This document provides information about postgraduate courses in clinical leadership and research offered through a partnership between Kingston University and St. George's, University of London. It describes the strengths of the partnership in providing high quality education that combines academic rigor with practical applications. It highlights two master's degrees offered - the MSc in Clinical Leadership and the MRes(Clin) in Research in Clinical Practice. The MSc in Clinical Leadership is designed for healthcare professionals and combines academic teaching with work-based learning. The MRes(Clin) provides a program for healthcare professionals to acquire research skills for careers in clinical research. The document also provides details on the support and facilities available to students.

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Clinical leadership
and Management
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education
Kingston and St George’s
Postgraduate courses

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Welcome to Kingston
and St George’s
We are one of the region’s leading
centres for the study of clinical
leadership, attracting practitioners
and students from across London
and the South East.
Designed for dynamic, forward-thinking
healthcare professionals and service
managers, our field of clinical leadership
combines academic rigour with practical
applications.
We aim to meet the needs of the health
and social care services in the public,
private and voluntary sectors both in
the UK and internationally. Our courses
are ideal for professionals who want to
progress to the next level or who wish to
move into this rewarding sector.
A unique partnership that works
for you
The Faculty of Health, Social Care and
Education is a joint enterprise of Kingston
University and St George’s, University of
London (hereafter referred to as Kingston
and St George’s). Together we offer the
very best learning opportunities from
two different and leading organisations
to advance the skills of healthcare
professionals.
We are known for our comprehensive
portfolio of qualifications in seven subject
areas, innovative research, great facilities
and leading academics We also provide
7,000 students with the opportunity to
experience student life in London.
Our complementary strengths result in
a unique and well-rounded educational
experience for you.
Kingston University
Opening up opportunities and
pioneering new approaches to teaching
Situated in one of the capital’s most
enviable locations, Kingston University
is the largest provider of higher education
in south west London, with more than
21,000 students. The University is
renowned for its teaching and is a
growing force in research and a pioneer
in e-learning.
Offering vocationally relevant education,
enhancing employment prospects and
widening participation are all key aims for
the University. Its wrap-around support
helps all students realise their potential.
St George’s, University of London
Rooted in teaching and research
excellence
Founded in 1733, St George’s in Tooting,
south London, has a worldwide reputation
for teaching and research excellence.
Its world-class education produces well-
rounded, highly-skilled clinicians, scientists
and health and social-care professionals.
The University delivers cutting-edge
scientific discovery through three specialist
institutes focusing on public health, heart
disease and infection. Close links with
the medical frontline and with London’s
diverse communities ensure this research
is translated into practice and directly
benefits patients.
The partners

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Kingston and St George’s
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FACTS
St George’s, University of London
• More than 250 years of excellence
and innovation in research and
education
• A cornerstone of health education
and history in London
Kingston University
• Established in 1992
• Reputation for offering a wide
portfolio of vocationally relevant
courses including art, design,
business, law, social sciences etc
Kingston University and St George’s, University of London, Faculty of Health, Social
Care and Education
Research centres
Centre for Public
Engagement
Centre for Health
and Social Care
Research
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Interprofessional
Practice
Teaching
disciplines
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Midwifery
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KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
Kingston upon
Thames, London
KINGSTON HILL
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
Kingston upon
Thames, London
ST GEORGE’S,
UNIVERSITY OF
LONDON
Tooting, London
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Education
Number
of students
Research
Much of our research
is internationally
excellent in terms
of originality,
significance and
rigour and some
world-leading.7000
Achievements
Top in London for
all subject area
offerings* Above
85 per cent of all
graduates employed
within six months
* Guardian League Table, The Guardian, University Guide 2015
Approach to learning
+ Research informed
+ Inter-professional
+Vocationally relevant for
excellent employability
outcomes
Kingston upon
Thames, London
Tooting, London
LOCATION
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Our specialist fields
• Clinical leadership
• Research in clinical practice
Key
• Eligible to be completed on a stand-
alone or continuous module-by-module
basis within a five year period
We offer a range of exciting leadership
and management courses that allow
health and social care professionals to
incorporate a work-based context to all of
their studies, helping them to develop their
expertise area and progress their careers in
management.
All our courses are:
• vocationally relevant
• led by practising professionals
• informed by student feedback
for continuous improvement.
Run at the Kingston Hill campus, our
MSc in Clinical leadership is designed for
professional healthcare workers who are
keen to learn more about leadership and
management techniques. It links theory
with practice by combining academic
teaching with work-based learning,
helping you learn how to lead and manage
healthcare practice and implement
research advances to enrich evidence-
based practice.
You will also develop the ability to
implement workplace learning in clinical
settings, and research healthcare issues
within your workplace. Your new skills will
prepare you for managing change and
encourage you to apply your learning to
projects within the workplace.
Leadership and management

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Clinical leadership
Degree
• Clinical Leadership MSc •
Why choose us?
• The Guardian University Guide 2015
ranks Kingston and St George’s as top
in London for healthcare professions.
• You will learn to manage a team and
complex work environments within the
fast evolving healthcare industry.
• You will position yourself for career
progression and promotion; a significant
number of students receive a promotion
after completing the programme.
• You will gain formal recognition of your
achievement while you work through the
work-based learning component of the
course.
• Presentations from top professors from
allied universities and professionals from
the health industry help you acquire
knowledge of best practice.
• You will receive excellent support
including an assigned supervisor
throughout the course.
• As well as expanding your skills in
leadership and management, you will
write and publish papers on subjects
relevant to your work environment.
Partnerships
We offer guest presentations from
professionals at other organisations
and universities, for example:
• Our Visiting Professor is a research
supervisor at University of Hertfordshire
• Our Course Director is a Visiting
Professor at Lapland University of
Applied Sciences in Finland and also
works with the Open University.
Employability
• 90 per cent of students receive a
promotion in their field within six
months of completing the programme.
• Graduates are well positioned to step
into leadership roles after the course;
several former students have been
appointed as senior lecturers at other
universities.
Learning tools/facilities
• Lectures are complemented with
seminars, presentations and online
discussion forums.
• Presentations from guest speakers and
leaders from the healthcare industry
provide students with up-to-date
knowledge.
Student benefits and support
• Our ‘action learning sets’ encourage
group learning, where you tackle
complex problems and reflect on
the best solution possible, as well
as individual learning through peer
collaboration.
• Extra tutorials are offered for students
seeking additional support or
comprehensive feedback during study.
• You have opportunities to complete
work based learning (WBL) projects
while being supervised by experienced
and internationally recognised
researchers.
• Former students are invited to share
their learning and WBL project
experiences with you.
• Our problem-based and collaborative
approaches to learning encourage
you to bring your own life experiences
and knowledge to the course.
• The lecturers build a community of
practice where students learn with
and from each other.
This course covers research, management of change and implementation
of evidence-based practice. The modules have helped me improve my
clinical practice and management skills even after only a short time, so
that I can deliver high standards of care to my patients. The staff are very
accommodating and supportive, too. Amos Moijueh, Clinical Leadership Msc student

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Partnerships
• Programme delivery is founded upon
a wide range of collaborations which
includes national and local clinical
research networks and NHS Trusts; we
have a well established reputation for
working closely with our Centre for Public
Engagement.
Employment prospects
• A significant number of students go
on to study at doctoral level as well
as achieving promotional success with
assigned roles specific to their research
interest areas after study.
Learning tools/facilities
• Lectures are complemented with
seminars, workshops and online
discussion forums.
• Our virtual learning environment includes
supplementary materials
• Presentations from guest speakers and
leaders within the field of clinical research
provide students with up-to-date
knowledge.
Student benefits and support
• You receive academic and pastoral
support from a research supervisor
and clinical mentor.
• There are opportunities to share own
knowledge and learn through peer
assisted learning.
• Workshops are offered on developing
skills associated with the role of a
researcher such as giving presentations,
applying for funding grants or writing
for publication.
• You will receive support in managing
the transition into education and back
into practice.
Research in clinical practice
Degree
• Masters in Clinical Research – MRes(Clin)
Why choose us?
• This course provides a focused
programme of practical and academic
study to enable healthcare and
healthcare science professionals
to acquire the necessary research skills
for future careers in clinical research.
• You will develop appropriate knowledge
and advanced transferable and applied
research skills which enable you to
plan, lead and manage clinical research,
promote and drive change in clinical
practice, and actively engage with the
wider research community.
• You will benefit from interprofessional
learning alongside all other students on
other postgraduate courses, and interact
with academic staff and researchers
working at the cutting edge of specific
areas of applied clinical research clinical.
• You will have opportunities to undertake
a clinical research project (on a topic
of personal interest) and be supported
by an academic supervisor and clinical
mentor.
• You will have opportunities to undertake
placement experience of research roles
and practice, service improvement and
innovation.
• You will be able to effectively network,
support less experienced colleagues,
and prepare for competitive grant
applications and doctoral level study.
The taught course covers lots of interesting and relevant topics associated
with research that enables you to engage in a range of activities.
There’s a mix of lectures and classroom-based activities, with lots of
opportunity to ask questions and gain the necessary support from the
staff and your peers. It is a friendly atmosphere with a range of professions
and experienced researchers and clinicians offering multiple insights.
You not only learn about research; there is so much that can be learnt
about clinical practice and your own abilities from engaging with this
course. Ashley Reed, MRes(Clin) student and Paramedic with London Ambulance Service

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A foot in two camps: An exploratory
study of nurse leaders in universities
As nursing education is quite a young
academic discipline, there has been
relatively little focus on the leadership of
academic nursing.
Professor Fiona Ross, Dr Chris Tye and
Visiting Professor Diane Marks-Maran
undertook a study to explore the scope
and meaning of leadership from the
perspective of nurse leaders in universities
in the UK. They interviewed 10 nurse
leaders who were managing healthcare
portfolios and running departments of
various sizes, often with a mix of nursing
and other healthcare disciplines.
Three core issues emerged from the team’s
survey: the leadership context, ways in
which the deans articulated their leadership
skills and the issue of legitimacy of nursing
in higher education.
The findings, which were published in
Nurse EducationToday, highlight the
complexity of the roles of academic
nurse leaders as they navigate the different
worlds of the university and healthcare
practice. The legitimacy of nursing as a
practice discipline in universities continues
to be contested territory. However, the
research team stress that nurse leaders
have the opportunity to take action and
develop a collective narrative about the
contribution that academic nursing can
make to the quality of the workforce.
Research
Explaining health managers’
information-seeking behaviour and use
A team of Kingston and St George’s
researchers have produced a report for
the National Institute for Health Research
that analyses what sort of information
health service managers use in decision-
making.
The team held in-depth interviews with 54
managers and carried out a national survey
of over 2,000 managers and librarians to
identify the facilitators and barriers to
the use of information, and to develop
guidelines for improving practice.
They found that managers are
overwhelmed with too much information
of various types and quality, yet often
cannot find the information they need.
They use many different sources, but
personal experience and seeing what
works can be more influential than
academic or formal sources. The large
differences in the types of information used
could be particularly problematic in such a
diverse organisation as the NHS.
The team suggested that training in critical
evaluation, research and management
training undertaken in mixed groups could
promote mutual understanding.
They concluded that other people are a
major information source, and managers
need to consider how groups and teams
can be used to enhance information
collection and exchange.
To find out more about our academic teams
and the research under way in the Faculty,
visit www.healthcare.ac.uk
Many of our academics are eminent researchers in their
fields and involved in a wide range of projects that impact
on healthcare practice and innovation.

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We offer a range of support services to help
you to make the most of the opportunities
here. The following services at Kingston
University are available to all clinical
leadership and clinical research students:
Personal training plan
We offer training in a range of skills that will
help you to improve your study, research
and life skills. Most postgraduate students
are offered training sessions, including
project management, communication skills
and information research and retrieval.
Seminar programme
An active seminar programme provides
a forum for you to test your ideas in front
of fellow students and staff – in preparation
for presenting at external conferences.
There is also a full programme of
specialist research seminars, conferences,
workshops and lectures that forms a
stimulating part of the research culture
at Kingston.
The Graduate Student Society (GSS)
The GSS acts as a forum and voice for
the graduate student community at
Kingston as well as organising social
events.
Graduate centres
These dedicated spaces for graduate
students are ideal for private study, holding
meetings/seminars or simply relaxing with
a newspaper and coffee.
Personal tutor
When you arrive at Kingston and
St George’s, you will be allocated a
personal tutor who will support you
throughout your time with us, helping you
make the transition into higher education
and offering academic guidance and
advice.
Academic Skills Centre
Our Academic Skills Centre provide one-to-
one support and advice on the techniques
you need to be a successful student
including: essay writing, exam techniques,
presentation and research skills and editing
and web skills.
Pre-sessional English language courses
Designed for our international students,
these courses give you the chance to
practise and develop the academic English
and study skills that you will need for your
degree course and include social and
cultural activities.
Student Life Centre
This centre brings together a number
of key student support services in
one place on campus including:
accommodation, advice, disability support
and student funds. All prospective and
current Kingston University students can
access the full range of services on offer.
The Nightingale Centre
Our Learning Resources Centre at
Kingston Hill boasts a range of learning
environments organised into silent, quiet
and group study zones. There are over
750 study spaces available – 250 with a
fixed computer – as well as a café serving
light snacks and drinks.
Disability support
Our disability and mental health advisers
co-ordinate support arrangements and
resources to enable students to benefit
fully from their time here. Services include
help with applications for the Disabled
Students’ Allowance, adjustments to
examination arrangements and assessment
for specific learning difficulties such as
dyslexia.
Health Centre
We offer a wide range of health and
wellbeing services including free
counselling and stress management,
sexual health clinics, sports injury clinics,
health advice and vaccinations
As students of Kingston and St George’s,
you also have access to the following
facilities at St George’s, University of
London:
Library and IT Services
The library’s healthcare and biomedical
collection comprises more than 42,000
books and multimedia resources.
We subscribe to over 10,000 journals
(mostly electronic), and a wide variety of
medical and healthcare databases. Our IT
services facilitate access to over 250 PCs.
This includes a 24-hour access computing
room.
Find more information on student support
at: www.kingston.ac.uk
Other course areas you may be
interested in:
• Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Master of Science by Research
and Dissertation (MRes)
Support at Kingston
and St George’s

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