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Join us to learn from world-leading experts at the heart of global palliative care development.

Whether you are a new student, postgraduate researcher or experienced health care professional, our talented, multi-discipline staff know how to bring out the best in you.

 

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Postgraduate Taught Palliative Care

This flexible course incorporates world-leading research and innovative, evidence-based practice. It is delivered by the Cicely Saunders Institute in partnership with St Christopher’s Hospice, the world's first modern hospice. Join us to develop the skills necessary to appraise and improve palliative care research and practice.  

Online Postgraduate Health and Care Strategies

Gain tools to meet the global challenge of ageing populations with this flexible online MSc. Designed for professionals across health, social care and policy, this course equips you to shape evidence-based strategies for the most complex health and care challenges.  

Postgraduate Research 

Join us to learn from academics at the cutting-edge of palliative care research. Our dynamic research community benefits from regular journal clubs, skills workshops, evidence updates and researcher exchanges. We provide supportive review and guidance from external experts through our thesis progression committee and peer-support groups for students who would like to accelerate their study.  

Professional Development 

Ready for a new challenge or eager to develop your skillset? We offer a range of flexible training opportunities to help healthcare practitioners improve patient care. See the individual course pages for teaching dates and contact details. 

  

Meet our students

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'It was my dream to study here since the first day I worked in palliative care. This is a brilliant place with fantastic people around. As an international student, it was hard during the lockdown but our course coordinator and all our teachers tried their best to lessen our loneliness.' - Kar Lan Kimmy Lam

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'I enjoyed working with multi-discipline colleagues around the world and I broadened my horizons learning from clinical and research experiences across cultures. The welcoming and friendly working environment and atmosphere are absolutely fantastic and really helpful for my study.' - Dr Cheng-Pei Lin

Jenny Mullen

'We had some really fantastic teaching but I also learnt an awful lot from the other students. I've made friends from around the world...that's been really beneficial and enjoyable.' - Dr Jenny Mullen

#1 in the world for Nursing (QS World University Rankings 2025)

100% student satisfaction at the most recent PTES survey (2019).

Ranked as world-leading by the Research Excellence Framework 2021

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