18Jan
UndergraduateTeesside University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Course overview: This two-year direct entrant programme develops you as an accountable, compassionate nursing associate, committed to promoting health and preventing illness. As a student nursing associate, you work alongside healthcare professionals including registered nurses and healthcare support workers, to provide hands-on and person-centred care. Nursing associates work across a variety of settings and care for all fields of nursing including adult, mental health, learning disabilities and children. You provide and monitor care, improving the safety and quality, by contributing to integrated care and working in teams. Top reasons to study this course 1. Professional registration: you can register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and gain the legal right to practice in England as a nursing associate. 2. Award-winning: Teesside University was named Nursing Associate Provider of the Year in 2020 and 2023 and were finalists as the Nursing Associate Trainee Nursing Associate Provider in 2021 and 2024 at the Student Nursing Times Awards. 3. Industry-standard facilities: learn in our high-fidelity simulation suites, contributing to your theory and equipping you to care for people within the clinical setting. 4. Future studies: this is a stand-alone role that provides a progression route into a shortened graduate level nursing programme. After the course: A career as a nursing associate is rewarding, challenging and lifelong. Once you complete this course and gain NMC registration, your learning continues. You maintain professional knowledge on an ongoing basis to meet NMC revalidation requirements. The University offers postgraduate education to support your development, ranging from short courses and masterclasses to master’s degrees. You can use this course to gain module and credit exemptions, so you wouldn’t need to repeat learning and can enter a degree at the appropriate point to further your development. A popular choice of further study is BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies. Your course team can discuss the opportunities during the course and are happy to answer any questions about future studies.
Modules
Access assessment information through Teesside University’s website using the course page link provided (or visit www.tees.ac.uk).
Assessment method
Access assessment information through Teesside University’s website using the course page link provided (or visit www.tees.ac.uk).
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
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:
- B704
- Institution code:
- T20
- Campus name:
- Teesside University Middlesbrough Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 54 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Successful interview, completed work-based risk assessment, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references required. Visit Teesside University's course page for detailed shortlisting and interview criteria.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Interview
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £6340 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £6340 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £6340 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £6340 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £6340 | Year 1 |
| EU | £17000 | Year 1 |
| International | £17000 | 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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Teesside University
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley
TS1 3BX