The MSc[1] in Management in Health and Social Care offered by Oxford Brookes welcomes UK, EU and international applicants who want to study health and social care management at an advanced level. Studying this specialized MSc at Oxford Brookes will enable you to work effectively at management level in your chosen field. This is a higher degree introducing the disciplines of senior management within a health and social care context. It is designed to be flexible, enabling you to tailor your learning so that you can cover topics suited to your own professional development needs.
Clinical safety is not just about clinical skills; the impact of organizational management on delivering quality health and social care is fundamental. This course will help you to manage with confidence. You will be well equipped to deal with the challenges of the ever-changing and complex environment of health and social care; you will learn theory to give you the big picture and critical thinking to apply it in practice. This course offers you the opportunity to understand the changes that have taken place in health and social care policy and the operational environment at local, national and international levels. It will challenge you to realize your potential and:
coach you for improved performance
build your knowledge of the core functions of management including developing service redesign and business plans and building skills for operational management of resources
examine policy and strategy in the NHS and the wider context
understand and apply social and economic policy
gain and apply research skills
expand your networks.
The course seeks to develop your knowledge, skills and experience as a manager of resources and strategic policy, allowing you to contribute to the formation of corporate policy. We will help you to develop the skills needed to plan, implement and evaluate projects and to develop competence in the practice setting based on the management charter initiative.
The School has a number of both promising and senior, experienced researchers working in established areas including Substance Misuse, Rehabilitation and Movement Science and Supportive Cancer Care. Over the past few years, these researchers have won external research and consultancy contracts worth over £1.5 million, including grants, fellowships and studentships for NHS staff. Our research staff collaborate with researchers from other Schools in Oxford Brookes University, with researchers from the Institute of Health Sciences at Oxford University, and with research teams from many other UK and international centres.
Our academic staff have extensive experience of NHS general management at both senior and director level. They also have a significant record of research and publications on the topics of management and leadership. The currency of the course is also assured by the lecturers' close involvement in the health and social care sector and their movement between that sector and education.
IV. Answer the following questions to the text:
1. What course does Oxford Brookes welcome for?
2. Can international students apply for this course or is it available only for UK citizents?
3. What will you be taught during the course?
4. Describe the course content.
5. What areas are schools researchers working in?
6. Give facts proving that the schools researchers are very promising and experienced.
7. Is international cooperation available at Oxford Brookes?
V. Find key words, phrases and topic sentences which best express general meaning of each paragraph.
VI. Speak about management in health and social care in the UK.
