Behaviour Change and Health PgCert
University of BedfordshireBedford Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
We provide the support, subject knowledge and skills to achieve a postgraduate qualification designed to boost your career prospects. Attend four-hour intense teaching blocks for 22 weeks, allowing you to build work around your studies. This innovative, highly topical course brings together the fields of behaviour change and health, opening a host of career options where you can apply your expertise to promote health, modify behaviour and engender real change.
Aligned with current public health policy, the course equips you to understand not only ‘what works’ (e.g. physical activity interventions for cardiometabolic health) but, importantly how to apply this understanding to support people to make real life changes using behavioural science methodologies and tools for lifelong impact to health. We increase the employability of our graduates by being a Higher Education Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
Key highlights
- Higher Education Partner of CIMSPA, boosting graduate employability
- Four-hour intensive teaching blocks over 22 weeks, fitting around work
- Aligned with current public health policy
- Covers physical activity interventions for cardiometabolic health
- Applies behavioural science methods and tools to support lasting change
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS 6.0 overall, with minimum 5.5 in each element
Scholarships
Alumni Scholarship
The University of Bedfordshire values its alumni and is proud to offer a scholarship worth 20% of your first year’s fees.
Up to 20% of feesPostgraduate Global Merit Scholarship
Our Postgraduate Global Merit Scholarship is worth £3000 off the total international tuition fees for the course.
Up to £3,000Postgraduate Global Subject-Specific Merit Scholarship
Our Postgraduate Global Subject-specific Merit scholarships are worth up to £4000 off international tuition fees for the course.
Vice Chancellor's Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship, which is a reduction of £1,000 off their first year’s fees.
Up to £1,000
Careers this course leads to
- Health improvement practitioner
- Behaviour change practitioner
- Public health officer
- Physical activity development officer
- Health and wellbeing coordinator
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 Bedfordshire, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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