Unit for international health workforce development
The School of Health & Social Care as Teesside University has a strong reputation for educating health care professionals internationally. We are committed to supporting the World Health Organisation’s drive to improve skills and increase health care workers globally. We are a member of Zambia-UK Health Workforce Alliance. We welcome international students and undertake international consultancy and research projects.
International activities and developments
We are proud of our growing reputation for supporting health and social care change beyond the UK through education, research and consultancy. This is achieved through our rapid response to meeting the needs of our partners and clients in offering focused, bespoke services, developed in partnership. We offer particular expertise in inter-professional learning, e-learning and the development of professional programmes into academic programmes.
International students at Teesside
International students are welcome on a selection of our post-registration full–time courses delivered at Teesside, as well as online courses and courses delivered aboard. International students are eligible to apply to study on the courses below:
- Health and Social Care Sciences (End of Life Care), MSc
- Health and Social Care Sciences (Generic pathway), MSc
- Health and Social Care Sciences (Public Health), MSc
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Studying online
Courses delivered online include:
- MSc Evidence-based Practice
- MSc Evidence-based Practice Ophthalmology
- MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Active Implantable Device Technology Management)
- PgDip Active Implantable Device Technology Management
Programmes delivered abroad
We also offer programmes that are delivered solely or partly in countries other than the UK. Contact the institutions directly if you are interested in studying there.
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we offer the following top-up degrees in partnership with Universiti Teknologi MARA:
- BSc (Hons) Applied Rehabilitation (Occupational Therapy)
- BSc (Hons) Applied Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy)
- BSc (Hons) Medical Imaging
- BSc (Hons) Nursing
In association with the Malaysia Allied Health Sciences Academy (MAHSA) we also offer a four year, pre-registration course in:
- BSc (Hons) Nursing
In Wremen, and elsewhere in Germany, we offer :
- University Certificate in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy
- MSc Advance Clinical Practice Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (online)
European Union partnerships
The School has a number of Erasmus and Socrates links throughout Europe. We are interested to discuss staff or student visits or exchanges to the University. Unfortunately placements in health and social care settings are unlikely to be available.
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Research and enterprise
Research strands are rehabilitation and physical activity, public health, nursing and social work. We have professors in these areas as staff members and also as visiting professors. The School has experience of collaborative research and welcomes discussions on developing new links.
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Our Knowledge Transfer activities include consultancy, accreditation, facilitation and evaluation. We work with a number of health, social care and industrial partners. We are committed to working in partnership to develop health workforce capacity and welcome enquiries.
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