This Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care develops your critical understanding of health and social care policy, theory, and practice, which is essential in today's fast-changing care sector. Health and social care professionals at all levels need to be proactive and flexible to succeed. You’ll develop the skills you need for effective practice in a diverse, multidisciplinary environment through your studies.

This Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Science qualification is for those with an academic or professional interest in mental health science and the biological and psychological underpinnings of this discipline. It equips students with the necessary skills to critically evaluate the current literature, discuss contemporary issues and communicate a critical understanding of key topics in mental health science.

In this Diploma of Higher Education in Health Sciences, you’ll study the essential scientific concepts underpinning the function of the human mind and body; the incidence, diagnosis and treatment of disease and disability; and the maintenance and improvement of health in different populations. It’s particularly relevant if you work in health-related professions, or you’re thinking about doing so.

This qualification prepares registered health professionals for enhanced clinical practice roles. You'll develop your knowledge and critical understanding of enhanced clinical practice, leadership, research and education, and the skills that enable you to act with a high level of autonomy. You will enhance your skills in holistic and systematic assessment, complex decision making, and provision of high-quality evidence-based interventions for patients, clients and their families. The diploma also incorporates a Non-Medical Prescribing module which, upon successful completion, will enable you to gain regulatory recognition as a non-medical prescriber within your scope of practice.

Diploma of Higher Education in Criminology and Psychology helps make sense of crime, criminalisation, criminals and victims. This qualification will provide you with a critical understanding of these subjects. As your understanding develops, you'll question your own beliefs about crime and harm.

This Diploma of Higher Education in Psychology provides an accessible and engaging introduction to studying psychology. You'll learn about core areas of psychology, including biological, cognitive, developmental and social psychology. You'll explore a range of research methods used by psychologists and conduct psychological research of your own, writing up the associated research reports as part of your assignments. 

Philosophy and psychology seek to answer profound questions about ourselves and our place in the social and physical universe. This diploma explores a range of philosophical debates about ethics, justice, scientific knowledge, religion and the self. It introduces core approaches in social, cognitive and developmental psychology and some applied aspects of professional practice. You’ll learn to read and understand scientific and philosophical texts; use different research methods; and communicate clearly and logically.

This is one of several subject combinations available in our Diploma of Higher Education in Computing & IT and Psychology and a second subject (W42). With this joint diploma, you can specialise in an area of computing and IT and combine it with psychology, dividing your time equally between subjects.