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UndergraduateCourse summary
The University of Buckingham is:
- Home of the two-year degree, the University of Buckingham, based in the South East of England, is ranked 6th for Student Satisfaction in the UK (National Student Survey, 2020).
- We are proudly independent and not-for-profit, and offer courses in Allied Health, Business, Computing, Education, Humanities, Law, Medicine, Psychology and Security and Intelligence. We are one of the few universities in the UK that offer September and January start dates for almost all of our courses.
- Based in Buckingham on a riverside campus, we are only 20 minutes’ from Milton Keynes central station and a short drive from Bicester, Aylesbury, Banbury and Northampton. There is free parking on-site and we are within easy reach of London and Oxford.
- Our award-winning small class tutorials ensure every student is known by name and supported throughout their studies, including by dedicated personal tutors.
- As pioneers of the two-year degree, we offer a condensed version of the traditional three-year degree, meaning you can gain a full honours degree and complete your studies a whole year earlier. Alternatively, you can complete both your undergraduate and master’s degree with us in just three years: saving you time and money.
- create welcoming, safe, and purposeful learning environments
- design and deliver engaging and effective teaching, learning, and assessment activities
- have purposeful, developmental conversations with learners that support their personal and professional career development
- have a sound grasp of key educational theories and concepts, drawing on these to develop and critique their own and others’ educational practice
- adopt a critically reflective and reflexive approach to medical education and training.
Assessment method
The programme is delivered online, with “live” taught sessions and seminars scheduled in both core and option modules to consolidate learning of topics and key concepts. Our online virtual learning environment includes weekly online discussion forums to further consolidate and extend this learning. Participants are also assigned to Communities of Practice, small groups in which they interact with colleagues to support one another’s learning. All modules contain experience-based assessments and students are expected to read widely and critically throughout the programme. All modules involve self-directed activity, for example, written reflections and teaching observations. Other self-directed tasks require students to design, implement, and evaluate authentic clinical teaching/supervision activities with one or more learners in a range of contexts. For example, students are required to review their own practice and suggest evidence-based changes. In the core module this is based on observation of teaching, while in the optional units, this is based on a recorded feedback session that students self-critique. We see feedback as a central part of the learning process. This structure ensures that students can personalise their programme to align with their professional interests and development needs, whilst still meeting the professional standards of AdvanceHE, the Academy of Medical Educators, and the GMC.
Entry requirements
Undergraduate degree in Medicine, Dentistry or related health profession. Applicants must be able to access opportunities to teach/support learning. If English is not your native or first language, you must evidence your ability to write Masters-Level academic assignments, regardless of your country of residence. This can be done by providing an IELTS certificate (Overall 7.0, with minimum 7 in reading and writing). Even if you are working clinically in the UK, you must ensure that your personal statement demonstrates your ability to produce a cogent, accurately-written explanation of your reasons for applying. This means cutting out all general comments regarding clinical qualifications and work, and focussing on your teaching and learning experience, involvement and responsibilities, or your goals in this respect.
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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Buckingham
Hunter Street
Buckingham
MK18 1EG