How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.   

The course is designed to promote independent, lifelong learning. You’ll benefit from a balanced approach that combines 50% theoretical knowledge with 50% practical experience in clinical and community settings. You’ll learn with, from and about students from other health and social care courses. These experiences give you both a sound basis in midwifery and an understanding of how other professionals contribute to health and social care services.

We take a dynamic and interactive approach to learning, combining in-person teaching with the latest in digital education. Expert lecturers and industry professionals – including clinical midwives – lead seminars, workshops and practical sessions on campus. You’ll also learn remotely through advanced digital platforms with live-streamed teaching and a wealth of digital learning materials. So you’ll have flexible learning opportunities you can access anywhere, any time. 

The course integrates work-related learning through placements and real-world projects, enabling you to apply academic theories in practical settings. Independent and applied learning experiences are supported by cutting-edge technology – including virtual reality software – providing a comprehensive education that combines theory with hands-on practice.

You learn through: 

• Lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials
• Objective Simulated Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) 
• Practice placements
• Practical sessions
• Multimedia assessment 
• Independent learning and group work
• Oxford Medical Simulation virtual reality software for remote or on-campus learning

Key themes

You’ll explore fundamental midwifery care and practices, maternal and neonatal health – alongside professional and ethical aspects of midwifery. We emphasise interprofessional education, promoting collaborative practice among health disciplines to enhance comprehensive care. 

You’ll benefit from an integrated care curriculum that’s designed to provide a holistic approach to midwifery. You’ll be able to stay ahead by training in the latest midwifery technologies and techniques. 

Additionally, the curriculum addresses maternal mental health, ensuring you can provide comprehensive support for women's emotional and psychological wellbeing. The course also includes advanced midwifery procedures, equipping you with skills for complex clinical situations. 

Course Support

You’ll be supported in your learning journey towards highly skilled, graduate-level employment through a number of key areas. These include: 

• Access to our student support triangle to help with your personal, academic and career development
• Access to our Skills Centre for support with one-to-ones, webinars and online resources, where you can get help with planning and structuring your assignments and assessment preparation
• Support and guidance from your course and module leaders, and you’ll have a named academic adviser and employability advisers
• Access to Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) support – both at university and on placement – providing additional guidance and assistance tailored to your midwifery practice

Course leaders and tutors

Jane Stephenson

Lecturer in Midwifery

Applied learning

Work placements

You’ll have opportunities across a range of clinical settings. After your first year, you’ll rotate to a different Trust for your second and third years. You’ll work both in hospitals and out in the community, with our placement partners there to support you at every step.  

As part of your clinical practice, you’ll be allocated a small group of expectant mothers as part of your caseload. This means you get to experience the long-term challenge of providing quality care to a mother and her newborn, including being on call for the birth.  

Throughout your placements, practice supervisors, link lecturers and practice assessors will guide and support you, ensuring you safely achieve the proficiency and autonomy required to build a professional portfolio that meets the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) proficiencies.

In your second year, you’ll also have the option of elective placement that allows you to work nationally or internationally. 

Live Projects

You'll experience a diverse range of practice settings, actively participating in all aspects of midwifery care. As a supernumerary student throughout your placements, you’ll have the unique opportunity to learn without the responsibilities of core staff numbers, so you can focus entirely on your education. You'll engage directly in caregiving – supported by simulated practices and observations – preparing you for real-world situations.

Your training will be enriched through discussions with experienced midwives and interactions with members of interdisciplinary healthcare teams. These help you develop a comprehensive skill set – as do question and answer sessions and 360-degree feedback from the people you care for, supervisors and fellow students. 

Networking opportunities 

You’ll be able to take part in a range of activities with students from other health and social care courses. These activities are designed to improve your employability skills – such as the Hallam Leadership Award, which helps you prepare to become a future midwifery leader.

You’ll have extensive networking opportunities through our well-established connections with healthcare organisations and practising midwives. 

You’ll benefit from guest lectures from leading figures in midwifery – both from academic and professional backgrounds – providing direct access to industry insights and contemporary practices in maternal and neonatal care. These interactions are invaluable for building your professional network, and are complemented by workshops and dedicated employability advisers who help enhance your readiness for a successful career in midwifery. This comprehensive approach ensures you’re well prepared to meet the demands and responsibilities of a professional midwife.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in: 

• Clinical midwifery  
• Specialisms such as smoking cessation, bereavement care, perinatal mental health, sonography, substance misuse and teenage pregnancy
• Midwifery consultancy, with specific responsibility for leading and developing midwifery services  
• Management positions in clinical midwifery, such as a lead midwife or head of midwifery services  
• Research midwifery  
• Higher education
• Further study 

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work in:

• Hospital and community midwifery environments  
• Health centres  
• GP surgeries  
• The armed forces  
• Education 

Where will I study?

You study at Collegiate Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

Collegiate campus

Collegiate Campus can be found just off Ecclesall Road, a bustling student district.

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Collegiate Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2BP

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