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BSc (Hons)

Midwifery

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

B720

Delivery

Campus Taught

This course will prepare you to be a confident and competent midwife, effectively supporting women, birthing people and their families through pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Entry for September 2023 is now closed

Midwifery is about providing care to women, birthing people and families at one of the most important times of their lives. A midwife is usually the first and main contact for the family during pregnancy, throughout labour and in the period following the birth of the baby. As a qualified midwife, you’ll be responsible for providing care and supporting women and birthing people to make informed choices about their care.

You’ll benefit from a case-based approach to learning, where you will learn how to adapt your specialist knowledge to each individual circumstances and wishes, resulting in a more positive experience. At the end of this degree programme, which is divided between academic study and clinical practical, you will be professionally registered as a midwife.

You’ll spend 50% of your time in theory and 50% of your time in clinical practice, allowing you to put theory into practice, within a safe and welcoming environment. Throughout your learning journey you’ll be supported by lecturers and clinical midwives.

Please note, nursing programmes leading to registration are not available to international students

Why study with us

You'll benefit from a case-based approach to learning, allowing you to learn from real-world scenarios in an engaging and holistic way.
You'll spend 50% of your time on placements in practice and this will contribute towards 50% of your overall degree classification.
Our midwifery and health visiting degree programmes are the first in the UK to be awarded the prestigious UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold Award which meet the sustainability standards (2021).

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What you'll do

You’ll have the opportunity to use clinical skill labs, which provide a safe environment to put theoretical knowledge into practice.
Within your programme, you will have the opportunity to participate in an elective placement, which can be either national or international, allowing you to explore midwifery in a different setting.
You have the opportunity to join the award-wining University Midwifery Society and Passionate Midwifery Forums.

Module overview

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus, with some online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

60%Face-to-face

40%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Accreditations

This course is validated by the NMC, the nursing and midwifery regulator for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Future careers

Your midwifery qualifications and experience will open up a wide range of options to further develop your career.

Once you complete the course, you will become a registered midwife, registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You’ll have the opportunity to apply to work as a midwife within the NHS or other independent midwifery settings.

You may also have the opportunity to work nationally or internationally, exploring midwifery in a global context.

Midwifery is a research and evidence-based career, therefore we encourage and support you to continue onto further study. At the University of Central Lancashire, we offer a dedicated MSc in Midwifery as well as opportunities for you to progress onto a PhD and other research programmes.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£9250 per year

International

Full-time£14250 per year

2023/24

Full-time£9,250 per year

International

Full-time£14,900 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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The course is a three year degree qualification and consists of 50% clinical practice and 50% theory. Learning occurs in a variety of theory and clinical practice settings. Within your programme you will study a range of modules relevant to midwifery which may include a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study. Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors.

Teaching and learning is delivered through a number of different formats for example - lectures; tutorials; debates; case based learning; practical workshops and clinical experience.

Assessments throughout the programme will be varied, some of which will be student choice.

At the University of Central Lancashire, we have developed close links with healthcare providers across the region including NHS trusts across Preston & Chorley, Blackpool, Blackburn & Burnley, Southport & Ormskirk, Wigan and Warrington. These learning environments provide our students 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. Each clinical site has a dedicated site link lecturer attached to the placement area, so that students may access support and advice.

Academic staff work in close contact with the NHS trust student support teams. As part of your clinical experience you can expect to work alongside a clinical supervision team who will support your learning journey throughout each placement area.

As part of the course you will have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of service users and public members via our community engagement and service user support groups (Comensus).