Systems Change: Collaborative Communities PGCert
Overview
Addressing emerging needs
This programme draws on the experience of people who are securing change in communities through collaborative methods and relationships. Those who do this from an institutional perspective usually recognise this as a leadership role, but in communities the language of leadership is often alien.
People making a real difference in communities may have a history of volunteering or have a more explicit role as a community champion. This course is aimed at people coming from both perspectives. It is aimed at leaders from both community and citizen leadership backgrounds, as well as professionals.
We expect this course to particularly appeal to people working in primary and community health settings. It addresses the emerging need for new knowledge and practice in effecting change in collaborative health and care systems.
Why Systems Change: Collaborative Communities at LSBU?
- This innovative degree offers both face–to-face and blended learning experiences.
- Working in partnership with the LSBU People’s Academy, our learning approach models the skills and behaviours required by collaborative leaders.
- The highly participative nature of workshops and groups enables students to experience collaborative leadership and peer learning.
Modules
Innovating in Collaborative Systems
This module equips people effecting change in communities (who may or may not identify themselves as leaders) with the key theory and practices of innovating in systems in order to:
- Understand the generators to systemic challenges and the context for how communities and institutions respond to these generators.
- Develop personal resilience in the context of the power dynamics and cultural differences in systems
- Develop skills in collaborative inquiry and systems innovation.
Core Concepts of Quality
This module aims to:
- Develop student’s ability to understand and critically appraise the range of quality approaches
- Develop skills in application of those approaches to quality projects in the NHS and Social Care for better patient outcomes.
Leading Collaborative Change Programmes
This module provides a substantial focus on the integration of learning across the PGCert modules, alongside new skills in complex systems change.
You’ll come to the programme to support a significant piece of local change work and be taken through the phases of discovery and generating focus, designing a change process, implementing change and evaluating the impact of the change.
Entry requirements
- A minimum of a 2:2 first degree/Bachelor degree equivalent to UK Second Class Honours Lower Division in a relevant subject area.
OR
- Relevant previous professional/ leadership or ‘expert by experience’ experience will also be considered. If applicants do not have the prior qualifications, then they must have at least 4 years in a relevant leadership role.
Applicants will be assessed on their personal statement as well as the entry qualifications.
We welcome equivalent qualifications from around the world. English language qualifications for international students: IELTS score of 6.5, Cambridge Proficiency or Advanced Grade C.