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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Course Overview
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L27 -
Headingley Campus Beckett Park -
Full-Time -
1 Year -
09 Sep 2024
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As part of this course, you’ll:
- Gain an understanding of the importance of the perspectives of those living with obesity
- Collaborate with members of our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement hub
- Explore the complexity and transdisciplinary nature of obesity and how it is applied to research, policy and practice
- Develop a range of practical skills, including using appropriate language, communicating effectively and facilitation
- Learn how to analyse, interpret and report data to wider audiences
- Acquire the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to support your career in weight management, working for local authorities or further academic study
- Have the opportunity to integrate work experience with your academic study to enhance your employability
Learn from experts
You'll be taught by an experienced team of transdisciplinary academics including experts in:
- Intervention design
- Implementation and evaluation
- Systems methods
- Causal inference
- Coproduction
- Health disparities
- Data science
You’ll also hear from other leading professionals and people with lived experiences during guest lectures. Speakers include representatives from public health departments, weight management services, specialist researchers and members of our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement hub.
Obesity research community
As a student of the Carnegie School of Sport, you’ll have access to our Obesity Institute. The institute brings together academics from a range of disciplines across the university, policy makers, practitioners and people living with obesity to coproduce innovative person-centred advances in obesity.
Put your learning into practice
You’ll have the chance to undertake a placement in the field of weight management or public health. This will ensure you apply your learning to practice and gain significant work experience.
Why study Obesity at Leeds Beckett University...
- Learn from renowned academics and researchers - whose vision is to ensure patient and public involvement and engagement is fully integrated across all activities
- Collaborate with people living with obesity from diverse populations - to design, shape and co-produce the work you undertake
- Develop skills and knowledge that are in-demand with employers
The Obesity Institute at Leeds Beckett University The Obesity Institute brings together expertise from across the institution, our partners and collaborators. The Institute supports those living with, or at risk of, obesity through research, knowledge exchange, education and training activities.
Everything you need to know
Discover all there is to know about the course, from entry requirements and fees to exploring the school you’ll be joining - we’ve got it covered.
Entry requirements
Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subjects of Sport & Exercise Science, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Physics, Biomechanics, Physiotherapy, Physical Education, Human Physiology, Biochemistry, Dietetics, Nutrition, Medicine or Sports Therapy, at least a second class honours degree in a non-cognate subject supported by evidence of an aptitude for the subject applied for, or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.
All applications should be supported by a reference; a template can be accessed at this link.
All applicants should satisfy our English Language requirements . Please note the IELTS requirement for this course are IELTS 6.5 with no skill below 6.0. Further details about acceptable equivalent qualifications can be found on our International Student information pages .
Entry requirements
Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subjects of Sport & Exercise Science, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Physics, Biomechanics, Physiotherapy, Physical Education, Human Physiology, Biochemistry, Dietetics, Nutrition, Medicine or Sports Therapy, at least a second class honours degree in a non-cognate subject supported by evidence of an aptitude for the subject applied for, or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.
All applications should be supported by a reference; a template can be accessed at this link.
All applicants should satisfy our English Language requirements . Please note the IELTS requirement for this course are IELTS 6.5 with no skill below 6.0. Further details about acceptable equivalent qualifications can be found on our International Student information pages .
IELTS
All applicants should satisfy our English Language requirements . Please note the IELTS requirement for this course are IELTS 6.5 with no skill below 6.0. Further details about acceptable equivalent qualifications can be found on our International Student information pages .
Independent study is a crucial part of learning at university and you will be required to undertake many hours of self-directed research and reading, and preparation and writing of assessments. Your course is delivered through a number of modules, which will help you to plan your time and establish a study routine. Outside of your lectures, workshops and tutorials, a range of support is available to assist with your independent study. Our subject-specific librarians will be on hand to direct you to the specialist learning and study-skill resources. You’ll also be assigned an academic advisor to give you tailored feedback and support.
Teaching & Learning
What you'll learn
This module will introduce you to the complexity of obesity. It will help you form a trans-disciplinary perspective, moving away from single-solution, silo-driven approaches to obesity. You'll critically explore the determinants of obesity and learn the importance of person-centred approaches to achieve effective, equitable, compassionate obesity care.
This module will introduce the fundamentals of epidemiology. You'll examine the epidemiological concepts of chance, bias and confounding, and will identify the most used epidemiological study designs. You'll also study the core statistical concepts used in epidemiology including prediction and causal inquiry with an emphasis on the distinction between them.
Research and complete a project in obesity that fits your personal and professional development objectives. This will be in the form of your choice, from traditional research to a work-based learning project delivered with an external organisation working in obesity. From inception to the completion of your project you'll consider and reflect on the perspectives of people living with obesity.
Examine strategies that help people living with obesity manage their weight. You'll critically explore contemporary perspectives on weight management and consider how to evaluate them. You'll learn the importance of person-centred care and develop skills to facilitate groups and interact in a one-to-one setting.
What you'll learn
This module will enable you to critically evaluate a range of interventions applicable to health psychology settings and health and wellbeing outcomes. For example, cognitive-behavioural approaches and motivational interviewing. You'll build knowledge of and will assess behavioural change techniques and interventions; health needs assessment; process of formulation, based on assessment, which informs choice of intervention; management of acute and long-term conditions; health education and promotion; barriers and facilitators to successful implementation.
This module will introduce health promotion and public health to underpin the rest of your learning. In addition to building discipline-specific and contextual knowledge, you’ll develop a set of generic core skills including critical analysis and synthesis, critical reflection and group work.
Gain a critical perspective on professional practice in obesity. This could be through a working placement, in consultation with a relevant private, public or charitable organisation, or with an organisation that you have negotiated. The placement or consultation can be in any aspect of obesity, including service design, development, delivery and evaluation, research, commissioning, policy making and implementation, business development and delivery, public engagement, guidance and support in any appropriate setting. Alternatively, you may complete relevant vocational training and professional development opportunities related to working in obesity as agreed with your course team.
Examine obesity from a systems science perspective and consider what is distinctive about systems thinking. You'll explore how the structure of systems give rise to the function of the overall system. In addition, you'll learn practical systems science methods that can be used to help understand complex issues and determine where appropriate action may be taken.
This module will introduce the general principles, concepts and theory of food and nutrition necessary when working in public health. The module will emphasise your development as an applied practitioner through formative and summative activities. These activities will demonstrate your ability to understand and apply current food and nutrition theory into practice in a variety of contexts.
Fees & Funding hellooo
£9,900
UK
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £9900. The amount you will pay may increase each year to take into account the effects of inflation.
£17,500
International 2024
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £17500. The amount you will pay is fixed at this level for each year of your course.
Fees & Funding
£9,900
For students entering in 2024
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £9900. The amount you will pay may increase each year to take into account the effects of inflation.
Additional course costs
Tuition Fees
Your tuition fees cover the cost of registration, tuition, academic supervision, assessments and examinations.
The following are also included in the cost of your course:
- 24/7 Library and student IT support
- Free wifi via eduroam
- Skills workshops and resources
- Library membership, giving access to more than 500,000 printed, multimedia and digital resources
- Access to software, including five free copies of Microsoft Office 365 to install on your PC,laptop and MAC, and access to free high-end software via the Leeds Beckett remote app
- Loan of high-end media equipment to support your studies
In many cases, costs associated with your course will be included in your course fee. However, in some cases there are ‘essential’ additional costs (those that you will be required to meet in addition to your course fee), and/or ‘optional’ additional costs (costs that are not required, but that you might choose to pay). We have included those essential or optional additional costs that relate to your course, below.
Optional Costs
- Access to membership and annual student conference of the British Association for Sport & Exercise Science (BASES) (annual student membership costs £24 for Direct Debit and £29 for non-Direct Debit)
- Course branded sportswear (prices start at £24)
Other study-related expenses to consider: materials that you will need to complete your course such as books (whilst the library provides access to readings recommended for your modules, you may wish to purchase your own copies of some books); you can also make suggestions for books to be added to Library stock; placement costs (these may include travel expenses and living costs); student visas (international students only); printing, photocopying and stationery (you may need to pay for multiple copies of your dissertation or final project to be printed and bound); events associated with your course such as field trips; study abroad opportunities (travel costs and accommodation, visas and immunisations). Other costs could include academic conferences (travel costs) and professional-body membership (where applicable). The costs you will need to cover for graduation will include gown hire and guest tickets, and optional extras such as professional photography.
As well as your mobile phone, you will also need access to a desktop computer and/or laptop to complete assignments and access university online services such as MyBeckett, your virtual learning environment. You can book and borrow AV equipment through the media equipment service accessed online via the student hub and located in the library at each campus. Equipment includes: 360 Cameras, iPads, GoPros, MacBooks, portable data projectors, portable projection screens, flipchart stands, remote presenters, digital cameras and camcorders, SLR cameras, speakers, microphones, headphones, headsets, tripods, digital audio recorders and PC/laptops (a laptop loans service is provided on campus in the library on both campuses). Student laptops are also available from the laptop lockers located in the libraries.
This list is not exhaustive, costs are approximate and will vary depending on the choices you make during your course. Any rental, travel or living costs are also in addition to your course fees. If you choose to study via distance learning, you may not be able to access all of the facilities listed if you are not able to visit us on campus.
£17,500
For students entering in 2024
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £17500. The amount you will pay is fixed at this level for each year of your course.
Additional course costs
Tuition Fees
Your tuition fees cover the cost of registration, tuition, academic supervision, assessments and examinations.
The following are also included in the cost of your course:
- 24/7 Library and student IT support
- Free wifi via eduroam
- Skills workshops and resources
- Library membership, giving access to more than 500,000 printed, multimedia and digital resources
- Access to software, including five free copies of Microsoft Office 365 to install on your PC,laptop and MAC, and access to free high-end software via the Leeds Beckett remote app
- Loan of high-end media equipment to support your studies
In many cases, costs associated with your course will be included in your course fee. However, in some cases there are ‘essential’ additional costs (those that you will be required to meet in addition to your course fee), and/or ‘optional’ additional costs (costs that are not required, but that you might choose to pay). We have included those essential or optional additional costs that relate to your course, below.
Optional Costs
- Access to membership and annual student conference of the British Association for Sport & Exercise Science (BASES) (annual student membership costs £24 for Direct Debit and £29 for non-Direct Debit)
- Course branded sportswear (prices start at £24)
Other study-related expenses to consider: materials that you will need to complete your course such as books (whilst the library provides access to readings recommended for your modules, you may wish to purchase your own copies of some books); you can also make suggestions for books to be added to Library stock; placement costs (these may include travel expenses and living costs); student visas (international students only); printing, photocopying and stationery (you may need to pay for multiple copies of your dissertation or final project to be printed and bound); events associated with your course such as field trips; study abroad opportunities (travel costs and accommodation, visas and immunisations). Other costs could include academic conferences (travel costs) and professional-body membership (where applicable). The costs you will need to cover for graduation will include gown hire and guest tickets, and optional extras such as professional photography.
As well as your mobile phone, you will also need access to a desktop computer and/or laptop to complete assignments and access university online services such as MyBeckett, your virtual learning environment. You can book and borrow AV equipment through the media equipment service accessed online via the student hub and located in the library at each campus. Equipment includes: 360 Cameras, iPads, GoPros, MacBooks, portable data projectors, portable projection screens, flipchart stands, remote presenters, digital cameras and camcorders, SLR cameras, speakers, microphones, headphones, headsets, tripods, digital audio recorders and PC/laptops (a laptop loans service is provided on campus in the library on both campuses). Student laptops are also available from the laptop lockers located in the libraries.
This list is not exhaustive, costs are approximate and will vary depending on the choices you make during your course. Any rental, travel or living costs are also in addition to your course fees. If you choose to study via distance learning, you may not be able to access all of the facilities listed if you are not able to visit us on campus.
Our new master’s programme aims to provide a cornerstone in compassionate, person-centred obesity education, research and practice. This course has been co-developed with policy and practice partners, and people living with obesity, to ensure cutting-edge obesity science is tailored to address real-world needs and priorities, underpinned by the voice of lived experience.
Professor Louisa Ells
Professor
Moving on up
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Your future in our hands
There’s a lot to consider when choosing a course. Take a look at the team you’ll be working with, employability statistics and career prospects to help make up your mind.
Career Prospects
This course was developed in consultation with people living with obesity and industry partners, ensuring you’ll graduate with the skills and knowledge that employers are seeking. You’ll be well placed for a variety of employment opportunities, including working for:
- local authorities (health promotion or public health)
- obesity care and weight management services
This programme will also provide the ideal foundation if you’re seeking to subsequently undertake a PhD.
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