MSc

MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership

Board-level CPD and population-health governance—not automatic UKPHR registration.

Online or on campus

18 months36 creditsEnglish (dual pathway: Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard)

Overview

Public-health leadership in the UK is a board, a joint strategic needs assessment, and a workforce that is tired of webinars. This MSc starts with CPD as governance: what non-executives must understand about inequalities, outbreak comms, and the limits of their role. You will not be trained as a consultant in public health through this award. Scottish health-board and local-authority interfaces sit beside UK-wide instruments so students can name which system they are in. Dual-pathway parity keeps online public-health managers on the same assessment as those who can reach Edinburgh. UKPHR, FPH, and NMC are not conferred. Marketing must say so. Capstones must show a CPD or board-development intervention with evaluation, not a generic global-health essay. Scottish territorial boards, integration joint boards, and local-authority public-health teams appear as governance settings. You will design a non-executive briefing on inequalities that a lay member can finish, and you will refuse webinar-collection as a leadership outcome. University of Brigant will not use UKPHR, FPH, or UKHSA logos. Online students are not a lesser NHS audience; they sit identity-checked assessment with campus peers. Boards still meet in winter; CPD that ignores that calendar is theatre. MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants through UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants; Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability; UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration; Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets; Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces; Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material, and finish on Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm. Reading is a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. The artefact a marker expects is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Design board CPD that changes questions asked, not attendance lists Map UKPHR/FPH language as literacy without claiming registration Brief inequalities and outbreak comms for non-specialists Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Thirty-six credits: UK/Scottish public-health governance, CPD design, inequalities and comms for boards, and a supervised leadership capstone. Dual pathway. Explicit non-UKPHR marketing.

Who This Programme Is For

Public-health and health-board education leads (non-clinical route)
CPD and organisational-development staff in NHS and local government
Non-executive support officers briefing boards on population health
Third-sector population-health programme managers

How you can study

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On-campus study

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Prefer to learn at our Edinburgh campus? Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged. The published campus price is on each programme page.

✦ Tuition: £9,500 / US$12,000/year
✦ Location: 3 Lady Lawson St, Edinburgh EH3 9DS, United Kingdom
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What You Will Learn

Design board CPD that changes questions asked, not attendance lists
Map UKPHR/FPH language as literacy without claiming registration
Brief inequalities and outbreak comms for non-specialists
Evaluate CPD with methods that survive scrutiny
State clinical and UKPHR boundaries in public copy

Curriculum

Module 1: Governance literacy

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB741	UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants (UOB741) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB741-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants UOB741-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants UOB741-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants UOB741-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants UOB741-M5 · Service design for a named population — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants UOB741-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants	3 · 30 h
UOB742	Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability (UOB742) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. UOB742-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability UOB742-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability UOB742-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability UOB742-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability UOB742-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability UOB742-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability	3 · 30 h
UOB743	UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration (UOB743) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB743-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration UOB743-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration UOB743-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration UOB743-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration UOB743-M5 · Service design for a named population — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration UOB743-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB741

UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants

UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants (UOB741) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB741-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants
UOB741-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants
UOB741-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants
UOB741-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants
UOB741-M5 · Service design for a named population — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants
UOB741-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — UK and Scottish Public Health Architecture for Non-Registrants

3 · 30 h

UOB742

Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability

Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability (UOB742) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

UOB742-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability
UOB742-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability
UOB742-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability
UOB742-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability
UOB742-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability
UOB742-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Boards, JSNA, and Political Accountability

3 · 30 h

UOB743

UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration

UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration (UOB743) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB743-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration
UOB743-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration
UOB743-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration
UOB743-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration
UOB743-M5 · Service design for a named population — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration
UOB743-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — UKPHR/FPH Language as Literacy not Registration

3 · 30 h

Module 2: CPD that changes practice

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB745	Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets (UOB745) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB745-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets UOB745-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets UOB745-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets UOB745-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets UOB745-M5 · Service design for a named population — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets UOB745-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets	3 · 30 h
UOB746	Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces (UOB746) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB746-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces UOB746-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces UOB746-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces UOB746-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces UOB746-M5 · Service design for a named population — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces UOB746-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces	3 · 30 h
UOB747	Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material (UOB747) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB747-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material UOB747-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material UOB747-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material UOB747-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material UOB747-M5 · Service design for a named population — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material UOB747-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB745

Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets

Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets (UOB745) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB745-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets
UOB745-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets
UOB745-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets
UOB745-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets
UOB745-M5 · Service design for a named population — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets
UOB745-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Needs Analysis beyond Happy Sheets

3 · 30 h

UOB746

Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces

Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces (UOB746) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB746-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces
UOB746-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces
UOB746-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces
UOB746-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces
UOB746-M5 · Service design for a named population — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces
UOB746-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Adult Learning in Exhausted Workforces

3 · 30 h

UOB747

Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material

Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material (UOB747) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB747-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material
UOB747-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material
UOB747-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material
UOB747-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material
UOB747-M5 · Service design for a named population — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material
UOB747-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Ethics, Confidentiality, and Case Material

3 · 30 h

Module 3: Inequalities and comms

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB749	Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics (UOB749) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB749-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics UOB749-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics UOB749-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics UOB749-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics UOB749-M5 · Service design for a named population — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics UOB749-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics	3 · 30 h
UOB750	Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists (UOB750) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB750-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists UOB750-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists UOB750-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists UOB750-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists UOB750-M5 · Service design for a named population — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists UOB750-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists	3 · 30 h
UOB751	Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector (UOB751) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB751-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector UOB751-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector UOB751-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector UOB751-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector UOB751-M5 · Service design for a named population — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector UOB751-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB749

Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics

Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics (UOB749) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB749-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics
UOB749-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics
UOB749-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics
UOB749-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics
UOB749-M5 · Service design for a named population — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics
UOB749-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Place, Poverty, and Honest Metrics

3 · 30 h

UOB750

Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists

Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists (UOB750) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB750-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists
UOB750-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists
UOB750-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists
UOB750-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists
UOB750-M5 · Service design for a named population — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists
UOB750-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Outbreak and Winter Comms for Non-Specialists

3 · 30 h

UOB751

Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector

Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector (UOB751) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB751-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector
UOB751-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector
UOB751-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector
UOB751-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector
UOB751-M5 · Service design for a named population — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector
UOB751-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Partnerships: Local Authority, NHS, Third Sector

3 · 30 h

Module 4: Capstone

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB753	Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism (UOB753) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB753-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism UOB753-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism UOB753-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism UOB753-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism UOB753-M5 · Service design for a named population — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism UOB753-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism	3 · 30 h
UOB754	Research Methods for Education in Systems Research Methods for Education in Systems (UOB754) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Research Methods for Education in Systems as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB754-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Research Methods for Education in Systems UOB754-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Research Methods for Education in Systems UOB754-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Research Methods for Education in Systems UOB754-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Research Methods for Education in Systems UOB754-M5 · Service design for a named population — Research Methods for Education in Systems UOB754-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Research Methods for Education in Systems	3 · 30 h
UOB755	Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD (UOB755) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. UOB755-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD UOB755-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD UOB755-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD UOB755-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD UOB755-M5 · Service design for a named population — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD UOB755-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB753

Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism

Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism (UOB753) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB753-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism
UOB753-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism
UOB753-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism
UOB753-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism
UOB753-M5 · Service design for a named population — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism
UOB753-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Workforce, Vacancies, and CPD Realism

3 · 30 h

UOB754

Research Methods for Education in Systems

Research Methods for Education in Systems (UOB754) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Research Methods for Education in Systems as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB754-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Research Methods for Education in Systems
UOB754-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Research Methods for Education in Systems
UOB754-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Research Methods for Education in Systems
UOB754-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Research Methods for Education in Systems
UOB754-M5 · Service design for a named population — Research Methods for Education in Systems
UOB754-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Research Methods for Education in Systems

3 · 30 h

UOB755

Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD

Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD (UOB755) is a 3-credit course on MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

UOB755-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD
UOB755-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD
UOB755-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD
UOB755-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD
UOB755-M5 · Service design for a named population — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD
UOB755-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Dual-Pathway Delivery of Health CPD

3 · 30 h

Career Paths

Public-health education and CPD lead
Board development officer (health)
Population-health programme manager (non-UKPHR via this award)
Health inequalities comms and literacy lead
Organisational development (public health systems)

Programme Highlights

Board CPD, not a fake MPH licence
Non-UKPHR, non-NMC honesty
Scottish board cases
Dual pathway
No UKHSA/UKPHR logos

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution (minimum 2:2 / GPA 2.5/4.0 or equivalent national scale)
Identity document for remote identity-checked assessment enrolment
Preferred: work in public health systems, NHS education, or board support; not a clinical qualifying programme

English language

English proficiency: IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 46, or equivalent (waived for prior English-medium study). Dual-pathway applicants state Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online as primary mode without changing academic standards. Gaelic/Scots programmes may require additional language evidence as stated on the programme page.

Documents

Statement of Purpose (500 words minimum) stating goals, professional context, and fit
Two academic or professional references with verifiable contact details
CV or résumé covering education and relevant work
Official transcripts (digital copies accepted at application; certified copies before award)

Programme questions

How long is the MSc Public Health Board CPD Leadership?

The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Brigant. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. University of Brigant publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@brigant.uk.

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