Nursing Studies MSc / Nursing Studies (Top-up) MSc
Study for your Nursing Studies MSc on this innovative course for degree-level nurses offering a flexible pathway towards a masters degree
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Viewing course details for 2024 year of entry
- Code
- PGB70Y
- Attendance
- Part-time
- Start
- September 2024
- Fees
- £63 per credit (UK)
- Duration
- 2-3 (max 5) years part-time
- Course Leader
- Alison Harris
- Study mode
- On campus, Online
- Location
- Hendon campus
- Placement year
- No
- School / Department
- Nursing
Why choose Nursing Studies MSc/Nursing Studies (Top-up) MSc at Middlesex?
This is an innovative course suitable for any degree-level practising nurse who wishes to follow a flexible modular pathway towards a master's degree.
Course highlights:
- Individualised study pathway based on pre-accreditation, tailored to current and future development needs.
- It is possible to accredit or recognise prior learning RPL.
What you will gain
For registered nurses, we offer two alternative routes to achieving a master's award:
- MSc Nursing Studies
- MSc Nursing Studies (Top-up)
Our work-based learning modules make the masters highly relevant to the organisation you work for.
It will enable you to demonstrate mastery in nursing-related skills and knowledge so that you can contribute to enhanced professional nursing practice and service development. We will help you develop a critical understanding and use of advanced research skills.
3 great reasons to pick this course
About your course
The MSc Nursing Studies offers you the option to develop expertise in your chosen field, and its flexibility allows you to choose the most appropriate modules from our CPD portfolio. A module gained from another HEI may be accredited following a discussion with the course leader. Practice-based modules will allow you to make a difference to your patient groups and service through the acquisition of new skills, evaluation of service initiatives, and your own personal development.
The module aims to critically develop the student’s knowledge and skills to enable them to work effectively within the context of leadership and service development within the workplace. Students will be facilitated to develop and enhance their own leadership role within their chosen profession, and to critically explore and evaluate their own leadership style.
This module will explore the latest evidence and Government targets for maintaining healthy communities and supporting the public health agenda.
This module aims to provide managers and practitioners with the opportunity to explore legislation and policy directions in public and community services. There will be a focus on the impact of the practitioner’s role in leading the development of services in a way that gives high importance to quality enhancing.
The module aims to enable students to critically examine the concept of advanced practice and to apply their skills to advancing nursing practice in their own practice.
The module aims to critically develop the student’s knowledge and skills to enable them to work effectively within the context of leadership and service development within the workplace. Students will be facilitated to develop and enhance their own leadership role within their chosen profession, and to critically explore and evaluate their own leadership style.
The module aims to enable students to critically examine the concept of advanced practice and to apply their skills to advancing nursing practice in their own practice.
The purpose of this module is to familiarise level 7 students with major approaches to social research; develop skills in designing a research proposal; enhance their skills in qualitative and quantitative methods; enhance their critical appreciation of research; and ensure students are able to apply relevant approaches and methods to their own research project or extended literature review at masters level.
This module aims to provide you with the opportunity to undertake a ‘professional learning and development project’ that is designed to plan how you will improve your own professional practice and understanding. You will reflect on and critically analyse your professional development and learning needs and action plan how these can be developed both through your Masters programme and beyond.
This module will develop your skills in research and inquiry methodologies in order to design a work based project that has the potential to improve practice. It will explore approaches to practitioner inquiry methods appropriate for your area of practice and enable critical reflection upon your role.
The aim of this module is to enable the experienced practitioner to develop the skills of physical assessment in order to apply this to their clinical area. It enables the student to undertake an autonomous assessment to start to plan appropriate care or referral for their patients. It provides the experienced practitioner with a more advanced knowledge base, communication skills and clinical examination to increase confidence and aid with patient care decisions.
This module is designed to support practitioners in developing the evidence based knowledge and skills required for undertaking safe, appropriate and cost effective independent and supplementary prescribing roles. This will be within the context of current legislation and local and national policy. An emphasis will be placed on a team and public health approach to prescribing decisions and practice. The module aims to build on the students existing knowledge base and physical assessment skills and further enhance autonomous practice. This module leads to a NMC recordable qualification.
This module is a culmination of your Masters study and provides the opportunity to synthesise professional and academic learning. It will support you to undertake a substantial work based project that is designed to develop your own professional practice and address a practice, organisational or service issue that you have already identified in your workplace or professional field. Building on your understanding of advanced practitioner inquiry methodologies, you will be encouraged to consider improvement and leadership strategies to support the successful management of your project with the potential to deliver real outcomes that can transform practice.
This module is designed to develop your understanding of a range of advanced inquiry and research methodologies appropriate for practitioners, in order to design a real work based project or practice development activity that has clear objectives related to your own professional development or the development of practice in your setting. you will be expected to focus on specific service, organisational or practice related issues and take initiative and leadership. It will explore approaches to advanced practitioner inquiry and innovative research methods appropriate for your area of practice. It will enable critical reflection upon your position as a ‘practitioner or insider researcher’ and the ethical implications that could arise during the project.
This aims of this module are:
- To engage you in scholarly enquiry to develop a critical understanding of social science research.
- For you to develop research capability through formulating and implementing a proposal for research related to your field of practice.
To find out more about this course, please download the Nursing Studies MSc / Nursing Studies (Top-up) MSc specification (PDF).
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Teaching
You will be actively involved in a range of learning, teaching and assessment approaches as part of postgraduate degree. Teaching methods will include classroom and online lectures, face-to-face and online seminars, workshops and tutorials. Such active approaches aim to put you at the centre of your learning so you are involved and engaged in all aspects of your assessment and learning. Your programme will be facilitated using a variety of media and online tools such as UniHub, podcasts and wikis. You will have flexible access to a diverse range of online resources, quizzes and learning materials as well as collaborative tools with which you can engage and learn with your peers.
One of the central tenants of post-graduate learning is to be able to take an active role in your own learning. For every day timetables study day it is expected that you undertake a further 4 hours of study.
Your progress on the modules is assessed using written assessments, online tests, OSCEs and written exams.
Feedback will be given to you verbally, in writing and through your formative assessments.
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North London campus
Our north London campus is 23 minutes away by underground train, travelling from London Kings Cross.
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Our Sheppard Library provides a wide range of resources and support to help you to succeed in your studies.
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Over 1,000 study spaces including rooms for group study and over 500 computers available.
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We have one of London's biggest and best university campuses with everything you need in one place.
Our facilitiesStudent support
We offer lots of support to help you while you're studying including financial advice, wellbeing, mental health, and disability support.
Additional needs
We'll support you if you have additional needs such as sensory impairment or dyslexia. And if you want to find out whether Middlesex is the right place for you before you apply, get in touch with our Disability and Dyslexia team.
Wellness
Our specialist teams will support your mental health. We have free individual counselling sessions, workshops, support groups and useful guides.
Work while you study
Our Middlesex Unitemps branch will help you find work that fits around uni and your other commitments. We have hundreds of student jobs on campus that pay the London Living Wage and above. Visit the Middlesex Unitemps page.
Careers
How can the Nursing Studies MSc support your career?
Our university's postgraduate courses have been recognised for their ability to support your career.
Following completion of the MSc, you will be perfectly placed for a wide variety of enhanced career opportunities.
Graduates of the MSc have taken up roles as specialist nurses, started up new clinics, implemented new ways of managing patients (based on their research findings) and assumed senior roles.
You might also wish to explore your options in research or academia, or even complete further study at doctoral level.
MDXWorks
MDXworks, our employability service, will help you make the most of your experience and connections to achieve your career goals. You'll have unlimited access to one-to-one advice and support from specialists in your sector plus 24/7 online support. You can also make the most of events and networking opportunities, on and off campus.
Our dedicated lifetime career support, like our business start-up support programme and funding for entrepreneurs, has been recognised with the following awards:
- The top 20 UK universities for business leaders and entrepreneurs – Business Money, 2023
- A top 10 university for producing CEOs – Novuana, 2023.
Global alumni network
You’ll be studying with students from 122 countries who’ll become part of your personal global network. You'll learn how to work with a global mindset and make invaluable connections on your course for your chosen industry.
Entry requirements
Qualifications
In order to be accepted on to this course, you will need:
- A nursing registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council UK
- To be currently practising as a registered nurse
- An honours degree of 2:2 or above in nursing
- To ideally have evidence of employer support – normally in the form of a reference
- Evidence of commitment to study, professional development to date, leadership and management potential, consideration of a coherent study pathway and plans for future professional development and progression. This will be evidenced in the applicant’s personal statement.
Additional admissions criteria:
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is available where students can transfer in up to 120 credits (two-thirds of the total number of credits required for the award).
In exceptional circumstances, students who do not have a degree but who have successfully completed Level 7 CPD modules or who can provide evidence of their ability to pursue successfully postgraduate-level study may also be considered
Eligibility
UK students are eligible to apply for this course but must be currently registered as a nurse and be working within the UK health service.
This course is not available to EU or international students.
Please note, this master's course does not lead to a professional nursing qualification. It is designed for registered nurses.
Academic credit for previous study or experience
If you have relevant qualifications or work experience, academic credit may be awarded towards your Middlesex University programme of study. For further information please visit our accreditation of prior learning page.
Please find out more information on our postgraduate-taught application page.
Interviews
Although entry onto this course does not require an interview, if you chose to take a non-medical prescribing module you will be invited to interview. The NMP modules are approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and you must meet the NMC stipulated entry requirements.
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Fees and funding
The fees below refer to the 2023/24 academic year unless otherwise stated.
UK students
Part-time students: £63 per credit
Part-time students: TBC per dissertation credit
*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part-time study are shown here as a guide
For more information and to answer your frequently asked questions, please visit our postgraduate funding page.
Funding
Some of our students have their course fees covered by CPPD contracts between NHS trusts and Middlesex University.
Alternatively, other students pay their own fees or are sponsored by their employer (but not under a CPPD contract). Please view our dedicated fee page for more information.
Please note that for MSc award part-time students, the 60 credit dissertation module (and only that module) is priced at £32 per credit.
Additional costs
You will be asked, by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), to pay for the non-medical prescribing recordable qualification. We ask that you do not buy any text books before discussing it with the course leader as all texts on the reading lists are available from the library.
We cover your costs for the day-to-day things that you need to do well in your studies.
- Free – laptop loans, Wi-Fi and printing
- Free specialist software for your course.
Financial support
We offer lots of support to help you with fees and living costs. Check out our guide to student life on a budget and find out more about postgraduate funding.
Postgraduate scholarships
You may be eligible for one of our scholarships including:
- The Alumni Postgraduate Award – for all UK Middlesex alumni a 20% fee reduction
- The Commonwealth Scholarship – full course fees, airfares and a living allowance
- The Chevening Scholarship – full course fees
- The European Academic Awards – £1000 to £7000 for students showing academic excellence
- Regional or International Merit Award –up to £2,000 towards course fees.
For international students, we also have a limited number of other awards specific to certain regions, and work in partnership with funding providers in your country to help support you financially with your study.
Find out more about our postgraduate scholarships.
Fees disclaimers
1. UK fees: The university reserves the right to increase postgraduate tuition fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions. The tuition fees for part-time UK study are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.
2. International fees: Tuition fees are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.
Any annual increase in tuition fees as provided for above will be notified to students at the earliest opportunity in advance of the academic year to which any applicable inflationary rise may apply.
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