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Postgraduate Certificate
Leeds Trinity University
Part Time
SEP-25
9 months
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Postgraduate Certificate
Leeds Trinity University
Part Time
SEP-25
9 months
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Course overview
Our Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace course reflects the current demand for professionals with a strategic awareness of the debates, challenges and approaches in the field of individual and population health and wellbeing with a specific focus on the workplace.
Delivered online, from September to May, this part-time PGCert programme allows you to fit your learning around your other work and life commitments. It provides an opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of leading and managing change in organisations, taking into consideration a range of health and wellbeing issues.
The course provides an excellent CPD opportunity for those employed in a role with a workplace wellbeing focus who are looking to develop additional expertise in this area.
About this course
This programme aims to develop your knowledge of and ability to critically evaluate factors influencing the development of health and wellbeing in the workplace. You'll consider core topics in the sociology and psychology of health and wellbeing, from both national and international perspectives.
You'll explore the various definitions of wellbeing and social explanations for health inequalities based on social class, ethnicity, gender and age. You'll discuss issues including disability and unemployment, sickness/absence, and chronic health issues and look at individualised workplace wellbeing support.
You'll focus on health and wellbeing challenges in the workplace and will share and reflect on your own experiences to allow you to support the development of interventions, policy, strategy and guidance that help address these challenges.
By the time you graduate, you'll be well-prepared to make a positive contribution to further research or practice in health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Assessment
The development of personal and professional skills and competencies are embedded throughout the programme, with assessment methods demonstrating a range of appropriate communications, problem-solving and personal and professional reflections.
Assessment methods are diverse and aim to develop the range of personal and professional skills needed for postgraduate employment or study. The assessment strategy for the programme aims to give frequent opportunities for formative feedback to contribute towards the development of summative assessments. You’ll be assessed by a range of assessments which include a development plan and business case.
Usual entry requirements are an undergraduate degree in a related area at 2:2 classification or above. Alternatively, applicants with an undergraduate degree in an unrelated area, but with subsequent work-related experience in health and wellbeing, are encouraged to apply. This course is only open to students who already have the right to live and study in the UK.
Students living in
Domestic
£2,000 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Students from EU
This course is only open to students who already have the right to live and study in the UK.
Students from International
This course is only open to students who already have the right to live and study in the UK.
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