This 30-credit bundled unit comprises two distinct 15-credit modules: Advancing Social Purpose: Community Engagement and Action and Mental Health, Wellbeing and Resilience. Each module retains its own content, learning outcomes and assessment requirements.
Advancing Social Purpose: Community Engagement and Action
This module introduces students to the ideas, practices, and challenges involved in understanding communities and contributing to social purpose. It explores how communities form, how they experience and respond to social issues, and how individuals, groups, and organisations can support positive social change.
Students examine a range of perspectives on community, identity, belonging, and participation, and consider how social purpose is expressed through collaborative activity, civic engagement, and initiatives aimed at improving collective wellbeing.
Through a combination of theoretical exploration and applied learning, students develop the ability to analyse the characteristics, needs and dynamics of different types of communities. The module encourages critical thinking, ethical awareness, and the development of practical skills for engaging with community issues and contributing to meaningful social purpose.
The module uses a blend of learning approaches designed to support critical enquiry, collaborative learning, and the application of ideas to real-world contexts.
Assessments are designed to evaluate students’ capacity to apply relevant theoretical frameworks, draw on appropriate evidence, and formulate MODSPEC 1.4 practical strategies for supporting social purpose in ways that align with the student’s particular field of study.
For example:
- Enhancing community wellbeing.
- Promoting Inclusion and social cohesion.
- Strengthening participation and civic engagement, for example through volunteering.
- Local heritage engagement.
- Education as a tool for community awareness raising and as community settings.
Mental Health, Wellbeing and Resilience
This module introduces key concepts in Mental Health, Wellbeing and Resilience. The module encourages students to reflect on and challenge their own professional practice through critical personal reflection. Students will define and interrogate key themes and concepts in Mental Wellbeing and Resilience. They will then investigate how the intersection of ideas, practice and cultural change influences leaders and managers in professional contexts, institutions and systems.
The indicative content of this module focusses on defining and critically considers concepts such as anxiety, mood, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) etc and their impact from a service delivery and individual perspective. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their own professional experiences.
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Admissions Process
If you are applying for individual or bundled modules through the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE), we will consider your application based on the level of study and the requirements of the module or modules you want to take.
You will need to show that you have the right knowledge, skills and preparation to study successfully at the level you are applying for. This could include previous qualifications, professional development, work experience or other relevant learning. If you have completed relevant prior learning at another institution, we may also be able to take this into account through our Recognition of Prior Learning process.
If you do not have the usual entry qualifications, we may still be able to consider your application. Please speak to our enquiries team for more information.
You will normally need to show successful study at Level 4, or equivalent prior learning. If it is relevant to the module, placement, learning activities or assessment, you will also need suitable sector experience. If you are not currently working in the sector, we may still consider your application if you can show enough previous experience or other suitable preparation.