Public Health & Arts

This unique course has a specific focus on the role of the arts in promoting health and wellbeing and gives you an understanding of the range of arts-based strategies for improving people’s health. You will develop a deeper understanding of the issues, and an ability to demonstrate collaborative working in health.<br/><br/>The course is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and adaptability to work in public health settings, and the wider health and wellbeing economy. It will provide you with knowledge about how health is created and influenced in the settings of our daily lives, holistically exploring theoretical constructs of health, a range of health improvement and protective measures, in addition to sustainability, climate change, and policy.<br/><br/>Our course aims to provide you with work-related experiences. As a graduate of this degree, you will have the foundational knowledge required to address future health-needs with creativity, innovation, and resilience.<br/><br/>**Location**<br/><br/>This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.