INTRODUCTION

Welcome from the Director of Post Graduate Taught Education and Head of the Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work , Dr Hilary Mairs

I am delighted to welcome you to the School of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. We are extremely pleased you have chosen the University of Manchester to commence or continue your postgraduate study journey; whether you are progressing straight from your undergraduate studies, seeking to develop your knowledge/skills in your chosen career or, are bravely, taking a completely different direction in life. For our part, we will place you at the centre of a transformational learning process to support you to fulfil your potential and realise, if not exceed, your individual goals and aspirations. Our challenge to you is to embrace all of the opportunities that this will offer; to be bold, to think differently and try out new ways of doing things. We want your postgraduate journey with us to be intellectually stretching, rewarding and fun.

We are, though, acutely aware that for most of you, you will need to juggle a number of competing priorities during your postgraduate taught studies. Some of you will already be in full time employment, while others will need to secure part time employment to fund your studies. We know that many of you will have family and caring responsibilities that will have to be prioritised before your own learning. We hope the information detailed in this programme handbook will help you in managing these competing commitments, and would welcome any feedback from you as to how we might improve on this.

We are extremely proud of our postgraduate student community and alumni who are making a difference, both locally and globally. We look forward to working with you, confident that you too will play a role in transforming the lives of people who use health and social care services, whether during your studies or upon graduation.

I wish you every success in your postgraduate studies here at the University of Manchester.

Dr Hilary Mairs

Director of Postgraduate Taught Education
School of Health Sciences
Head of the Division of Nursing Midwifery & Social Work