College of Health, Psychology and Social Care

The College of Health and Social Care offers a great student experience, alongside research excellence, flexible study, and experienced staff.

We boast some of the best facilities in the country and the strong links we enjoy with the NHS and a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies mean we’re keeping our finger on the pulse of what is currently relevant within the healthcare professions.

Our research

The Health and Social Care Research Centre, conducts multi-disciplinary, high-impact applied research that supports the transformation of services within the field. The Centre research falls into 3 broad areas:

• Optimising individual health and wellbeing – enhancing the management, care and treatment of people
• Promoting healthy communities – improving the health and wellbeing of local populations and communities
• Building and developing an effective health and social care workforce – including building the professional evidence base and transforming the roles of health and social care professionals

The Centre was established as a joint collaboration between the University of Derby, NHS England and the four Clinical Commissioning Committees across Derbyshire.

Areas of specialism

• Arts in health including social gerontology & dementia, especially late in life creativity, arts therapies and creative expressive therapies
• Health care research, including public health research and health workforce development
• Compassion and wellbeing
• International approaches to trauma & mental health.