The Health and Social Care degree lets you explore many issues and debates in the field. You’ll look at factors that affect health and social care, focusing on social issues and experiences. This degree is perfect for those interested in improving the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities.
Our Health and Wellbeing curriculum pulls from various academic fields to keep it challenging and engaging. We value the lived experiences of those who use Health and Wellbeing services. Their voices are woven throughout the curriculum. During your studies, you will explore key questions like: What factors influence health and wellbeing? How do social experiences affect health? Why do different groups experience health differently?
As Social Care evolves in the UK, fresh chances appear for open-minded, creative graduates. This course aims to develop graduates who understand the root causes of social inequalities that lead to care needs. We seek those who are driven to shape services sensitive to these needs.
As a Social Work student, you'll study sociology, social policy, psychology, law, social theory, and methods. You'll explore barriers like poverty, disability, racism, and sexism that users face. These barriers negatively impact people, so it's vital to understand how society affects lives. In your second and third years, you'll complete 170 practice days in a social work setting.
Sociology is the study of how society is organised. It looks at how this organisation influences individual attitudes and behaviors. It also examines the impact on social relationships within and between societies. Sociology studies both the current state of the social world and its changes. It explores how people can create positive change.
The Special Educational Needs course will help you advocate for disability rights and equality in your career. Over 16 million disabled people live in the UK. Graduates skilled in special educational needs and disability are in demand. They are needed in education, health, social work, and business. This degree values the contributions of disabled people and encourages you to focus on knowledge instead of just needs.
This course in Special Educational Needs & Disability Studies will help you advocate for disability rights. In the UK, over 16 million people are disabled. Graduates with skills in this area are needed in education, health, social work, local government, and business. We encourage you to focus on knowledge rather than just needs.
This new, ground breaking course on Ai and digital technologies asks all the right questions necessary to visualise a new world, where humans can thrive and where ethical thinking is just as relevant as it was before the emergence of techno-capitalism. If you are looking for a career in the culture, media or creative industries, with an education that keeps giving, then there is no need to look further!
The MA Disability Studies course differs from similar programmes insofar as it places particular emphasis on cultural issues. We are not only interested in the policies, prejudices, and professions around disability but also its representation in literature, media, film, art and so on. This course is also available as part of an Interdisciplinary degree.
This highly relevant and up-to-date MA course traces the root causes of global stratification in relation to the development of economies in the Global North at the expense of those in the Global South, particularly former colonies. The course utilises theories and marginalised voices from the Global South to analyse actions of states, state alliances and international organisations in the context of inequalities and a growing awareness of the need for social change.
MA Peace and Conflict studies aims to provide the students with an in-depth understanding of contemporary wars and conflict, particularly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as the most straightforward routes towards peacebuilding. Our cohorts will learn theories and dynamics of conflict, conflict resolution, post-conflict reconstruction and the role of states, international organisations and other political actors from the Global North and the Global South.
Our Masters degree in Sociology allows you to explore and see the social world in different ways. Together with active researchers you will be encouraged to challenge established wisdom while studying the intellectual canon of the discipline. View our course welcome here, Visit our MA Sociology course page.
Our Masters degree in social policy is designed to develop students’ critical knowledge and understanding of social policy. Together with active researchers you will be led through the key contemporary debates in social policy as well as learning how to develop and carry out your own social policy-focused research projects. View our course welcome here. Visit our MA Social Policy course page.
The main aim of the MA in Social Work is to produce competent, reflective, analytical and research-minded social workers, who are vocationally qualified, with advanced knowledge and skills to bring about innovations through collaborative practice and continuous learning.
The main aim of the MA in Youth and Community Development with JNC professional qualification is to develop skilled, innovative and reflective practitioners, who are able to engage and develop positive relationships within communities, which lead to education and discovery. Visit our MA Youth & Community Development page.
To apply to any of our apprenticeship courses, you must have first gained employment within a relevant job role and the support from your employer. Please ask your line manager to contact us for a discussion about the apprenticeship and to begin the application process.
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What is an apprenticeship?
An apprenticeship provides the opportunity for you to work and study at the same time. You will be employed within a relevant job role alongside studying for your qualifications to become experienced within a specific area. The training costs (including your course fees) for your apprenticeship will be fully funded by your employer whilst you are being paid for the hours that you are working.
At Liverpool Hope University, we are currently offering Level 4 - Level 6 (Degree) Apprenticeship courses which will give you the opportunity to obtain a qualification up to a full bachelors degree to support you to reach new heights in your career.
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