BSc (Hons) Midwifery (3 year)
Overview
Fit for practice
This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and affiliated with world-renowned teaching hospitals and Trusts. It is designed in partnership with healthcare providers and commissioners; working around the framework of childbirth as a normal physiological process most women will experience in their lives.
We also look at situations where some women have more complex needs. You’ll have opportunities to develop your practice skills, applying your learning in a variety of maternity settings. Many graduates’ first jobs are where they worked in placements during their training.
Why Midwifery at LSBU?
- Accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- We have professional links with world-renowned teaching hospitals and Trusts in London and the South East.
- 2nd in London for learning resources (National Student Survey 2019).
- 100% of students are in employment or studying six months after graduating, UNISTATS 2019.
- In the final phase of the course you’ll do one week’s rostered service to develop your practical skills by being the lead professional in the care of low risk women.
- We have a real-time labour ward that is set up to simulate the range of delivery environments available to labouring women.
- Joint 1st in the UK for career prospects (Guardian League Table 2020).
Modules
The main focus of the course is the promotion of normality, i.e. the framing of childbirth as a normal physiological process which the majority of women will undergo in their lifetime. The course also acknowledges that a number of women have more complex needs where technological help will be needed.
You are expected to achieve the theoretical and practice standards stipulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to enable you to perform the ‘Activities of a Midwife’ (NMC 2004) within the context of promoting normality, using preventative measures, detecting complications, accessing appropriate assistance and carrying out emergency measures in the absence of medical aid.
Methods of assessment for course overall: 62% coursework.
Some compulsory skills sessions may take place in the evening.
Year 1
- Introduction to life sciences
- Foundation skills in midwifery
- Introduction to psycho-social perspectives of childbearing and childbirth
- Understanding the art and science of midwifery
- Practice-based assessment 1
- Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding
Year 2
- Midwifery care of the compromised neonate
- Midwifery pharmacology and medicine management
- Practice-based assessment 2
- Public health role of the midwife
- Research methods and use of evidence
- A framework to support transparency in practice
Year 3
- Leadership, managing and empowering in midwifery
- Clinical emergency management in maternity care
- Independent study
- Practice-based assessment 3
- Complex needs in childbirth
- Normal midwifery practice
Entry requirements
Please make sure you have the required GCSE qualifications before applying for this course.
- A Level BBB and 5 GCSEs A*-C including Maths, English and Science or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above); or;
- BTEC National Diploma DDM and GCSEs Maths, English and Science A*-C (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above) or equivalent; or;
- Access to HE qualifications with 24 Distinctions and 21 Merits and GCSEs Maths, English and Science A*-C (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above) or equivalent; or;
- NVQ Level 3 in Care with at least one year of relevant work experience and GCSEs Maths, English and Science A*-C (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above) or equivalent; or;
- Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 122 UCAS points and GCSEs Maths, English and Science A*-C (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above) or equivalent.
Foundation Year
Been out of study for a long time? Or maybe you haven’t met the entry requirements of your chosen degree? Our entry year acts as a bridge to degree-level studies.
English language
If your first language is not English you must have the following minimum International English Language Test Score (IELTS) results at the time of applying:
- 7.0 overall or equivalent
- 7.0 in the listening and reading sections
- 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections.
Advanced entry
If you have already completed some studies at another university, we may be able to consider you for advanced entry. Please see our advanced entry page for more information.