Course summary

On this practice-based course, you learn to care for women/birthing people through pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, conducting at least 40 supervised births. The degree spans 39 weeks each year and prepares you for professional practice through roleplay, scenario-based learning and placement experience. Theory and practice are woven together so you apply the knowledge you learn in the classroom to the clinical skills you are developing. Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement

• All our Nursing and Midwifery courses are regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). On successful completion of your course, you can register with the NMC as a midwife.

• Access to the latest medical/health equipment and facilities at regional hospitals and community health settings during placements.

• At Luton, a new, fully immersive simulation floor in our STEM Building, preparing you to respond to and manage clinical situations and scenarios.

• Simulation wards with a range of medical-grade training mannequins, including an infant mannequin, to tackle real-life scenarios in a safe and supported environment.

• For students based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, we have a three-storey building with simulation ward; classrooms; library; social learning spaces; and computer study facilities.

• We work with the following trust partners: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Bedfordshire Hospitals; Milton Keynes Hospital; West Herts Hospital; Lister Hospital.

• To ensure your learning meets the benchmark set for care providers, our healthcare courses have been developed in collaboration with our regional healthcare providers, health authorities, service users and students. We also work with NHS England, East of England and Thames Valley.

• Learn to recognise and respond to an expectant mother/person’s needs – physical, psychological, cultural and socio-economic – while supporting the family.

• Your classroom learning is delivered by experienced registered midwifery lecturers.

• We deliver 75% face-to-face teaching so your lecturers are on site to support you while you get to meet and exchange ideas with other healthcare students.

• Midwifery students gain a wider range of expertise through inter-professional learning with other disciplines.

• Explore the wider role of the midwife within primary- and secondary-care settings, and gain experience on non-maternity wards to learn how pregnancy affects - and is affected by - a variety of medical conditions.

• Clinical specialists from our partnership trusts come to campus to support your learning so your studies are underpinned by the latest research and practice.

• Benefit from extra-curricular activities that expand your knowledge base and confidence: our annual student conference is open to all year groups; and we have an active, lively Student Union Midwifery & Apprenticeship Society.

• Our Aylesbury campus is situated at Stoke Mandeville Hospital so you can fully immerse yourself in the hospital environment.

• On placement, you will undertake a mix of early, late, long days and night shifts to ensure you experience typical shift patterns for a healthcare professional.