Campus
Birmingham (Edgbaston)
Course overview
This microcredential focuses on the diagnosis of cancer and explores traditional histopathological evaluation and highlight and examine the impact of new technologies.
This microcredential is a core module on the MSc Clinical Oncology programme, an optional module on the MRes Cancer Sciences programme and can also be taken on a stand-alone basis for CPD purposes.
The course will focus on diagnosis of cancer with an emphasis on molecular testing and the role of histopathology in the stratification of cancer patients. It will compare and contrast traditional histopathological evaluation with molecular testing as prognostic and predictive markers. The module will also highlight new technologies, especially in Next Generation Sequencing, and will consider how these are already impacting on routine diagnostic histopathology.
Course delivery
Course dates
- 20th - 23rd October 2025
- Assessment day: 17th November 2025
Attendance required
One week block of teaching plus exam to follow.
Credits
20 credits
Teaching staff
Academics involved in the delivery of this module
Professor Paul Murray
Professor of Molecular Pathology
Paul Murray is Professor of Molecular Pathology in the Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Entry requirements
2:1 degree
For further information please contact:
Programme Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7672
Email: 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.