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BA Health and Social Care

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Part-timeSubject: Mass Communications & Documentation
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Course Score
C /66
Graduate Salary£27,500
Satisfaction86%
Degree Completion55%
Professional Jobs58%
Meaningful Work89%

Expected Starting Salary

bottom quartile nationally

Typical starting salary for Mass Communications & Documentation graduates

Start
Sep 2027
Graduate
2030
First job
~2031
£27,500
typical starting salary
£24,000
£33,000
Brightest = where most graduates land · fades where fewer earn that amount
· Mass Communications & Documentation graduates nationally earn £20,000–£54,000 (1849 courses)

HESA Graduate Outcomes survey · includes all graduates regardless of career path chosen

Where Graduates Work

Top job roles graduates enter after this course

01
Caring personal services
23%
02
Welfare and housing associate professionals
★ Professional
22%
03
Managers, directors and senior officials
★ Professional
17%
04
Administrative occupations
4%
05
Secretarial and related occupations
4%
06
Teaching Professionals
★ Professional
4%
07
Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
4%
08
Welfare Professionals
★ Professional
4%
09
Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals
★ Professional
3%
10
Nursing Professionals
★ Professional
2%

Student Satisfaction

National Student Survey — 1465 respondents (52% response rate)

89%
Teaching Quality
87%
Assessment & Feedback
91%
Academic Support
86%
Organisation
90%
Learning Resources
73%
Student Voice

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🚦 Will I Get In?

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Past Accepted Tariffs

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Entry Qualifications

Other HE
35%
Other
35%
A-level
19%
Degree
7%
No qualifications
3%
Foundation
1%

Accreditations

Data not provided

This provider hasn't submitted accreditation data to HESA for this course.

AI & Your Career

Based on Anthropic research

20%
Moderate Exposure

Some tasks in this career are being augmented by AI, but the core work still requires significant human judgement and skill.

Graduate Roles by AI Exposure

62%Secretarial and related
55%Administrative
30%Managers, directors and senior officials
18%Teaching
15%Welfare and housing associate

Outcomes

55%
Continuation
58%
Professional Work
89%
Meaningful Role
75%
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