Course Summary

Study areas including health across the lifespan; physical and mental health; professional practice; legislation and ethics; assessment and management of patients; leadership, management and service improvement. Develop the practical skills, knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviours needed to nurse adults professionally and compassionately. Gain significant practical experience on a course comprising 50% theoretical learning and 50% practical learning – with some of the highest graduate employment rates in the country. Benefit from a course that will lead you to a challenging and rewarding career as a registered adult nurse in a range of healthcare environments, including community hospital and residential settings, and can provide a route to specialised clinical practice, management or education. This course enables you to learn in a variety of ways in academic, simulated and actual practice settings. You will experience 50% of your time in practice, supervised by practitioners, who are trained to support your learning, learning to provide care and experience a diverse range of practice settings. 50% of your time will be university based, learning in the classroom, in individual study and simulated practice environments. You will engage in a Service Improvement Project that will enable you to develop the skills to make a real change to the quality of service provision in practice. You will have support for your learning in theory and practice from a team of lecturers, all of whom are experienced, registered nurses. Graduates from this course have the knowledge and skills to care for adults in varied multi-professional contexts, collaborating with health colleagues and other services to deliver high quality, evidence based, compassionate nursing care to adults.

Course Details - Modules

Modules are not listed for this Course.

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Nursing and Midwifery Council

How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: B740

Institution code: B22

Campus Name: Bedford Campus

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

112 - 120 UCAS Tariff points


In addition applicants should have or be working towards five GCSEs at grade 4 (or grade C if taken before 2016) including English language or English literature and mathematics (or equivalent). We will consider alternative qualifications but please note that NVQ Level 3 and A Level General Studies are not accepted. If you would like to check if you would be qualified for our course please contact the Admissions Team.

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Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

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Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 71%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 67%

Go onto work and study: 82%

Fees and funding

EU 9250.0 Year 1
England 9250.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
Scotland 9250.0 Year 1
Wales 9250.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 9250.0 Year 1
Republic of Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
International 13200.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Tuition fees are reviewed annually. Additional Costs; Travel from home to University - Your base may be in Aylesbury, Luton or Bedford depending on the offer you receive from the University. You will need to ensure you have funds to pay for parking, usually in public car parks. This could be up to £10 per day depending on where you choose to park. Travel to alternate academic sites - Variable depending on mode of transport and whether car sharing. This may include travel to Aylesbury, Luton or Bedford campuses. Travel to placements - You are required to attend a range of placements in hospitals or community settings. There will be travel on a daily basis and this should be planned for. This will be across a range of shifts and will involve you travelling at a range of times as shifts cover the 24 hour period. This will also require you to attend a range of shifts including early shifts at 7:00 a.m., across the week and throughout the course. Parking costs at NHS sites - This is variable across practice partners. Parking permits purchased by students for some Trusts (costs vary). Appropriate shoes for clinical placement (£20 - £60) Stethoscope/Pinard (£5 - £100) Fob watch (£5 - £20) Smart clothes for community placement (£50 - £100) Stationery - files, paper & pens (£20) Costs of printing dissertation hard copy (£20 - £60) Printer ink/poster (£25) USB sticks (£10 - £40) Books (£50 - £200) Laptop Computer (optional) Union Fees - You are advised to join a union such as the Royal College of Midwifery. Fees do vary and are paid annually https://www.rcm.org.uk/core-membership DBS - initial check and annual update service charge (£70) Occupational Health Clearance - You may be expected to pay for additional services and vaccinations, if not available through your GP

Provider information

Park Square
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Luton
LU1 3JU

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