BSc Integrated Health and Social Care
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Integrated Health and Social Care, a social policy and health and social care degree centred on health service delivery, care practices, and sector leadership. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a work experience placement and a choice between a change maker project dissertation or a research dissertation in the final year. The first year covers academic foundations through modules such as Introducing academic skills, Introduction to research and social enquiry, Foundations of health and social care practice, and Sociology of health. The second year examines data exploration, mental health conditions, and inter-professional care responses, alongside optional modules including Social prescribing, Addictions and society, and Population health management. The third year focuses on safeguarding and service improvement alongside compulsory dissertation options. Optional studies in the final year span Digital health, Promoting better health outcomes, and ageing society topics.
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Entry requirements
96 UCAS tariff points including 80 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalent. With Foundation Year: 48 UCAS tariff points including 32 from at least 1 A-level or equivalent.
What students say
Based on about 156 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 93%
- Assessment and feedback: 91%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 89%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 185 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 63%
- Gained a higher qualification: 1%
- Left higher education: 29%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 6%
What graduates do next
Based on about 135 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 48%
- Working and studying: 11%
- Further study: 13%
- Unemployed: 11%
Most common jobs
- Caring personal services: 40%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 15%
- Protective service occupations: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 86%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 68%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 71%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 65 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- East Midlands: 8%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 70%
- London: 8%
- South East: 11%
- Wales: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 115 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 53%
- Access course: 4%
- A degree: 2%
- Other HE qualification: 4%
- Other qualifications: 4%
- No formal qualifications: 33%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Silver for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Research 1: collecting data
- Introducing academic skills
- Introduction to research and social enquiry
- Career planning for social scientists
- Foundations of health and social care practice
- Sociology of health
- The principles and practice of inclusivity in integrated health and social care service delivery
- Research 2: exploring data
- Living with mental health conditions
- Integrated and inter-professional responses to care across the lifespan
- Work-related experience in health and social care
- Social prescribing
- Addictions and society
- Population health management
- Safeguarding in health and social care practice
- SASS Change Maker project dissertation
- SASS Change Maker research dissertation
- Leading improvement in health and social care services
- Young people, the urban environment and social determinants of health
- Health and social care in an ageing society
- Digital health
- Promoting better health outcomes
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Integrated Health and Social Care at University of Bedfordshire earn?
The median salary is £24,000 after 15 months, £25,500 after 3 years, £24,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £16,500 and £37,500. The £24,500 median after five years is £3,000 less than the UK median for Social policy.
What do graduates of BSc Integrated Health and Social Care at University of Bedfordshire do next?
71% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2022-23).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Integrated Health and Social Care at University of Bedfordshire?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2024-25.
What grades do I need for BSc Integrated Health and Social Care at University of Bedfordshire?
The average entrant had 74 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BSc Integrated Health and Social Care at University of Bedfordshire?
63% of students continued into their second year, and 29% left higher education.