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Professional Practice (Top-up)

BSc (Hons) Top-up
Duration
4 years
Start
September 2025
Delivery
In-person

Our BSc Professional Practice (post-reg) is for qualified health and social care practitioners who’d like to develop their career within practice.

Why study with us

  • The course is studied part-time and can be completed in two to four years.
  • The course is delivered by highly experienced and knowledgeable staff, many of whom have links to clinical areas and research projects to enhance your learning.
  • You’ll develop your knowledge and skills within your current role and transfer that knowledge and skills to care for patients and their families across the healthcare continuum.
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What you'll do

  • There are lots of options so you can select and plan the learning route that best meets your personal and professional needs.
  • You’ll cover a broad range of subject areas in nursing and health care across a range of themes.
  • These include clinical knowledge and skills; mental health and psychosocial care; personal and professional development; children and public health and vulnerable individuals.

Modules

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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Future careers

Our BSc Professional Practice (post-reg) is for qualified health and social care practitioners who’d like to develop their career within practice.

Entry requirements

We will consider your educational achievements, predicted grades, work experience and personal statement. If you don't meet the grades for your chosen course, we will consider you for other programmes.

We know that many factors can influence the grades you achieve in school or college. If your life experience has affected your academic studies, we can take this into account. Use the UCAS Points Calculator below to check whether you are eligible.

Unsure if you meet our entry requirements? Contact our friendly Course Enquiries team to talk through your options.

You must work at least 18 hours per week in practice.

Informal enquiries are welcomed. Your application will be considered on its merits and in the light of the nature and scope of the programme. You may be invited for an informal discussion before being offered a place. This is to ensure you understand the nature of the programme, and its demands, and to plan your modular route leading to the identified award. Identification of financial support will be noted.

APEL is not available for entry to the final year of honours degrees, including top-up degrees. Exceptions, of up to a maximum of 20 credits, will only be considered in the case of recognised awards within a national/regional framework.

  • Have a current professional registration with a relevant professional/statutory body, such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health Care Professions Council
  • Please note that for individual modules you may be required to be working in clinical practice for at least 18 hours a week
  • Hold 120 credits or equivalent at level 5 study: this should preferably be via a Diploma Higher Education course but for those students with no prior academic credit / qualifications, an AP(E)L Portfolio route is available in order for students to demonstrate the ability to study and achieve level 5 outcomes and show equivalence to Dip HE (please note that this takes time, an APL claim should be started at least 9 months prior to the start of the academic year in September)
  • Have the ability to be self-funding or have the commitment of their employer to support course fees
  • Have their managers support for the course (where appropriate)
  • Your application will be considered on its merits and in the light of the nature and scope of the programme. You may be invited for an informal discussion before being offered a place. The purpose of this discussion is first to ensure that you understand the nature of the programme and its demands and to plan your modular route leading to the identified award. Identification of financial support will be noted.

This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, this may include 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).

Not got the grades?

Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2024/25
UK
Part-time£975 per 20 credits
2025/26
UK
Part-time£1,025 per 20 credits

Scholarships and bursaries

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

Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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This course is delivered by the School of Health, Social Work and Sport

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

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