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BSc (Hons) Top-up

Professional Practice (Top-up)

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

4 Years

Start

September 2023

Delivery

Campus Taught

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.
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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.

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.

75%Face-to-face

25%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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Our BSc Professional Practice (post-reg) is for qualified health and social care practitioners who’d like to develop their career within practice.

Fees and Funding

2022/23

Part-time£867 per 20 credits

2023/24

Part-time£900 per 20 credits

Scholarships and Bursaries

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

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A three-year degree qualification is typically 360 credits. Each 20 credits (a standard module) equates to 200 hours of study made up 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, and will depend on your option choices.

During your programme you will select modules which reflect your clinical/professional interests. These modules are delivered by highly experienced and knowledgeable staff. Module leaders may also have links to clinical areas and research projects to enhance your learning.

Students will have access to on campus facilities including library IT and tutorial support. Some modules will be based in the skills laboratories.

A range of assessment strategies are used, with the most popular being written assignments including essays, case studies, and reflective accounts. You’ll also be accessed through presentations, oral and poster based and through the development of a written portfolio and e-portfolio.

This degree offers you a wide range of choices, encouraging you to select and plan the route that meets your individual needs. You’ll enhance 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.

You’ll also increase your knowledge of your role, or speciality, and clinical competence. You’ll expand your clinical capability, within a multidisciplinary team, and help develop and promote appropriate practice development delivering quality health and social care.

This course covers a broad range of subject areas in nursing and health care across a range of themes including; clinical knowledge and skills; mental health and psychosocial care; personal and professional development; children and public health and vulnerable individuals.

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This course is based in the School of Sport and Health Sciences located in the Faculty of Allied Health and Wellbeing

For information on possible changes to course information, see our Essential and Important Course Information

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