MSc Clinical Embryology (Distance Learning)
Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Qualification
- MSC
- Entry requirements
An honours degree in a biological or related science. Applicants with appropriate or accredited experience within an embryological laboratory will also be considered. Candidates should be employed in a laboratory practising clinical embryology with an employer expressing support in allocation of free time for study. Students must have access to email and the Internet as well as to a medical library or journals on-line. For non-English speakers, the entry requirement is an overall score of 6.5 in IELTS, with at least 6.0 in all components.
- How to apply
To apply go online at:
https://studentservices.leeds.ac.uk/pls/banprod/bwskalog_uol.P_DispLoginNon
You will be required to submit the following documents in support of your application:
2 x signed referee letters in sealed envelopes (at least one of these should be from your employer explaining your duties and the length of service you have in your IVF clinic/reproductive medicine unit)
Original transcripts & certificates (all original transcripts &
certificates will be sent back to you, please provide us with a return address). If your documents are presented in a language other than English, we will also require a translated certified true copy
A passport style photograph
Original IELTS or TOEFL Certificate (these can be scanned and up-loaded with your on-line application)
Please send to:
Mrs Chris Sykes
Division of Reproduction and Early Development
Leeds University
The LIGHT Labs
Clarendon Way
Leeds
LS2 9JT
UK
- Fees
- The academic course fee for the MSc in Clinical Embryology for both UK/EU and international students is UK £14,385 (this is the total fee for the 2 years for students starting their studies in October 2012). The course fee includes all academic costs associated with the workshops together with attendance at the workshop dinner. The fee does not include the 6 night residential accommodation to attend the workshop hotel information can be supplied. Please note that the course fee detailed above is the fee for students registering in October 2012 only. Course fees are increased annually for each new student intake. The fees for entry in 2013 will be advertised in November 2012.
- Scholarships and bursaries
- There are currently no scholarships available for this course.
- Modes of study and duration of the course
- 24 Months Part Time
- Why study?
This course is a joint development between the Division of Reproduction and Early development, University of Leeds, the Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine, in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. It aims to provide a standard for education in embryology and a nationally recognised qualification, which will contribute to uniformity of knowledge in the subject and practice of embryology.
- What you study
- The programme will provide a high quality standard of education in human embryology. The programme builds on the specific and generic outcomes of degree programmes in a wide range of specialisms (Medicine, Biological Sciences etc) and offers advanced learning in the subject of Clinical Embryology. Students will gain a nationally recognised qualification that will enhance knowledge in the subject of embryology and help to establish good practice in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs). It will enhance professional and academic development of clinical embryologists while allowing them to remain in post. The programme of study will enhance the students' depth of knowledge and understanding of topics and issues within and related to clinical embryology.The ethical dilemmas posed by assisted reproductive technologies and the rapid advances in the technologies available will be covered. The students will gain a wide breadth of knowledge that will give them confidence in their subject and allow skills to be transferred to the workplace. The course is to be delivered via distance learning both by post and by electronic mail. This will allow the students to take the course while in full time employment. Full use will be made of the Internet for delivery of teaching materials, tutoring and conferencing. Three residential workshops over 2 years will allow the students to meet staff as well as their fellow students, delivery of lectures by invited lecturers, participation in practical sessions, seminars and discussion groups. Formal examinations will also be taken during the residential workshops. The students will be encouraged to maintain contact with tutors and their fellow students throughout the duration of the course. All students will carry out a research proposal to be submitted as a dissertation and which must be passed for the MSc to be awarded.
- Learning and assessment
The course is delivered via distance learning modules and electronic mail. The Internet is used to deliver information, tutoring and conferencing. Three, compulsory, one week, residential workshops will be held in the UK over 2 years so that students can be assigned to a tutor and meet staff and fellow students and allow delivery of lectures and participation in practical sessions, seminars and discussion groups. Formal examinations will also be taken during the 2nd and 3rd residential workshops. Student assessment will be split between assessed course work and formal examination, together with a supervised research proposal submitted as a dissertation for attainment of the MSc.
- Contact for further information
Mrs Chris Sykes – LIGHT Labs, Level 7, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9JT; Tel 0113 343 8324
E-Mail: clinembmsc@leeds.ac.uk (stating MSc Clinical Embryology in the subject field of the e-mail)
- Other information
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