Why Upskill with a Master's Degree in Health and Social Care?

If you’re an ambitious graduate looking to improve your professional understanding of social care, health and wellbeing, our Postgraduate programme can put you on the right path to success. Upskilling can be a great way to move up in your career, and here are some of the reasons why you might consider enrolling on our course.

Move into a management role

Our MSc Social Care, Health and Wellbeing course can prepare you for a role in leadership or senior management. Our tutors will work with you to establish your career goals early on, and upon graduation you will have the full support of our dedicated Employability Team in achieving your career ambitions.

Develop transferrable skills

You’ll be able to develop a range of skills with a master’s degree in Health and Social Care, and many of these will be transferrable into your field of choice. This means you can broaden your job prospects while also boosting your earning potential. As well as the necessary practical training, our programme can help you upskill for jobs in planning, delivery and transformation of social care services.

Get a job in education or research

As well as a range of health and social care services, you can also use this degree as a platform to launch your career in education or research. Some of our graduates go into teaching, while others decide to take their research skills to the next level and pursue doctorate-level education.

Join a diverse Postgraduate community

In addition to improving your skills and gaining access to higher responsibility roles in the workplace, upskilling with a Postgraduate degree in Health and Social care can also help you network. When you join the University of Bolton, you’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful industry connections.

Not only do we rank in the Top 5 in the UK for Teaching Quality (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020), but we’re also in the Top 50 UK Universities in The Guardian University League Tables 2021. Plus, students have voted us No.1 in the North West for Student Satisfaction for three years running (Complete University Guide in 2021, 2020 and 2019). So there's nowhere better to upskill than the University of Bolton!

To find out more about enrolling in January 2021, visit our course page.