Positive Behaviour Support PgDip

University of Kent

Course modalities offered

Key Course Facts

Student Satisfaction	70%
Salary after 15 months	£30000
Unemployment Rate	3% unemployed Proportion of students of this particular course unemployed and not studying 15 months after their course ended. Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
Student Dropout Rate	20% Proportion of students of Positive Behaviour Support PgDip who are not continuing into their following year of study or have not been awarded a qualification in either of the two comparison years. Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
Duration	1 years - Full-time
Campus	On campus - Canterbury campus
Degree	Postgraduate Diploma, PgDip
Subject	Occupational Therapy

Student Satisfaction	70%
Salary after 15 months	£30000
Unemployment Rate	3% unemployed Proportion of students of this particular course unemployed and not studying 15 months after their course ended. Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
Student Dropout Rate	20% Proportion of students of Positive Behaviour Support PgDip who are not continuing into their following year of study or have not been awarded a qualification in either of the two comparison years. Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
Duration	2 years - Part-time
Campus	On campus - Canterbury campus
Degree	Master of Science, PgDip
Subject	Occupational Therapy

Student Satisfaction	70%
Salary after 15 months	£30000
Unemployment Rate	3% unemployed Proportion of students of this particular course unemployed and not studying 15 months after their course ended. Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
Student Dropout Rate	20% Proportion of students of Positive Behaviour Support PgDip who are not continuing into their following year of study or have not been awarded a qualification in either of the two comparison years. Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
Duration	1 years - Full-time
Campus	On campus - Canterbury campus
Degree	Master of Science, PgDip
Subject	Occupational Therapy

Student Satisfaction	70%
Salary after 15 months	£30000
Unemployment Rate	3% unemployed Proportion of students of this particular course unemployed and not studying 15 months after their course ended. Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
Student Dropout Rate	20% Proportion of students of Positive Behaviour Support PgDip who are not continuing into their following year of study or have not been awarded a qualification in either of the two comparison years. Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
Duration	2 years - Part-time
Campus	On campus - Canterbury campus
Degree	Postgraduate Diploma, PgDip
Subject	Occupational Therapy

Admission advice for international students

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews of 145 graduates of Positive Behaviour Support PgDip and other courses in Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech at University of Kent for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech.

Overall student satisfaction

70 /100

145 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

	Positive Behaviour Support PgDip and other Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech courses of University of Kent	Average review score among all Occupational Therapy courses in the UK
Explanations	95	94
Interesting courses	74	79
Intellectually stimulating	85	88
Challenged to do my best	90	85
Depth of concepts	81	81
Builds on previous learnings	91	90
Joined ideas from different topics	80	83
Balance directed/independent study	71	83
Applicability of course content	87	83
Clear criteria in markings	82	78
Fair assessment	90	81
Tests reflected your learning	82	81
Timely feedback	87	89
Helpful feedback	74	77
Approachability of teachers	88	88
Support from teachers	89	86
Organisation of courses	89	87
Communication of changes	83	83
IT facilities	85	86
Library	88	92
Course specific resources	92	92
Student feedback opportunities	75	83
Student feedback valued	76	81
Student's feedback acted upon	59	72
Work of student union	74	81
Mental wellbeing services	85	76
Overall satisfaction	70	77

Source: National Student Survey NSS 2023. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
All Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech courses of University of Kent

The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

	15 months after graduation	3 years after graduation	5 years after graduation
Median salary	£30000	£34500	£44500
25-75 percentile range	£25000 - £34000	£26000 - £41000	£32000 - £55500

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech courses of University of Kent

Salary of all UK Graduates of Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech

	15 months after graduation	3 years after graduation	5 years after graduation
Median salary	£24406	£24662	£30689
25-75 percentile range	£21389 - £28940	£19296 - £31978	£22604 - £41672

Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech courses in the UK

Course Description

This programme seeks to develop a critical understanding of concepts and principles underpinning positive behaviour support. It provides you with a detailed knowledge of intellectual and developmental disabilities and experience of practice or conducting research in this field, and is aimed at recent graduates as well as experienced practitioners.

Benefits include academic and professional support from some of the UK's leading positive behaviour support and intellectual and developmental disability researchers. The programme also provides the necessary coursework to apply to sit the international examination for certification as a behaviour analyst.

The Behavior Analyst Certification Board®, Inc. has verified these courses toward the coursework requirements for eligibility to take the Board Certified Behavior Analyst® (Option 1) or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst® examination. Applications will need to meet additional requirements before they can be deemed eligible to take the examination.

Pass rate data are not published for sequences with fewer than six first-time candidates in a single year or for sequences within their first four years of operation.

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

What graduates are doing after 15 months

	All University of Kent graduates of undergraduate studies in Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech	All UK graduates of undergraduate studies in Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech
Total respondents	55	175
Unemployed	3%	3%
Studying	5%	17%
Working	72%	57%
Both studying and working	18%	15%
No information	2%	8%

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech courses of University of Kent

Current jobs

Job in line with future plans

Utilise skills from studies

Work is meaningful

	Agree or strongly agree	Disagree
Job in line with future plans	80%	20%
Utilise skills from studies	60%	40%
Work is meaningful	80%	20%

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All courses of University of Kent

Required skill level of job after 15 months

% Skilled jobs

	% Skilled jobs
Highly-skilled jobs	75%
Non highly-skilled jobs	25%
Skill level unknown or unclassified	0%

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech courses of University of Kent

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Positive Behaviour Support PgDip at University of Kent

30%	Managers, directors and senior officials
20%	Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
20%	Business and public service associate professionals
20%	Administrative occupations
5%	Health associate professionals
5%	Sales occupations
0%	Sports and fitness occupations
0%	Therapy professionals
0%	Teaching Professionals
0%	Caring personal services

Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023

Teaching includes lectures, guided study using Moodle, with seminars and group exercises to enhance understanding of the underlying concepts. Knowledge of the various topics is assessed by unseen examinations. Understanding is assessed by a mixture of essays and assignments in which students have to apply the concepts covered to practical topics. Where modules are taken by distance learning, lectures are captured using Kent Player and made available via Moodle and more Moodle-based activities are undertaken.

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

Average UCAS Tariff Score 139

Tariff score	% Students accepted for this course
<48	0
48-63	0
64-79	0
80-95	10
96-111	0
112-127	40
128-143	20
144-159	0
160-175	10
176-191	10
192-207	10
208-223	0
224-239	0
>240	0

Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
This particular course

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

- 6.5
- All Degrees

country and other relevant information for your country. English language entry requirements For detailed information see our English language requirements web pages. Please note that if you are required to meet an English language condition, we offer a number of pre-sessional courses in English for Academic Purposes through Kent International Pathways.

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Positive Behaviour Support, PgDip, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

We welcome applications from applicants who have obtained at least a Second Class Honours degree including all the required examinations at a university in the United Kingdom or at another approved university.

Mature applicants without a degree are asked to provide evidence of their ability to complete a postgraduate programme successfully, and are eligible to enter the programme following the completion of an assessed task.

We encourage international applicants with the relevant academic/professional background and competence in spoken and written English. However, we require them to have some experience of UK services. We also require applicants to have 7.5 IELTS, minimum 6.5 in any element or equivalent in other tests.

All applicants are considered on an individual basis and additional qualifications, and professional qualifications and experience will also be taken into account when considering applications.

Costs

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent	£518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home)	£50
Supermarket shopping	£81
Clothing	£35
Eating out	£33
Alcohol	£27
Takeaways / food deliveries	£30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food)	£24
Holidays and weekend trips	£78
Transport within city	£17
Self-care / sports	£20
Stationary / books	£13
Mobile phone / internet	£13
Cable TV / streaming	£7
Insurance	£51
Other	£95

Average student cost of living	£1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

Source: Own research based on surveys and university data

University Rankings

Positions of University of Kent in top UK and global rankings.

Rankings of University of Kent in related subject specific rankings.

Social Studies & Humanities

- #29
- #36
Psychology

CUG The Complete University Guide - By Subject
[Published 08 June, 2023]
- #12
- #87
Psychology

QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
- #9
- #89
Psychology

THE World University Rankings by Subject
[Published 19 October, 2023]
- #71
- #91
Psychology

The Guardian University League Tables by Subject
[Published 09 September, 2023]
- #24
- #151
Psychology

GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
- #20
- #217
Psychology

URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]

See all 26 university rankings of University of Kent

About University of Kent

The University of Kent is a publicly funded research university located in Kent, England. The university’s main campus is situated north of Canterbury, while its other campuses are found in Medway and Tonbridge in Kent. Additionally, the university operates postgraduate centres in Brussels, Athens, Rome and Paris.

List of 390 Bachelor and Master Courses from University of Kent - Course Catalogue

Student composition of University of Kent

Total number of students enrolled at University of Kent by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
undergraduates:: 13390
postgraduates:: 2820
Total:: 16210

Number of students enrolled in courses of subject “Occupational Therapy”: Academic year - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022

Source: Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022

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Positive Behaviour Support PgDip

University of Kent

Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech

Salary of all UK Graduates of Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Fintech

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