Midwifery (Shortened)

We have developed close links with healthcare providers throughout the region, including NHS Trusts across Preston and Chorley, Blackpool, Blackburn and Burnley, and Southport and Ormskirk. These learning environments will provide you with a unique insight into how healthcare is managed in all settings. All clinical placement providers are audited according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for learning and teaching in clinical practice. 

The course takes 20 months to complete (85 programmed weeks, inclusive of annual leave).

You’ll spend 50% of your time learning the theory in a University environment and 50% of your time in a clinical practice setting.

During the course you’ll engage in a wide range of teaching and learning activities which are likely to include a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical sessions. Independent study is also an important aspect of this degree. You’ll benefit from a case-based approach to learning, which we use to help you develop the skills required of a competent and compassionate midwife.

All tutors are qualified to teach and many of the academic staff teaching on this course are qualified nurses and/or midwives. The course team have a wide range of expertise and skills within midwifery, sexual health and neonatal practice. The team keep up-to-date with evidence-based practice and utilise research-based evidence to inform teaching.

Your clinical placements will be spent working with our partners in NHS Trusts across the region. These environments will give you insights into modern midwifery practice, enabling you to gain hands-on experience, work under supervision as part of a multi-skilled team of healthcare professionals, and learn from experienced practitioners.

As part of the course you’ll also have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of service users and members of the public through our community engagement and service user support groups, known as Comensus.

We’ll use various methods to assess your progress throughout the course. These are likely to include written assignments, reflective tasks, case presentations, portfolios, peer observation and clinical assessments.

Please note that our student selection process is underpinned by the National Values Based Recruitment strategy. This assesses candidates against the NHS values of working together, respect and dignity, commitment to quality of care, compassion, improving lives and everyone counts.

This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, including children. In order to ensure that the University offers places on their programmes to suitable candidates you will be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (formerly termed CRB). We will be able to guide you through this process once you have been offered a conditional place of study with us.

It is important to note that should your Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check prove to be unsatisfactory for the purpose of the course you have applied to, your offer of a place for that course may be withdrawn. If you have already enrolled on a course and your DBS check subsequently discloses a criminal conviction, you may be required to withdraw from the course even if you have already started.

If you are aware that your DBS check will disclose a previous conviction, please contact the course leader for advice, as not all convictions may preclude you from continuing with the course.