Continuing professional development 

Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment Online distance learning

  • CPD: 5 or 10 weeks per course

Why this course

  • HEHTA has a highly successful track record in delivering short courses to a global audience.
  • Each year, our continuing professional development (CPD) courses attract research practitioners worldwide who want to learn about state-of-the-art methods in Health Technology Assessment (HTA). 

Course structure

The following courses, which are modules of our MSc Health Technology Assessment, are currently being offered as non-accredited online distance learning (ODL).

In semester two we are also introducting a brand new course: Introduction to Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment.

Courses

Semester 1

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Outcome Measurement and Valuation for HTA

This course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of outcome measurement and valuation for the purposes of Health Technology Assessment. This course will familiarise students with the application of economic theory to the measurement and valuation of outcomes for all types of economic evaluation framework as well as the practical steps involved.

Key facts

  • Course dates: 20th September - 22nd October 2021
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • For more info contact: ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk

Overview

Purpose

Outcomes measurement and valuation aims to provide students with a basic understanding of outcome measurement and valuation methodologies within HTA. The course presents the theory behind outcome measures and introduces practical techniques valuing health, non-health and process outcomes.

Content 

Measuring health outcomes for economic evaluation, measuring and valuing health related quality of life, preference-based and non-preference based outcomes measures, valuing monetary outcomes in health context.

Course Co-ordinator: Emma McIntosh

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online distance learning

  • Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.
  • You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.
Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • Five week online course comprising 5 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on moodle the following week.

Registration and Fees

Fees

  • £330 for low and middle income countries (LMICs)
  • £350 for public/academic sector delegates
  • £550 for commercial/private sector

For enquiries, please email ihw-hehta@gla.ac.uk

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact us

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HTA: Policy and Principles

This course aims to provide students with a critical awareness of the broader policy context into which health technology assessment is located as well as a critical understanding of the theoretical underpinnings, principles and techniques of health technology assessment.

Key facts

  • Course dates: 20th September - 26th November 2021
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • Contact: ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk

Overview

Purpose

This course will provide both a theoretical and practical understanding of the policy and principles behind, and the techniques involved with the process of health technology assessment.

Content

role of HTA in policy development, introduction to different elements of process (statistical methods and analysis, outcome measurement, evidence synthesis, health economics, economic evaluation, decision analytic modelling), ethical issues.

Course Co-ordinators
  • Dr Claudia Geue
  • Eleanor Grieve

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online distance learning

Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • 10 week online course comprising 10 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on moodle the following week.

Registration and Fees

Fees

  • £660 for low and middle income countries (LMICs)
  • £704 for public/academic sector delegates and
  • £1,100 for commercial/private sector

For enquiries, please email ihw-hehta@gla.ac.uk 

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact us

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Qualitative Research Methods for HTA

This course aims to expose students to the application of qualitative methods in conceptual modelling, informing trial design, contexts and measures, and how it can be used to maximise the impact. The course will provide students with an opportunity to collect and analyse some qualitative data.

Watch course leader Dr Evi Germeni present at this year's HTAi Virtual Annual Meeting 2021:

Integrating qualitative research into clinical trials: Lessons learnt from the CAVA trial

  • Find out more about our  (of which this module is part)

Key facts

  • Course dates: 1st November - 3rd December 2021
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • Contact ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk for more information

Overview

Purpose

This course will enable students to explore the purpose and appropriate use of qualitative research methods in HTA, by focusing on stakeholder perspectives.

Content

The course introduces basic orientations and epistemological research paradigms and related methodologies (including ethnography, action research and qualitative evidence synthesis), as well as methods for collecting and analysing qualitative data.

Course Co-ordinator: Evi Germeni

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online distance learning

Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • Five week online course comprising 5 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on moodle the following week.

Registration and fees

Fees

  • £330 for low and middle income countries (LMICs)
  • £350 for public/academic sector delegates
  • £550 for commercial/private sector

For enquiries, please email ihw-hehta@gla.ac.uk 

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact us

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Semester 2

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HTA in a Global Context

The course aims to equip students with the necessary skills to develop an understanding of HTA guidance and processes in different jurisdictions, to critique HTA in different contexts and to gain technical and analytical skills in the application of HTA, with a particular focus on low-and middle- income countries.

  • Find out more about our  (of which this module is part)

Key facts

  • Course dates: 10th January - 25th March 2022
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • Contact ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk for more information

Overview

Purpose

This course will cover HTA in different contexts, exploring geographical variation between high-income countries as well as looking more in-depth about how and why decision-making in healthcare may differ in low and middle income countries.

Content

Differences in structure of health care and reimbursement systems, HTA in decision making from a global perspective, Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) as health outcome measures, application of different methods in low and middle income countries (LMICs).

Course Co-ordinator: Eleanor Grieve

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online Distance Learning

Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • 10 week online course comprising 10 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on moodle the following week.

Registration and Fees

Fees
  • £660 for low and middle income countries LMICs
  • £704 for public/academic sector delegates
  • £1,100 for commercial/private sector

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact us

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Survival Analysis for HTA

This course aims to equip students with the necessary statistical skills so they can analyse and interpret survival data that are commonly used in health economic analyses within health technology assessments.

Key facts

  • Course dates: 21st February - 25th March 2022
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • For more information, contact: ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk

Overview

Purpose

This course will demonstrate how survival/time to event data is used to inform health economic analyses within health technology assessments.

Content

Kaplan-Meier method, Cox regression, parametric survival models, extrapolation, partitioning survival curves, survival model outputs used as inputs in decision modelling.

Course Co-ordinator: Jim Lewsey, Professor of Medical Statistics

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online Distance Learning

Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • Five-week online course comprising 5 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on moodle the following week.

Content:

  • week 1 - key principles/Kaplan-Meier
  • week 2 - Cox regression
  • week 3 - parametric survival models
  • week 4 - extrapolation
  • week 5 - using survival analysis in economic evaluations

Registration and Fees

Fees:

  • £330 for low and middle income countries (LMICs)
  • £350 for public/academic sector delegates
  • £550 for commercial/private sector

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact us

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Statistical Methods for HTA and Evidence-Based Medicine

This course aims to equip students with the necessary statistical skills so they can analyse and interpret data that commonly arise from health technology assessments and evidence based medicine more generally. Furthermore, to provide students with the necessary background knowledge and experience so they can critically appraise published work from a statistical perspective.

Key facts

  • Course dates: 10th January - 25th March 2022
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • For more info contact: ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk

Overview

Purpose

This course will deliver the fundamentals of statistical methodology that underpin health technology assessment and evidence based medicine.

Content

summarising data, Frequentist and Bayesian approaches, probability and probability distributions, measures of effect size, linear and logistical regression, fundamentals of survival analysis.

Course Co-ordinator: Professor Jim Lewsey

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online Distance Learning

Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • 10 week online course comprising 10 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on moodle the following week.

Registration and Fees

Fees

  • £660 for low and middle income countries (LMICs)
  • £704 for public/academic sector delegates and
  • £1,100 for commercial/private sector

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact us

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Introduction to Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment

Over the course of ten weeks, you will be introduced the key concepts of health economics and explore the mechanisms of the healthcare market as well as challenges to the global healthcare system. 

Key facts

  • Course dates: 14th February - 22nd April 2022
  • Course coordinator: Dr Eleanor Grieve
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • For more information, contact: ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk

Why this course?

This introduction to key concepts in health economics and health technology assessment is intended for anyone wishing to grasp a basic understanding of health economics and will give participants a chance to explore the mechanisms of the healthcare market as well as challenges to the global healthcare system. This course is particularly useful for those operating in lower and middle-income countries (LMICs).

By taking this course, you are also well placed for further study on our MSc Health Technology Assessment.

Online Distance Learning

Online distance learning (ODL) at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme Structure

  • This is a ten-week online course comprising ten recorded lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on Moodle, our online learning platform, the following week.

Registration & Fees

This course is being offered at a discounted introductory rate of £350 for all participants.

Register for this course

For enquiries, please email ihw-hehta@gla.ac.uk or register online.

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements & Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact Us

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Semester 3

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Data Science - Identifying, Combining & Analysing Health Data Sets

This course aims to equip students with the necessary analytical skills to analyse linked health care data and to be aware of issues around clinical and information governance relating to their use.

  • Find out more about our  (of which this module is part)

Key facts

  • Course dates: 18th April - 1st July 2022
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • This course will be taught using STATA and/or R
  • For more information, contact: ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk

Overview

Purpose

The course delivers core components of identifying, combining and analysing routinely collected health data. It will cover aspects of information governance and disclosure control, as well as focus on data management, manipulation and advanced methods of data analysis.

Aims

The course module is aimed at health, social and clinical researchers, who wish to learn techniques and skills to analyse linked health data. It aims to equip participants with the necessary analytical skills to analyse these types of data and to be aware of issues around clinical and information governance.

Content

The use of observational data in HTA, information governance and disclosure control, theoretical principles of data linkage methods, sources of bias and measurement error in administrative health data, data management and manipulation of datasets with different structures, methods to adjust for confounding in comparative effectiveness analysis when using observational data, advanced survival analysis techniques.

Course Co-ordinator: Claudia Geue

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online Distance Learning

Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • 10 week online course comprising 10 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on Moodle the following week.

Registration and Fees

Fees
  • £660 for lower-middle-income countries (LMICs)
  • £704 for public/academic sector delegates
  • £1,100 for commercial/private sector

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Please note that the course will be taught using STATA and/or R, and some familiarity with this software would be advantageous.

Contact us

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Health Economics for HTA

This course aims to provide students with a critical understanding of health economics, its value and limitations. It will familiarise participants with the application of economic theory to health and health care issues, the principles of health economics and the techniques of economic appraisal.

  • Find out more about our  (of which this module is part)

Key facts

  • Course dates: 18th April - 1st July 2022
  • Online Distance Learning (ODL)
  • Non-accredited, but with a certificate of attendance
  • For more information, contact: ihw-hehta@glasgow.ac.uk

Overview

Purpose

This course will deliver the fundamentals of health economics and the practical elements of economic evaluation that are integral to health technology assessment.

Content

Key concepts of economics, economic characteristics of health care, economic evaluation techniques, sensitivity analysis, health economics informing decision making.

Course Co-ordinators

Why this programme?

  • Our faculty are world-class experts in their fields, who are active not only in research and teaching, but also involved in HTA decision-making at a national level (e.g. through NICE, SHTAG).
  • Our teaching is research-led. The courses have been developed to reflect the latest academic research and up-to-date challenges in HTA decision-making.
  • During the course, from week to week you will interact with your teachers and fellow participants. Your teachers will direct and observe the discussion, and respond to participant questions about the course content.

Online Distance Learning

Online distance learning at the University of Glasgow allows you to benefit from the outstanding educational experience that we are renowned for, without having to relocate to our campus.

You do not need to have experience of studying online as you will be guided through how to access and use all of our online resources.

Virtual learning

You will connect with your fellow participants and tutors through our virtual learning environment where you will have access to a multitude of learning resources including:

  • recorded lectures
  • videos
  • interactive quizzes
Support

Great emphasis is placed on making sure you feel well supported in your learning and that you have good interactions with everyone on the programme. Support is available in a number of ways and you will find out more about this during orientation.

All you need to participate in our online programmes is a computer and internet access.

Programme structure

  • 10 week online course comprising 10 lectures and accompanying practical exercises.

The lectures will be 45min/1hr in duration and exercises associated with lectures will take a notional 2 hours for the participants to complete. Each week the academic lead will be responsible for monitoring and contributing to the discussion board. The exercise solutions will be posted on moodle the following week.

Registration and Fees

Fees
  • £660 for low and middle income countries (LMICs)
  • £704 for public/academic sector delegates and
  • £1,100 for commercial/private sector

Register for this course

In exceptional circumstances, we can invoice your institution for payment.

Entry Requirements and Assessment

As this course is not accredited, there are no course-specific entry requirements and there is no assessment.

Contact us

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Course alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all courses as advertised. In exceptional circumstances, however, the University may withdraw or alter a course. For more information, please see: Student contract.