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Health Business School

Supporting and developing aspiring healthcare leaders

Situated in the heart of London, HSU’s Health Business School is dedicated to advancing healthcare management. Blending academic excellence with practical relevance, our courses are delivered by highly experienced academics from diverse professional backgrounds with international expertise, and are designed to ensure graduates are industry-ready and forward-thinking.

At the heart of our philosophy are three guiding principles: compassion, care, and competence. We foster a culture that values individuals—students, staff, and faculty alike—rooted in the kindness and empathy expected and central to the healthcare profession.

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Health Business School Courses

Our courses are designed to meet the evolving needs of employers, equipping graduates with the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact in the global healthcare sector.

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Healthcare Management

Healthcare management is at the heart of delivering quality healthcare services and improving patient outcomes.

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Research for the Health Business School

Our Centre of Excellence in Research and Knowledge Exchange is in development, with ambitious plans for the future.

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Our School philosophy

Compassion, care and competence is central to our vision as a school. It underpins our approach to healthcare management. We aim to develop future leaders who can embody these qualities through their professional lives and use them to enhance healthcare services for staff and patients alike.

These values are also core to the student experience at Health Sciences University. As a Health Business School student you will be part of a wider community that is passionate about transforming lives and putting people and wellbeing at the heart of everything they do. Our aim is to ensure all students are supported and nurtured to achieve their full potential.

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Our teaching faculty

Our teaching faculty have been hand-picked to offer students a breadth of perspectives and in-depth professional experiences to inform their development as healthcare leaders. All of our academics are educated to PhD or DBA level and are drawn from the public, private and charitable sectors in the UK and overseas. Specialisms include global health challenges and healthcare systems, digital innovation, policy-making, entrepreneurship, compassionate leadership, governance, accounting and finance.

Our staff are also actively involved with professional organisations and networks in various capacities. At the time of writing these include the Chartered Management Institute, Royal Geographic Society, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Department of Health and Social Services in the UK, the World Health Organisation and the United Nations organisations, in environmental, social and health professional fields.

Our aim is to provide quality networking opportunities for our students at our London campus, through guest speaker opportunities.

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Why study with us?

The Health Business School is based at our London campus, ideal for developing your professional networks and making the most of everything this international city has to offer.

You’ll be joining a close knit and supportive community who are all passionate about making a difference to others through health, and believe in putting people and well-being at the heart of everything they do. This includes students from other programmes and schools at Health Sciences University who are pursuing careers in applied health, sport, exercise and social science disciplines.

Our student population represents a range of different backgrounds, ages and lived experiences, and we foster an inclusive environment where students can engage, learn from and support each other.

Courses within this School

Postgraduate study developed through action learning and current case studies, focused on developing critical thinking, problem solving, team working and leadership skills.

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Professor Denise Hewlett is Head of the Health Business School at Health Sciences University. She is a member of the British Academy of Management (BAM), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH), an Academic Member of the Landscape Institute (AMLI), Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society (FRGS), and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Additionally, she has been a member of the Specialist International Taskforce on OneHealth agenda for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for which she has also been Co-Chair of their Specialist Health and Wellbeing Group, working on healthcare management and public health concerns with international bodies including the World Health Organisation.

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