Neurological Rehabilitation and Care (Online Learning) PgCert (ICL)

All the teaching on the MSc is delivered entirely online. This allows for flexible and responsive approaches to learning, assessment and support of our students. It also enables us to reach a wide range of graduates and professionals from all over the world.

The online teaching methods include:

• video lectures
• online tutorials
• discussion boards
• online conferences
• films and videos
• independent study and research.

The University's full range of online learning resources will be available to students, for example:

• web conferencing software
• e-books
• online academic journals

Please note that students enrolled on this programme would not be eligible to apply for a Tier 4 visa.

Compulsory Courses:

• Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and Stroke Rehabilitation
• Person Centred Care in Practice: Relationships and Emotion
• Research Methods in Health

A maximum of 1 course per semester can be taken.

Find out more about compulsory and optional courses

We link to the latest information available. Please note that this may be for a previous academic year and should be considered indicative.

This programme helps nurses to return to educational study whilst working clinically. You will benefit from current theory, practice, evidence base and policy that will leverage substantial contribution to the advancement of knowledge, practice and care in neurological rehabilitation and care.

This programme aims to:

• equip our students, through education and critical reflection on their own practice, with the resources and skills to develop person-centred, partnership focussed, practice in the area of neurological rehabilitation and care
• promote a person-centred approach to neuro-rehabilitation practice focussing on the expressed needs of the younger adult (18 – 40) who has experienced ABI or stroke, and that of their family and carers
• enhance nurses’ knowledge and skills in supporting the physical, cognitive and mental health needs of individuals who have experienced ABI or stroke
• improve research enquiry skills and their application to evidence based clinical practice of neurological rehabilitation

In essence, the programme will produce cohorts of practitioners fit for practice, purpose, and award in this discipline.

Graduates of the University of Edinburgh and this programme recognise the vision, purpose and value of making the world a better place, ensuring their actions and activities deliver positive change locally, regionally and globally.

The degree also provides you with an excellent foundation for graduates to step onto the MSc Advanced Nursing programme to further advance your professional career.

Career opportunities are vast for nurses in public, independent and voluntary sectors. Nursing requires innovative practitioners working as part of a multi-professional team, across a range of health and social care settings, and in partnership with people, families, and carers.

Nurses working in neuroscience care for people with a variety of neurological conditions and disorders across the lifespan and community. There are a number of specialties encompassed with this field of practice.

This programme will facilitate career progression for those working in nursing to begin the development of advanced nursing knowledge, skills and understanding. This will enable your professional journey towards senior roles in clinical:

• practice
• leadership
• research
• policy
• management

In addition, the programme will equip you for further study. On completion of the programme, you have the opportunity to return to studies here at the University of Edinburgh and apply to the Masters in Advanced Nursing programme to extend your advanced nursing competency. You will also be able to apply for recognition of prior learning (RPL).

Find out further information on nursing careers:

• Nursing careers resource

These entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024.

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, and a nursing qualification.

Applicants must hold a current registration or licence with the licensing authority or registration body in the country in which they qualified or have been practising and provide this evidence. For UK applicants, this will be a current recordable qualification with UK Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). Please include your NMC registration number in your personal statement.

Applicants must be currently working in, or have access to, a Neurological Rehabilitation clinical practice environment during the programme. But we may consider those with wider Neurological clinical practice.

Applicants with a lower degree classification will be considered if you can demonstrate extensive relevant work experience and present a strong personal statement. We may also consider your application if you have other qualifications or experience; please contact us to check before you apply.

Students from China

This degree is Band C.

• Postgraduate entry requirements for students from China

International qualifications

Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:

• Entry requirements by country

English language requirements

Regardless of your nationality or country of residence, you must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.

English language tests

We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:

• IELTS Academic: total 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component. We do not accept IELTS One Skill Retake to meet our English language requirements.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 92 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
• C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 176 with at least 169 in each component.
• Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components.
• PTE Academic: total 62 with at least 59 in each component.

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.

Degrees taught and assessed in English

We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

• UKVI list of majority English speaking countries

We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries (non-MESC).

• Approved universities in non-MESC

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than five years old* at the beginning of your programme of study. (*Revised 05 March 2024 to extend degree validity to five years.)

Find out more about our language requirements:

• English language requirements

Tuition fees

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