Everything you need to know...
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What is the fee?
Home: £9,250 per year
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How long will I study?
3 Years
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Where will I study?
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What is the UCAS code?
B720
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When do I start?
September 2024
Course summary
- Qualify as a professional midwife with the skills and knowledge for a successful career.
- Learn to care for women, newborn infants and their families.
- Gain hands-on experience through clinical placements in various healthcare settings.
- Respond to increasing complexity in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.
- Work alongside experienced healthcare professionals to enhance your learning.
- Stay ahead with training in the latest midwifery technologies and techniques.
Our BSc (Hons) Midwifery course is a dynamic and forward-thinking programme that encompasses all facets of modern midwifery. You’ll be prepared to lead in the care of women, birthing individuals, newborns and families while collaborating within integrated care teams. You’ll graduate with a robust portfolio showcasing your competencies and confidence to embark on a fulfilling career as a qualified midwife.
If you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) course, or you’d like extra preparation before starting degree-level study, we recommend you join the BSc (Hons) Midwifery with foundation year course.
Employability
100% of our graduates are in work or further study fifteen months after graduating, with 97% in highly skilled employment or further study (2020/21 Graduate Outcomes Survey).
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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
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.
Collegiate Campus map | Campus facilities
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Collegiate library
Collegiate Library can be found just off Ecclesall Road. It's open 24 hours a day, every day.
Learn moreEquipment and facilities
On this course you work with:
- A range of clinical midwifery placement environments
- Our purpose-built clinical skills Robert Winston Building
- Simulated practice, such as mock birthing and obstetric emergency facilities
- Technology-enhanced learning
- Clinical skills laboratories
You’ll also have access to 24-hour libraries and study spaces designed by our students.
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Entry requirements
All students
We will offer flexibility on our usual entry requirements for clearing applicants. Please call us on 0330 024 6390 to discuss your options and apply.Additional information for EU/International students
If you are an International or non-UK European student, you can find out more about the country specific qualifications we accept on our international qualifications page.
For details of English language entry requirements (IELTS), please see the information for 'All students'.
Modules
Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Collaboration For Individual And Community Wellbeing
Foundations In Midwifery Care
One Credit Module Level 4 (Bsc Midwifery)
Personal And Professional Development
Universal Midwifery Care In Labour And Birth
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Assessing And Addressing Complexity In Practice
Evidence And Enquiry For Practice
One Credit Module Level 5 (Bsc Midwifery)
Personalised Midwifery Care
The Midwife As A Skilled Practitioner
Final year
Compulsory modules
Complexity & Leadership In Professional Practice
Management And Leadership Of Midwifery Care
One Credit Module – Psrb Requirements
One Credit Module Level 6 (Bsc Midwifery)
Promoting Excellence In Midwifery Care
The Advancing Professional
Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2024/25 is £9,250 per year. These fees are regulated by the UK government and are therefore subject to changes in government policy.
If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.
Additional course costs
This link allows you to view estimated costs associated with the main activities on specific courses. These are estimates and, as such, are only an indication of additional course costs. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.
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Health and social care funding
Home fee-paying students can access a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year. You may also be eligible for additional financial support based on your circumstances.
Legal information
Any offer of a place to study is subject to your acceptance of the University’s Terms and Conditions and Student Regulations.