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A Top-up degree is the equivalent to the final year of an undergraduate degree. This programme aims to provide a natural progression for students who may have completed a related foundation degree or equivalent level 5 qualification (e.g. HND), or for qualified nurses wishing to gain graduate status. Top-up degrees enable students to develop their knowledge, skills and understanding of a particular topic. The BSc Health & Social Care (Top up) provides students with the opportunity to graduate with an honour's degree.The top up degree course takes an integrated approach, combining policy and practice, and has a clear focus on employability. The course will expand upon your current understanding of how to support a wide variety of people, including the most vulnerable individuals and those with complex care needs. You will be equipped with the skills and knowledge fundamental to meeting the health and care needs of society, adapting to the latest changes in this dynamic sector, ensuring you graduate with the professional attributes to deliver to the current needs of the health and social care sector.The top up degree combines academic aptitude with practical competency, enabling you to gain a critical understanding of advanced theoretical knowledge and skills in leadership and management in the health and social care sector. It offers a range of professional and transferable skills, leading you to be able to progress and gain promotions within employment. On successful completion of this top up programme, students will have further opportunities in career progression; a wide range of careers are available across public, private and third sector environments such as the NHS, charities (Age UK, MIND) and social care organisations like Focus and Care Plus Group. Graduates from this course could take on leadership and management roles in health or social care and would be capable of working within a multi-agency environment. On successful completion students can also pursue further academic development via post-graduate routes. These include (but are not restricted to) social work, care management, nursing, midwifery, human resources, and teaching. To enable you to tailor your studies in line with your career aims, this top-up degree offers you a variety of optional modules to choose from advanced dementia care, counselling and communication skills, and the principles and practice of health promotion.