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Midwifery with Public Health at Birmingham City University - UCAS

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Course summary

If you’re looking to gain a professional qualification as a Registered Midwife and explore at an advanced level how midwives can contribute to public health, then our MSci Midwifery with Public Health is for you. This four-year course aims to prepare you with leadership skills and practice experience in a research-informed way, enabling you to develop, design and evaluate health promotion interventions. This integrated Master’s degree combines three years of undergraduate study with an additional fourth year at postgraduate level, in a single course. You could also gain 120 credits at postgraduate level which you could use towards a Master's qualification. In addition to academic and professional qualifications, you will complete the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) and UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative qualifications. We are passionate about developing the best graduate midwives who support women and families during the most uplifting and sometimes challenging times of their lives. This course will prepare you to become a midwife who is able to meet the needs of women, newborn infants and their families. Our approach to learning and teaching has been developed using a variety of frameworks and embraces the wealth of knowledge of the course team, practice partners and service users. The course will incrementally build on the skills and knowledge you will gain in practice and at university in order to support you to achieve the necessary level of competence and ability to make evidence-based decisions. Every aspect of the course has been carefully aligned to the standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2019). Successful completion of this course provides eligibility to apply and be entered onto the NMC register as a midwife.


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
1058
Institution code:
B25
Campus name:
City South Campus, Edgbaston
Campus code:
E

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Welsh Baccalaureate: 128 UCAS tariff points. Considered with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications. Required subjects: Either this qualification or an accompanying A Level / level 3 equivalent must be in a relevant Health, Psychology, Sociology or Science subject (e.g. Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics). OCR Cambridge Technical qualifications: 128 UCAS tariff points. Extended Diploma - accepted subjects: Health and Social Care or Science. Diploma - accepted subjects: Either this qualification or the accompanying A Level / level 3 equivalent must be in Health and Social Care, Psychology, Sociology or a relevant Science subject (e.g. Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics). NCFE CACHE Level 3 qualifications: 128 UCAS tariff points. Accepted subjects: Health and Social Care. WJEC Level 3 qualifications: 128 UCAS tariff points. Considered with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualification(s). Required subjects: Either this qualification or an accompanying A Level / level 3 equivalent must be in a relevant Health, Psychology, Sociology or Science subject (e.g. Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics). - Successful candidates will be required to obtain a satisfactory occupational health check, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and registration with the Independent Safeguarding Authority prior to enrolling on this course. - Qualifications, personal statement, and references all form part of the selection criteria for this course. - Applicants must demonstrate evidence of literacy, numeracy, and IT skills in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements. - Applicants must normally have evidence of formal study within the last five years. However, we are sometimes able to waive this requirement if a candidate has a significant amount of professional experience in a relevant field, for example healthcare, social care, or education. We do not accept deferred applications for this course. You must be ready to start the course when you apply via UCAS. Please note: - You must provide evidence of having been in general education for a minimum of 12 years. - Applicants who apply to both BSc / MSci midwifery programmes will be considered for both courses via a single selection and interview process. You will not be required to be re- interviewed. - If you are unsuccessful in your application for either course, you will not be considered for the other, as the same selection process is used. Please note, recognition of prior learning is NOT permitted for pre-registration midwifery entry. We will consider new students from other UK Midwifery courses only (i.e. no other course) at the end of year one only as transfers in. However, transfer students would have to demonstrate their prior learning and we would need to go through a robust process in mapping a transfer students' previous Midwifery study to the learning outcomes and proficiencies of our course.

Additional entry requirements

Health checks

Interview

Applicants are required to undertake a face-to-face engagement, normally in the format of an interview. We operate a gathered field for applications, with interviews taking place the period of December to early March. Interviews are currently taking place via Microsoft Teams.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5overall with no less than 6.0 in each band.

If you do not meet the required IELTS score, you may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English courses. Please note that you must have a Secure English Language Test (SELT) to study on the pre-sessional English course.


Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
EU £16085 Year 1
International £16085 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.
Midwifery with Public Health at Birmingham City University - UCAS