Course summary
Develop midwives who meet the Standards of proficiency for midwives (NMC 2019) and become eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Develop skilled, knowledgeable, respectful and compassionate midwives, able to provide woman-centered care across a range of settings to ensure the provision of safe and effective care for women their families and the wider community Build upon existing knowledge, skills and experience, recognising the diversity, richness and relevance of nursing knowledge to enhancing midwifery practice Develop midwives who embrace cultural safety, recognising equality, diversity and inclusion and acknowledging the need to address own biases and prejudices to challenge racism and inequality Develop midwives who will act as leaders and change agents, aware of the significance of innovation, creativity and best available evidence in the evaluation and development of woman-centered care and the maternity services Promote collaborative working with service users, interdisciplinary and multiagency teams in contemporary midwifery practice Funding Fees are shown for new entrants to courses, for each individual year of a course, together with the total fee for all the years of a course. Continuing LSBU students should refer to the Finance section of our student portal, MyLSBU. Queries regarding fees should be directed to the Fees and Bursaries Team on: +44 (0)20 7815 6181.
Entry requirements
To be eligible for this programme Applicants will need to meet the following entry criteria: A registered Adult nurse (level 1) with current registration with the NMC; A Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2:2: with a minimum qualification of Diploma in Higher Education with evidence of study at Level 6; At least 6 months post qualification clinical experience as an adult nurse on the NMC register in the UK For applicants whom English is not their first language, they must achieve a minimum score of 7.0 overall or equivalent, with not less than 7.0 in the listening, speaking and reading sections and not less than 6.5 in the writing section for the International English Language Test Score (IELTS) at the time of application OR for the Occupational English Test (OET), they must achieve a minimum grade of B overall or equivalent, with not less than a B in listening, reading and speaking and a C+ in writing. The following is the alternative to the IELTS or OET You have completed a pre-registration nurse, midwife or nursing associate programme that was taught and examined in English. During that programme you must have spent at least half of your time interacting with patients, service users, their families and other healthcare professionals, and at least three-quarters of these interactions must have been in English. You have recently practised for one year in a country where English is a majority spoken language.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For more information on fees and funding, please see our website: http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/fees-and-funding
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Provider information
London South Bank University
103 Borough Road
Southwark
SE1 0AA