How you learn

At Sheffield Hallam, all our courses are designed to engage you with the world and challenge you to think in new ways. You’ll get to collaborate with others, and you’ll be taught in a supportive environment where you can thrive.

On this course you’ll learn from academic staff who have a variety of clinical expertise and experience. You’ll apply your theoretical study directly to your practice setting, using the knowledge, skills and attributes you’ve gained. The course is a blend of theory and hands-on practical work, giving you the opportunity to practise what you learn in both simulated and real-world settings.

Nurses are an integral part of a multidisciplinary team. You’ll have the chance to learn and collaborate with students from other health and social care courses, helping you deliver person-centred care, with an understanding of how other professionals contribute to the person's journey through health and social care services.

You learn through:

• Exams 
• Poster presentation 
• Reflective writing 
• Assessment of proficiency in practice 
• An extended project  
• Group and individual presentations 
• Written assessment

Key themes

In the first year you’ll establish the fundamentals of nursing in your chosen field, further developing your knowledge, skills and attitudes through a variety of placement learning experiences. 

In your second year you’ll build on these fundamental skills by exploring the complexity of care provided to adults and children who use services, as well as their carers. 

In your final year you’ll consolidate your knowledge, attitudes and skills by leading nursing care in diverse settings.

Course support

We’ll nurture your creativity, encouraging you to ask compelling questions and providing you with the tools to answer them. 

With our high ratio of staff to students, you’ll always get the support you need on your learning journey towards highly skilled, graduate-level employment. This includes:  

• 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.

Course leaders and tutors

Matt Wilde

Senior Lecturer - Public Health Nursing

Matthew Wilde Senior Lecturer Public Health Nursing at Sheffield Hallam University

Applied learning

Work placements

You’ll gain real-world experience through placements, projects, and voluntary activities. These take place in work settings, through online interfaces, and within the university. Throughout the course, you'll achieve an average of 27 placement hours per week during placement blocks. These placements occur in various learning environments with different shift patterns, requiring you to be flexible and collaborate with placement areas to arrange your placement working hours. All placements will be in Doncaster and surrounding areas associated with the Doncaster Trust providers.

There’s also an optional placement where you can arrange an experience—nationally or internationally—to meet your personal professional development needs and support your employability.

You’ll be supervised and supported by practice supervisors, practice assessors, link lecturers, and academic assessors, enabling you to learn and safely achieve proficiency and autonomy in your professional role.

Live projects

You’ll apply your learning in our specialist labs, practice facilities, simulation environments and workshops – as well as externally through field trips, educational visits and digital technologies. You’ll also have loan access to specialist equipment so you can work on or off-campus, and you’ll be supported by lecturers and technical experts. 

You’ll practise your learning in a range of settings where nurses care for adults, children and young people. You’ll take part in all activities that contribute to your training and demonstrate the responsibilities involved. 

Field trips 

Previous field trips have included time in refugee camps in Greece, working with community projects in India, and learning clinical skills with nursing students from the US.

Others have included working with local schools and charity organisations to create a health promotion campaign as part of Simulated Practice Learning. These are great chances to gain experience while supporting your community.

Networking opportunities

In your first year we host a welcome event so you can meet our practice learning partners and engage with opportunities to further your career planning and development. 

There may be an opportunity to attend our onsite careers event and speak to our practice learning partners about employment opportunities and career pathways.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in clinical nursing within a range of health and social care settings, including:

• Primary and community care
• Secondary care
• Private and voluntary organisations
• Advanced practice roles 
• Management positions in clinical nursing 
• Research nursing 
• Lecturing 

Further study, such as health visiting and masters and doctoral education

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

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

Where will I study?

You study at the Hub campus of University Centre Doncaster, which has fantastic work spaces designed to enhance student learning and reflect industry standards.

Entry requirements

Fees and funding

• Home students

Home students

Our tuition fees for UK students starting part-time undergraduate study in 2025/26 are regulated by the UK government and are yet to be confirmed. For an indication, our tuition fees for UK students starting this course in 2024/25 are £6,935 per year (based on studying 60 credits per year).

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.

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.

Learn more

Additional course costs

The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

General course additional costs

Additional costs for Health and Social Care (PDF, 165.7KB)

Legal information

Any offer of a place to study is subject to your acceptance of the University’s Terms and Conditions and Student Regulations.