The programme's educational framework has been carefully designed to improve healthcare practice and, ultimately, patient care. Therefore student's assignments will be firmly grounded in the realities they face in the workplace, developing skills and knowledge that will lead to practical benefits. Students will join students from diverse clinical backgrounds, including acute and community care settings. Many come from the UK, but also Europe and further afield; all share a common enthusiasm and commitment to advancing their careers – and the profession. This advanced programme of study is aimed at qualified nurses who already have professional nursing experience in their chosen field. As such, it is a vocationally-orientated course, which aims to put students at the cutting-edge of teaching, research and thinking in terms of contemporary nursing practice. The course will give students the skills and experience they need to develop their career and to act as a leader and innovator in the field of nursing.