Cancer - Understanding Treatment, Management and Care

Attendance mode

Entry year

Duration: 3 months
Start date: February
Location: Blended learning

Suitable for UK applications.

Overview

Healthcare providers are committed to life-long learning to ensure patients receive high-quality, evidence-based care.

This module develops knowledge and understanding of cancer and cancer treatment by examining the pathological processes involved in cancer, and how this influences diagnosis and treatment. Study will enable you to deepen your clinical knowledge and critical thinking in topics relevant to your area of practice. Research-informed key lectures provide core content while seminars and group learning further develop students' conceptual understanding of current trends in cancer care.

This module is subject to having a viable number of students to run.

Fees, finance and scholarships

Tuition fee

These fees are for entry during the 2025-2026 academic year (September 2025 - August 2026).

10 credits: £627
20 credits: £1254
30 credits: £1881
40 credits: £2508
Dissertation: £2714

Additional course 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.

Funding your studies

It can be hard to know what financial help is available to you as a student.

Health Education England 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.

See our fees and financial support section.

Postgraduate Master's Loan

If you live in England you may be able to apply for a special Government-funded Master's Loan to help pay your tuition fees and living costs. You don't have to pay the loan back until you're earning a certain amount of money.

Further information about the variety of options that can help fund your studies and maximise the money available to you is available on our funding your studies 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.

Entry requirements

Applicants should currently be practising in the field of cancer care, and be registered on the NMC or HCPC register.

Your learning journey

This module is provided as part of this interdisciplinary Framework within the Faculty of Health Studies. The Framework enables students to create an individualised programme of study that will meet either their needs and/or the employers’ needs for a changing diverse workforce within a modern organisation.

The modules and academic awards are presented in areas representing employment practice or work based or clinical disciplines.

Whilst some students can build their own academic awards by choosing their own menu of module options, other students will opt for a named academic award. The Framework also provides the option for students to move from their chosen named award to another award if their job or personal circumstances change and they need to alter the focus of their studies. The majority of named awards also offer students, the option of choosing at least one module, sometimes more, from across the Faculty module catalogue enabling them to shape their award more specifically to their needs.

Career prospects

This module will support your career progression in your chosen field.

You can choose to build upon this module with further study that can lead to a full MSc award.

Career opportunities

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 section.

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.