Campus
Birmingham (Edgbaston)
Course overview
This microcredential will provide you with the latest knowledge of cellular lesions underlying the development of cancer and the background of recent advances in molecular medicine.
Topics covered - oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, mechanisms of metastasis and apoptosis. The role of viruses, environmental carcinogens and chromosomal alterations in cancers will be discussed.
Course delivery
Assessment
Written assignment (3000 words) (60% of the module mark) and one hour multiple choice questions examination (40% of the module mark).
Course dates
- 6th - 10th October 2025
- 13th, 15th, and 27th October 2025
Teaching staff
Dr Martin R. Higgs
Associate Professor for Genomics and Rare Disease
Staff profile for Professor Martin Higgs, Associate Professor for Genomics and Rare Disease and Deputy Director, Centre for Rare Disease Studies, Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham
Dr Graham Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Tumour Immunology
Staff profile for Dr Graham Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Tumour Immunology, Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medicine and Health, the University of Birmingham.
Entry requirements
2:1 degree
For further information please contact the programme team: clinicaloncology@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Fees and scholarships
Fees for 2025 entry
Microcredential (Home): £1,211
Microcredential (International): £3,374
Non-credit: £1,011.20
Application process
You can choose to study this course as either a microcredential or a non-credit CPD short course.
Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?
- Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the commitment of a full degree
- Usually taken from existing modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
- Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
- Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
- Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
- Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.
Please note the deadline for submitting an application:
- Applicants eligible for Home fees are to apply a minimum of 6 weeks before the module start date.
- Applicants eligible for Overseas fees are to apply a minimum of 3 months before the module start date.
Please note that once registered for the microcredential you cannot swap for the non-credit short course version.
Non-credit short course
The microcredential and the non-credit short course follow the same course structure, the difference between them both is with the non-credit short course you do not take the assessment at the end therefore you will not receive credits but will receive a certificate of completion, this certificate cannot be converted to credits.
Please note if you apply for the non-credit short course, you cannot swap to the microcredential version once registered.
Places on the non-credit short course are limited so please enquire before if spaces are available.