Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences

The Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences is a partnership between Kingston University and St George’s, University of London.

We are one of the leading providers of health and social care education in the UK.

With more than 4,000 students across our three southwest London sites, we offer courses in nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, radiography, social workparamedic science, biomedical sciences and continuing professional development.

We work closely with employers to continually develop our portfolio of courses and our research and enterprise activities. Operating in a climate of continuing change, we have responded proactively and innovatively to new health and social care policy initiatives to deliver programmes that are at the cutting edge of professional development.

Prof. Peter Kopelman Principal

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Prof Peter Kopelman

 

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Universities Week 2012

Universities Week is back. Monday 30 April - Monday 7 May. This year the theme of the week is the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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