School of Nursing and Midwifery

Postgraduate Credit Leadership and Management

Postgraduate Credit Part-time 10 weeks

This module is designed to meet employability criteria and professional benchmarks relating to leadership and innovation relating to health care delivery. 

This module is designed to meet employability criteria and professional benchmarks relating to leadership and innovation relating to health care delivery. 

Award
Postgraduate Credit
Start date(s)
3 May 2027
Course specifications
Course length
Part-time (10 weeks)
Campus location
University: Walsall Campus

Why choose this course?

You will work collaboratively with fellow professionals to explore theories and concepts of leadership and management in the workplace. You will investigate political and professional perspectives of leadership and management and investigate influences on your own style and behaviour. The module will test your conscious and unconscious values and beliefs of what constitutes an effective leader and manager in the challenging culture and environment of the healthcare service.i

What happens on the course?

  • Work-based reflection and experiential learning
  • Self-awareness and self-assessment exercises
  • Online discussion of contemporary leadership examples
  • Flip learning and WIKI development
  • Directed reading and critical appraisal of research and evidence

Placements on the course

Not applicable on this course.

Employability on the course

Not applicable on this course.

Course Modules

Additional Information

Everything you need to know about this course!

This module focuses on developing self-leadership by fostering self-awareness and a deeper understanding of the factors that influence leadership behaviours, both in yourself and in others. Students consistently highlight the skills gained through this module as being highly valuable, enriching both their personal growth and professional practice.

You will be able to:

  • Critically reflect on the competence, skill, awareness and mind-set necessary to become an effective leader and manage people within a range of contexts.
  • Critically evaluate the effectiveness of leadership and management strategies underpinning an organisational strategy or initiative.
  • Critically explore new and cutting-edge approaches to leadership and management including critical studies that question the nature and necessity of leadership in organisations.

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate on-site programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.


Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.


Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.


Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.


Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts. Please contact Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Aid. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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Email

enquiries@wlv.ac.uk

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