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PgCert Behaviour Change

Sheffield Hallam University

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Sheffield Hallam University

Course options

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  • Qualification

    Postgraduate Certificate

  • Location

    Collegiate Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    10 months

Course summary

If you work in a health or social care setting, this course will provide you with the skills and knowledge to enhance your professional development, communication skills and understanding of your service users.

Course summary

Learn to critically evaluate and apply different approaches, theories and models to health-related issues and behaviour change.
Develop your ability to reflect on your practice, planning and personal development.
Apply problem solving strategies to complex professional scenarios.
Develop research and systematic literature reviewing skills.

This course focuses on health psychology’s approach to understanding people’s experience of illness, disability and health. As part of the course you will acquire knowledge and skills which you will apply to enhance your professional practice. You will be encouraged to engage in reflection and reflexive practice which will enable you to further develop your skills in order to meet new challenges and understand ways to improve care.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This course is multi-disciplinary exploring health and illness in terms of its psychological, sociological, biological and political context.

Modules combine online learning with weekly on-campus study days. This provides flexible learning opportunities to enable a diverse range of students to study alongside employment and/or family commitments. Students attend an induction on campus in September, before typically attending half a day per week thereafter.

You learn through

online study
work
problem solving

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

Health promotion
Nursing
Social work
Medical practice
Physiotherapy
Dietetics
Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
Mental health and wellbeing

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 5,735per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University

  • University League Table

    84th

  • Campus address

    Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 1WB, United Kingdom

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Sheffield is a diverse student city in the centre of the UK that is home to over 60,000 students from all over the world.
Sheffield Hallam's relationships with top international companies helps students access internships and build connections for their future career.
Sheffield Hallam offers a range of scholarships and funding support to help towards the cost of studying in the UK.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Psychology

    93rd out of 118 19

  • Entry standards

    / Max 220
    108 49%

    100th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    60.0 60%

    79th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.08 77%

    62nd

    23

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