Course summary

Become a registered midwife with this fully accredited degree. We’ll prepare you for a rewarding career as a midwife in an NHS maternity unit, a private hospital, in the community or overseas. Midwives enjoy the privilege of a career caring for mothers, babies and the whole family. At Worcester, you’ll not only gain the skills and experience needed to become a confident, competent and caring midwife, you’ll also develop the intellectual tools to help you shape the future direction of the profession. This is a three year full-time degree, each year is 45 weeks with seven weeks designated holiday. You’ll split your time between learning on campus and developing your skills on placement. On campus, our skills and simulation centre will allow you to practice midwifery interventions safely and confidently. You’ll learn from experienced midwives who are supported by professionals from the midwifery service, giving you access to specialist knowledge in a range of areas including perinatal mental health, genomics and leadership. We utilise an Enquiry Based Learning approach within some of our modules. This promotes student learning beyond content, but also professional behaviours and development of important, relevant skills. The learning here is based on clinical scenarios which have been developed with our service users. Placements Around half your course will be spent out on placement, allowing you to complete 2,300 hours of clinical experience by the time you graduate. We have excellent links with NHS Trusts and healthcare providers in the region. Our aim is to arrange placements and visits to a diverse range of hospitals and community settings during your three years on the course. While out on placement you’ll learn from experienced midwives and have lots of support from your tutors. You’ll work a 37-hour week, experiencing the range of hours expected of a registered midwife – including evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays. These practical experiences, in combination with your time on campus, will prepare you to be a skilled, compassionate and confident midwife. Why the University of Worcester? The University of Worcester is a campus university, meaning everything you need is on site. We’re based in a vibrant cathedral city just 40 mins south of Birmingham and an hour north of Bristol, and our beautiful green campuses have plenty of parking and quality on-site accommodation. For almost three decades, we've been educating professionals to work in the health and social care sectors, from Nurses and Midwives to Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Paramedics to Physician Associates. Each year, hundreds of professionals graduate from Worcester and go on to make a significant contribution to society. Our new Three Counties Medical School welcomed its first cohort of students in 2023, will help to address the pressing need for more doctors in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. At the University of Worcester small class sizes, supportive tutors and professionally focussed courses mean you’ll be prepared for your dream career. These are just some of the reasons why we’re first in the UK for both graduate employment and quality education.

• First in the UK for sustained employment and/or further study (excluding specialist institutions), 5 years after graduation – Longitudinal Education Outcomes data 2024.

• First in the UK for quality education – Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024.

• Ofsted Outstanding in 2023 the University’s primary and secondary teacher training programmes were rated ‘Outstanding’.