting learners
- Specialise in assessment support and constructive feedback for learners
- Support diverse learners with an anti-exclusionary, accessibility-focused approach
- Fully online study builds digital capabilities for facilitating learning
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 7 — 7.0 IELTS 7.0
Scholarships
10% Alumni Discount
All other alumni will receive a 10% discount.
Up to 10% of fees25% Alumni Discount
The 25% alumni discount is available if you graduated in the academic years 2023/24 or 2024/25 and are fully enrolled on a postgraduate programme by July 2026.
Biomedical Science Excellence Scholarship
Two awards of £1,000 are available, and will be awarded as a tuition fee reduction in the second semester. Each recipient will also be allocated up to £500 to use to attend a conference.
Up to £1,000Full Payment Discount
If you pay your annual tuition fee in full ahead of enrolment, you will benefit from a £1,000 discount.
Up to £1,000Sports Scholarships - Individual and Team Sport Scholar
Up to £3,000 fee subsidy and support services.
Sports Scholarships - Performance Team Sports Scholar
Up to £3,000 fee subsidy and support services.
Talented Athlete Award
Please contact the provider.
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships
Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships - £2,000
Up to £2,000
Careers this course leads to
- Practice Educator
- Clinical Educator
- Practice Education Facilitator
- Practice Development Lead
- Lecturer in Health and Social Care
Cost of study
UK/Home: £1,050 per year | International: £1,050 per year
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 University of Derby, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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