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Enhanced Practice (Radiography)

PGDip / PGCert

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Overview

This programme aims to help meet the increasing demand for advanced clinical practitioners in radiography who can safely undertake expert clinical practice, and inform clinical decision-making across the NHS and the independent (private) sector.

It's been designed to develop your skills in complex reasoning, critical thinking and analysis, and meet the requirements needed to undertake enhanced and advanced clinical practice roles.

Awards and outcomes

Year 1: Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Practice (Radiography)

After successfully completing 60 credits and achieving the award learning outcomes, you will be eligible to:

  • exit with the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced Practice (Radiography)
  • continue to Year 2 of Postgraduate Diploma in Enhanced Practice (Radiography)
  • continue to Year 2 of MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Radiography)

Year 2: Postgraduate Diploma in Enhanced Practice (Radiography)

After successfully completing 120 credits (60 credits per year) and achieving the award learning outcomes, you will be eligible to:

Entry requirements

Students must:

  • hold a BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography (or equivalent) qualification
  • hold registration as a radiographer with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • have managerial support for their studies, including a commitment that appropriate facilities, relevant clinical experience and time (average 15 hours per week) will be made available to support your studies
  • have an identified educational supervisor (radiologist or experienced advanced/consultant radiographer) in practice that can support you

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, you must have an IELTS score of 7 with no element below 6.5. This is an HCPC registration requirement to demonstrate English language proficiency, which is crucial to working as a health professional in the UK.

If you do not meet the IELTS requirement, and you have a UKVI approved IELTS, you can take a University of Bradford pre-sessional English course. See the Language Centre for more details. For further information on English Language requirements please see the dedicated international entry requirements page.

What you will study

Modules

All module information is for 2024 entry, and is subject to change.

Two pathways are offered to students of both the 1-year Postgraduate Certificate and the 2-year Postgraduate Diploma:

  • Radiography (X-ray) Reporting pathway
  • Negotiated Radiographic Practice pathway

Learning and assessment

This programme will:

  • provide an educational framework that is vocationally relevant, which meets your professional development needs and the organisational needs of employers
  • stimulate you to become a self-directed learner who is motivated to sustain and advance your own continuous professional learning
  • develop your reporting skills, knowledge and critical understanding to an advanced level
  • further develop your cognitive and practical skills to undertake data synthesis and complex problem solving
  • develop you as a leader with the skills and confidence to act as a role model, supporting the professional development of colleagues and the work of your organisation
  • develop you as a critically reflective competent leader who will manage service development towards effective, sustainable, inclusive, fair and ethically sensitive service provision

Official programme specification

Fees, finance and scholarships

Tuition fee 2024

  • 10 credits: £612
  • 20 credits: £1,224
  • 30 credits: £1,836
  • 40 credits: £2,448
  • Dissertation module (if applicable): £2,648 

Additional costs

There may be additional costs that you may incur as a student. Though these are not essential to your programme of study you need to be aware of them as a student of the University. A list of the sort of costs you might expect can be found on our fees and finance section.

Financial support

Health Education England (HEE) may fund some health courses/modules at the University of Bradford for healthcare staff providing NHS services working within West Yorkshire and Harrogate, against organisational training priorities identified through the organisations training needs analysis. You are therefore advised to contact the SSPRD Signatory within your organisation regarding their organisational training priorities. For those outside West Yorkshire and Harrogate please liaise with your local region HEE office regarding funding opportunities.

See our fees and financial support section.

Scholarships

Every year we award numerous non-repayable scholarships to UK, EU and international students on the basis of academic excellence, personal circumstances or economic hardship. For full details, visit our scholarships section.

Career prospects

You will become an autonomous practitioner who can work in advanced and specialist roles with high levels of accountability.

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.

Study support

A comprehensive support network is here for you to ensure you reach your academic potential and go on to further success in the future.

You'll benefit from a range of support services, including:

  • Personal academic tutor
  • Student Support/Administration Team
  • Academic Skills Advice Service
  • Career and Employability Services
  • Disability Service
  • Well-stocked libraries and excellent IT facilities

Research

At the University of Bradford, the success of the Radiography MSc programmes is evidenced by the diverse bank of knowledge, skills, and research output within the teaching teams, which contributes to a high level of pedagogic practice, knowledge transfer activity and wider impact and influence on the professional at a national and international level.

A renowned strength of the programmes is the utility of research-informed teaching to ensure the content reflects contemporary and fast-evolving UK and international medical imaging practices.

This is the current course information. Modules and course details may change, subject to the University's programme approval, monitoring and review procedures. The University reserves the right to alter or withdraw courses, services and facilities as described on our website without notice and to amend Ordinances, Regulations, fees and charges at any time. Students should enquire as to the up-to-date position when applying for their course of study.