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Nursing (Learning Disability) and Social Work with Foundation Year at Sheffield Hallam University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information. 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 at www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/health-and-social-care/fees-and-funding Course summary

  • Understand contemporary nursing and social work practice.
  • Transform the lives of people who have learning disabilities.
  • Spend 50% of your course on placement — enhancing your employability.
  • Collaborate with other professional groups within health and social care.
  • Gain real-world experience and sought-after credentials — qualifying as a social worker in England and a Learning Disabilities Nurse.
  • Prepare for the full degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
On this course, you’ll gain the skills and experience you need to provide exceptional care to people with learning disabilities. You’ll tailor your studies, and learn from other practitioners and students — understanding where your specialism fits into the wider sphere of healthcare. You’ll graduate with the qualifications and credentials you need to enter practice. How you learn The course is comprised of integrated health and social care modules, based around the central theme of learning disabilities which explore and develop your nursing and social work practice. There is also a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary collaborative teaching and learning throughout the programme. You’ll be equipped with the knowledge, skills and values that enhance your employment opportunities, give you a strong professional identity as well as confidence in working with different professional groups and agencies to develop solutions to real world practice issues. Applied learning Theory will prepare you for practice learning experiences are designed to help you not only to apply theory to practice, but to develop critical and ethical approaches to your practice in order to become life-long, competent professionals. You are required to attend the practice learning experiences provided on the course to achieve the course practice learning outcomes. You’ll undertake a range of practice learning experiences, helping you to build your skills, confidence, creativity, resilience, integrity and curiosity. This will take place in different practice learning environments, reflecting the range of ways in which services are currently delivered. This might include simulated learning and virtual placements alongside real world experience of services delivered face to face to service users. The university will ensure that the practice learning element of your course will be compliant with the requirements of the Professional and Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB) governing your chosen profession. This is so that by the end of your course, you will have been provided with the opportunity to demonstrate attainment of the requirements to register as a professional with your chosen profession.

Modules

Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page. Year 1 Compulsory modules Developing The Fundamentals Of A Healthcare Professional | Coursework (60%) , Exam (40%) Promotion Of Contemporary Issues In Healthcare | Coursework (100%) Year 2 Compulsory modules Collaboration For Individual And Community Wellbeing | Practical (100%) Essentials Of Nursing And Social Work Practice | Exam (50%) , Practical (50%) Personal And Professional Development | Coursework (100%) Practice Placement 1 Sciences And Theory For Nursing And Social Work Practice | Exam (100%) Year 3 Compulsory modules Applying Sciences And Theory Across The Life Course | Practical (100%) Assessing And Addressing Complexity In Practice | Practical (100%) Developing Nursing And Social Work Professional Practice | Exam (100%) Evidence And Enquiry For Practice | Coursework (100%) Practice Placement 2 Final year Compulsory modules 1 Credit Psrb Requirements Becoming A Learning Disability Nurse And Social Worker | Practical (100%) Complexity & Leadership In Professional Practice | Coursework (100%) Consolidating The Sciences And Theory For Critical Nursing And Social Work Practice | Coursework (100%) Practice Placement 3 The Advancing Professional | Coursework (100%)

Assessment method

Coursework | Exam | Practical

How to apply

29Jan

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:
BB24
Institution code:
S21
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.shu.ac.uk/Courses/Nursing-and-midwifery/BSc-Honours-Nursing-Learning-Disability-and-Social-Work-with-Foundation-Year/Full-time/

Additional entry requirements

Other

Please note that this information is subject to change without notice by Sheffield Hallam University.

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)7If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 7.0 or above, with a minimum score of 6.5 in each skill.

Please click the following link to find out more about English language requirements for this course

https://www.shu.ac.uk/Courses/Nursing-and-midwifery/BSc-Honours-Nursing-Learning-Disability-and-Social-Work-with-Foundation-Year/Full-time/

Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Channel Islands £9535 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9535 Year 1
England £9535 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535 Year 1
Scotland £9535 Year 1
Wales £9535 Year 1
EU £17155 Year 1
International £17155 Year 1

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

Our tuition fee for UK students on full-time undergraduate degree courses in 2025/26 is £9,535 per year. These fees are regulated by the UK government and therefore subject to change in future years. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200. We are currently reviewing our tuition fees for the foundation year stage of this course following the Government announcement of fee changes for some foundation year courses and will confirm fees as soon as possible. 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 at https://www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/terms-and-conditions-and-student-regulations under student fees regulations. Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £17,155 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200. Please refer to our website for up-to-date information on costs and fees: https://www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/fees

Sponsorship information

Scholarships, discounts and bursaries may be available to students who study this course.

Nursing (Learning Disability) and Social Work with Foundation Year at Sheffield Hallam University - UCAS