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## A Level Offer / Irish Leaving Certificate Offer

A Level and Irish Leaving Certificate Offers

A Level Offer | Irish Leaving Offer

AAA | 144 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

AAB | 136 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

ABB | 128 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

BBB | 120 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

BBC | 112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

BCC | 104 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

CCC | 96 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

CCD | 88 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

Please note that for some courses, there are additional competency standards that need to be met. Full details will be included on the entry section of the course page.

Applicants from ROI – Additional information to help calculate the tariff you need to achieve

Leaving Cert Higher

For students from the Republic of Ireland.

Leaving Cert Higher UCAS Points

Grade | UCAS Points

H1 | 32

H2 | 30

H3 | 24

H4 | 18

H5 | 12

Leaving Cert Ordinary

Leaving Cert Ordinary UCAS Points

O1 | 12

O2 | 10

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# Health and Social Care Policy BSc (Hons)

Undergraduate Full-time UCAS Code: L510 2027/28

Health and Social Care Policy focuses on policy issues facing our society such as providing and financing healthcare, health inequalities and ageing.

## If you're from the UK or Ireland

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* You live in the UK or Ireland

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## If you're an International Applicant

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UCAS Code

Qualification Type(s)

Bachelor of Science with Honours

Location

Start Date

September 2027

Study Mode

Full-time

Overview

Standard Entry Conditions

Careers and Opportunities

Student and Employer Stories

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Sustainability

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## Overview

The BSc in Health and Social Care Policy is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to work in graduate level roles within the health and social care sector. Based in the discipline of social policy, this specialist degree has a strong emphasis on developing your intellectual, professional and personal skills. The degree focuses on the policy and theoretical context for the management and delivery of health and social care in Northern Ireland further afield.

A key feature of the course is a six-week work placement at the end of Level 5.

### QS 5 Star Excellence

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### Rated 5 Stars: Excellent overall

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## About this course

### Rated 5 Stars: Excellent for Teaching

This course provides a strong grounding in the development and implementation of health and social care policy regionally, nationally and internationally. You will study key issues around the funding and delivery of health and social care in a dynamic and fast-changing environment. You will also explore concepts relevant to health and social care policy such as human need, welfare, the sharing of risk and citizenship in contemporary globalised societies.

The course will provide you with practical and transferable skills in research and policy analysis. There is a strong emphasis in developing your theoretical, intellectual and personal skills to equip you for graduate employment in a range of fields. Teaching is research-led and grounded in the course team’s close contact with research and practice. A key feature of the course is a six-week work placement at the end of Level 5.

As a passionate team of internationally recognised researchers and educators, we are dedicated to the pursuit of evidence-based policy-making and committed to facilitating students’ personal, intellectual, and professional development.

All staff are members of the Social Policy Association and many are members of the Advanced Higher Education Authority.

### Associate awards

Diploma in Professional Practice DPP

Diploma in International Academic Studies DIAS

### Attendance

Three years full-time, four years for those completing the optional module in Diploma in Professional Practice. Teaching takes place over two 12 week semesters. Contact hours during the teaching weeks are 9 hours a week, supplemented by at least 25 hours of independent study. In final year, students have additional dissertation supervision sessions and throughout the course students have access to their studies advisor and year tutor when the need arises.

All course team staff are available for individual consultation at set times and by arrangement.

### Start dates

* September 2027

### Teaching, Learning and Assessment

A variety of teaching and learning methods are used on the degree including lectures, seminars, supervised group-work sessions, directed reading, blended learning using Blackboard Learn, case study work, directed electronic information retrieval, independent learning, and a work-based-learning opportunity to impart knowledge and understanding of the subject.

In addition, a broad range of assessment methods are utilised to measure knowledge and understanding of the subject, including academic essays; report writing; policy analysis/policy brief-writing; directed seminar discussions, small-group project work; writing and delivering seminar papers; presentations; online tests; the dissertation, e-portfolios, blogs and unseen examinations.

## Academic Delivery and Award Information

The content for each course is summarised on the relevant course page, along with an overview of the modules that make up the course.

Each course is approved by the University and meets the expectations of:

* the relevant generic national Qualification Descriptor

* the applicable Subject Benchmark Statement

* the requirements of any professional, regulatory, statutory and accrediting bodies.

Attendance and Independent Study

As part of your course induction, you will be provided with details of the organisation and management of the course, including attendance and assessment requirements - usually in the form of a timetable. For full-time courses, the precise timetable for each semester is not confirmed until close to the start date and may be subject to some change in the early weeks as all courses settle into their planned patterns.

For part-time courses which require attendance on particular days and times, an expectation of the days and periods of attendance will be included in the letter of offer. A course handbook is also made available.

Courses comprise modules for which the notional effort involved is indicated by its credit rating. Each credit point represents 10 hours of student effort. Undergraduate courses typically contain 10, 20, or 40 credit modules (more usually 20) and postgraduate courses typically 15 or 30 credit modules.

The normal study load expectation for an undergraduate full-time course of study in the standard academic year is 120 credit points. This amounts to around 36-42 hours of expected teaching and learning per week, inclusive of attendance requirements for lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical work, fieldwork or other scheduled classes, private study, and assessment. Teaching and learning activities will be in-person and/or online depending on the nature of the course.

Part-time study load is the same as full-time pro-rata, with each credit point representing 10 hours of student effort.

Postgraduate Master’s courses typically comprise 180 credits, taken in three semesters when studied full-time. A Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) comprises 60 credits and can usually be completed on a part-time basis in one year. A 120-credit Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) can usually be completed on a part-time basis in two years.

Class contact times vary by course and type of module. Typically, for a module predominantly delivered through lectures you can expect at least 3 contact hours per week (lectures/seminars/tutorials). Laboratory classes often require a greater intensity of attendance in blocks. Some modules may combine lecture and laboratory. The precise model will depend on the course you apply for and may be subject to change from year to year for quality or enhancement reasons.

Prospective students will be consulted about any significant changes.

Assessment

Assessment methods vary and are defined explicitly in each module. Assessment can be a combination of examination and coursework but may also be only one of these methods. Assessment is designed to assess your achievement of the module’s stated learning outcomes.  You can expect to receive timely feedback on all coursework assessments. This feedback may be issued individually and/or issued to the group and you will be encouraged to act on this feedback for your own development.

Coursework can take many forms, for example: essay, report, seminar paper, test, presentation, dissertation, design, artefacts, portfolio, journal, group work. The precise form and combination of assessment will depend on the course you apply for and the module. Details will be made available in advance through induction, the course handbook, the module specification, the assessment timetable and the assessment brief. The details are subject to change from year to year for quality or enhancement reasons.

You will be consulted about any significant changes.

No other health condition matches mental ill-health in the combined effect of prevalence and impact across individual, social, economic and mortality measures. This module aims to show how our knowledge and understanding of mental illness have changed over time, as well as indicate the problematic nature of the definition of mental illness. Students will also study the social patterning of mental health and illness and consider variations according to age, gender and social class.

Particular attention is paid to the role and influence of user groups in the development of policy and strategy.

#### The Environment, Social Justice and Sustainable Social Policy

This module is optional

This module equips students to analyse critical aspects of the causes of environmental and sustainability challenges. They will examine the extent to which environmental costs and burdens are experienced by different groups, including the most vulnerable. They will explore the response of social and public policy to the challenge of rethinking the design and delivery of social policy for sustainable social policies and

evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of social policy approaches incorporating environmental perspectives at local, national and international level, including the UN sustainable development goals.

### Optional Modules

Optional modules are reviewed on a Programme each year and we may change the options available to you, to reflect our staff expertise, changes in Programme requirements or to reflect feedback that we have received from other Students, employers or other interested parties.

If your Programme contains optional modules, you will be provided with a list of these in good time so that you can choose the options right for you each year. Sometimes, we may not be able to run a particular optional module because not enough Students sign up for it or because a member of staff is not available to teach a module.

Where this may be the case, we will let you know when you are provided with your option choices, and you will be able to choose an alternative if one of your selected modules does not run.

International applicants

UK and Republic of Ireland applicants

## Standard Entry Conditions

We recognise a range of qualifications for admission to our courses. In addition to the specific entry conditions for this course you must also meet the University’s General Entrance Requirements .

The entry conditions below apply to applicants presenting qualifications from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland or Great Britain.

### A Level Grades

### A Level Subject Requirements

Applicants can satisfy the requirement for the third A Level by substituting a combination of alternative qualifications recognised by the University.

### Accepted BTEC/OCR Qualifications

QCF Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma (2012 Suite)

Award profile of DDD

RQF Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma (2016 Suite)

Award profile of DMM

QCF Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Diploma (2012 Suite)

Award profile of DM plus A Level Grade B or award profile of DM plus A Level Grade B

RQF Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Diploma (2016 Suite)

Award profile of DM plus A Level Grade C

QCF Pearson BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Introductory Diploma (2012 Suite)

Award profile of M plus A Level Grades BB

RQF Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Extended Certificate (2016 Suite)

Note: BTEC Level 3 RQF Foundation Diploma, Diploma and Extended Diplomas in Children's Play, Learning and Development are not accepted.

BTEC Level 3 RQF National Extended Certificate in Children's Play, Learning and Development is accepted

### Irish Leaving Certificate

112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level)

### Irish Leaving Certificate - Additional Requirements

To include English at H6 if studied at Higher Level or 04 if studied at Ordinary Level.

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### Access Course – NI/ROI

Overall profile of 63% (120-credit Access Course)

### Access to Higher Education – GB

Overall profile of 15 credits at Distinction and 30 credits at Merit (60-credit Access to HE Diploma). This means you'll need 15 credits at Distinction and 30 credits at Merit level.

### GCSE

You must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements for admission to a first degree course and hold a GCSE pass in English Language at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent).

Essential Skills Level 2 Communication accepted as equivalent to GCSE English Language.

### Additional Entry Requirements

HND (total of 120 credits) with an overall Merit to include 45 level 5 credits at Distinction

HNC (total of 120 credits) with an overall Merit to include 75 level 4 credits at Distinction

Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care - Successful completion with an overall mark in level 5 modules of 50 % for Year 2 entry

Foundation Degree - Successful completion with an overall mark in level 5 modules of 50% for Year 1 entry

Cert HE - A number of colleges offer a two-year part-time Certificate in Higher Education in Social & Behavioural Sciences. Candidates who successfully complete this Certificate, with an overall average of 55%, are eligible to apply for admission directly onto the second year of any of our full-time Sociology degrees.

## International Entry Requirements

We accept many international qualifications. For each course, we clearly explain the entry requirements and the level of English you need.

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### A Level Equivalent

Grades CCC or higher and may include course specific subjects aligned to the degree.

Entry requirements will vary depending on your country of residence.

Check the specific entry requirements for your country here:

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In addition to academic entry requirements, there are also English Language requirements for each course:

### English Language Requirements

English language requirements for international applicants

The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5 or an accepted alternative test .

### Verification of qualifications using Qualification Check

Applications to Ulster University are carefully reviewed and applicant supporting documentation, including qualifications are verified.

If we are unable to make the verification ourselves, we will require applicants to submit a verification check using Qualification Check.

If this applies to you, we will contact you to request for a Qualification Check.

If you have any questions related to entry requirements, please get in touch

internationaladmissions@ulster.ac.uk

## Careers and Opportunities

### Rated 5 Stars: Excellent for Employability

### Graduate employers

Graduates from this course are now working for:

* Barnardos

* Cedar Foundation

* Disability Action

* Health and Social Care Trusts

* NI Civil Service

* Youth Action

With this degree you could become:

* Care Co-ordinator

* Civil Servant

* Community Health Advisor

* Disability Support Worker

* HSC Graduate Intern

* Policy and Advocacy Worker

* Research Officer

This degree is excellent preparation for a wide range of careers within the health and social services sector and further afield. Graduates have high employment rates with many working in health and social care or related areas and are well-equipped with the knowledge and skills to develop a career in local and central government, in consultancy or management and in research settings. This degree will enable students to apply for the fast-track relevant graduate route in social work.

Our graduates have also progressed to postgraduate study in related areas such as health promotion, public health and community and youth work.

### Work placement / study abroad

A key feature of the course is a six-week block work-based placement at the end of year two and an optional module in Diploma in Professional Practice, lasting 12 months, taken in year 3. Opportunities to study abroad include the Erasmus Scheme and International Student Exchange Programme.

## Fees and Funding

### 2027/28 Fees

Undergraduate fees are subject to annual review, 2027/28 fees will be announced in due course.

See our tuition fees page for the current fees for 2026/27 entry.

### Scholarships, awards and prizes

George Mitchell prize for the best dissertation

Best placement prize

### Find the right scholarship for you

See if you can access financial or other forms of support, including mentorship to excel in your studies.

View available scholarships.

### Additional mandatory costs

Please note that this course is a "regulated and/or care provision" within the meaning of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (NI) Order 2003 and the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups (NI) Order 2007. They may involve access to children and/or vulnerable adults and students are required to be subject to the criminal records check and may not complete the course without it. The fee for this is £33.00.

It is important to remember that costs associated with accommodation, travel (including car parking charges) and normal living will need to be covered in addition to tuition fees.

Where a course has additional mandatory expenses (in addition to tuition fees) we make every effort to highlight them above. We aim to provide students with the learning materials needed to support their studies. Our libraries are a valuable resource with an extensive collection of books and journals, as well as first-class facilities and IT equipment. Computer suites and free Wi-Fi are also available on each of the campuses.

There are additional fees for examination resits and library fines. Where a graduation ceremony is part of your course, please be aware that additional fees will apply.

Students choosing a period of paid work placement or study abroad as a part of their course should be aware that there may be additional travel and living costs, as well as tuition fees.

See the tuition fees on our student guide for most up to date costs.

## Sustainability

### Rated 5 Stars: Excellent for Environmental Impact

Ulster continues to develop and support sustainability initiatives with our staff, students, and external partners across various aspects of teaching, research, professional services operations, and governance.

At Ulster every person, course, research project, and professional service area on every campus either does or can contribute in some way towards the global sustainability and climate change agenda.

We are guided by both our University Strategy People, Place and Partnerships: Delivering Sustainable Futures for All and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Our work in this area is already being recognised globally.  Most recently by the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact rating where we were recognised as Joint 5^{th} Globally for Outreach Activities and Joint Top 20 Globally for Sustainable Development Goal 17:  Partnership for the Goals.

Visit our Sustainability at Ulster destination to learn more about how the University strategy and the activities of Ulster University support each of the Sustainable Development Goals.

* Sustainability at Ulster University

## Contact

### For more information visit

* Visit Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

* Visit School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences

## Student and Employer Stories

Rebecca Hunt, Final Year Health and Social Care Policy

I attended Limavady Grammar School, completing my A-levels to then venture on to higher education. I have always had an interest in politics and the inequalities faced within society and so I knew that Health and Social Care Policy was a perfect choice. During my placement at the end of second year I worked in the NI Assembly’s Research and Information Service. This enabled me to gain confidence in carrying out research.

I appreciate the support that I have received over the past few years whilst studying at Ulster. I received the Academic Excellence Award at the end of first year which recognised my academic achievement and this also gave me the confidence to realise my future career potential. I have a young daughter and I am grateful to my lecturers for their understanding and support. I recommend Ulster University as the lecturers are very supportive, wanting everyone to succeed.

It is a friendly and welcoming University with so much to offer and the course is empowering and informative!

## Terms and Conditions

1. We prepare our prospectus and online information about our courses with care and every effort is made to ensure that the information is accurate. The printed version of the prospectus is, however, published at least a year before the courses begin. Information included in the prospectus may, therefore, change. This includes, but is not limited to changes to the terms, content, delivery, location, method of assessments or lengths of the courses described.

Not all circumstances are foreseeable, but changes will normally be made for one of the following reasons:

* to meet external, professional, or accredited body requirements;

* to provide for exceptional circumstances due to reasons beyond our reasonable control;

* to improve or enhance your experience, or to adopt changes recommended in student feedback, with the aim of improving the student experience and/or student outcomes; and/or

* to ensure appropriate academic standards are met, for example in response to external examiners’ feedback.

2. If there are insufficient enrolments to make a course viable, it may be necessary for the University to withdraw a course. If you have received an offer for a course that we subsequently have to close, we will contact you as soon as possible to discuss alternative courses. If you do not wish to study any alternative courses at the University, you may withdraw your application by informing us by email to admissions@ulster.ac.uk.

4. We will include a durable PDF when we send you an offer letter which will highlight any changes made to our prospectus or online information about our courses. You should read this carefully and ensure you fully understand what you are agreeing to before accepting a place on one of our courses.

5. The University will always try to deliver the course as described in the durable PDF you receive with your offer letter.

6. At any point after an offer has been made, students will be notified of any course changes in writing (usually by email) as soon as reasonably practicable and we will take all reasonable steps to minimise their impact where possible. The University will, where possible and reasonably practicable, seek the express consent of the student in regard to any changes concerning material or pre-contract information.

7. The University website will be updated to reflect the changed course information as soon as reasonably practicable.

8. If, after due consideration, you decide that you no longer want to study your course or to study at the University because of the changes, you may withdraw your application or terminate your contract with the University. In order to do so, you should notify us in writing by emailing admissions@ulster.ac.uk (and update UCAS if applicable). We will, on request, recommend alternative courses that you could study with us, or suggest a suitable course at an alternative higher education provider.

9. If you do not agree that the changes are fair, you can seek redress under the Student Complaints Procedures .

10. Providing the University has complied with the requirements of all applicable consumer protection laws, the University does not accept responsibility for the consequences of any modification, relocation or cancellation of any course, or part of a course, offered by the University. The University will give due and proper consideration to the effects thereof on individual students and take the steps necessary to minimise the impact of such effects on those affected.

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