the United Kingdom
University of West London| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG Cert | Part-time | 1 year | February | GBP 2300 | GBP 3700 |
Course summary
Overview
Workforce planning is now recognised as one of the key areas of development within health and social care. Effective workforce planning not only benefits good patient care, but can play an important role in supporting the health and social care sectors to meet their service and productivity targets through ensuring that the 'right people are in the right jobs at the right time'.
For workforce planning to be effective, it is important to have people with the right skills who can efficiently deliver this crucial work in the health and social care sectors.
Why choose this course?
The Postgraduate Certificate in Strategic Workforce Planning has been developed in response to the increasing demand for specific training and education of those who are involved in workforce planning. Until recently the provision of workforce planning training and education at a national level has been limited.
Demands from service highlighted the need to:
This course will support you to think critically about your role as a workforce planner and the strategic workforce planning requirements of your organisation. You will reflect upon a wide range of influences on workforce planning, critically analyse relevance to current service provision and service improvement in your workplace and demonstrate your ability to draw upon this learning to enhance skills in practice. The course will incorporate a strong emphasis on
Entry requirements
You should have one of the following:
Additional criteria
You must be working for a health or social care organisation and be sponsored by your line manager or organisational workforce lead. You will need to secure agreement that you can be released to attend all study days.
An essential element of the course is completion of a workforce plan. This should be discussed with line manager or workforce lead prior to attending the induction workshop.
You must not be registered on another course whilst enrolled on this course.
Completion of the University's Post-Graduate course form
This will include submission of a personal statement. The personal statement should include:
International entry criteria
International students need to meet our English language requirement at either IELTS at 7.0 or above, and a minimum of 7.0 for each of the 4 individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening).
In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. Please visit http://www.uwl.ac.uk/international/your-country to check for local equivalencies.
We offer pre-sessional English language courses if you do not meet these requirements. Find out more about our English Language courses
Below are some suggested courses at other providers that you may also be interested in:
If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course then consider one of these postgraduate preparation courses from another institution:
Graduate Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Automation)
Engineering Institute of Technology
Find out more
There are 314 other courses listed from University of West London. A selection of these are displayed below:
Advanced Diploma Procurement and Supply (CIPS Level 5) Advanced Diploma Procurement and Supply (CIPS Level 5)
University of West London
Find out more Find out more about studying in the United Kingdom
