Course summary
Midwives provide skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate care to women, newborn infants and their families. They work across the continuum of pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, labour, birth, postpartum and the early weeks of a newborn infant’s life. To meet these needs our programme reflects a dynamic, student-centred approach to learning, teaching and assessment. It aims to prepare you for practice as an accountable and autonomous midwife with a focus on: Mastery of the knowledge and skills required to provide safe and effective midwifery care to women and their families The interpersonal and cultural competence required for effective and collaborative working Developing self-capability in a midwifery leadership context, particularly in relation to quality, safety and efficacy Demonstrating commitment to ongoing research, audit and service evaluation to enhance professional learning, policy and practice Please visit our website for course details.
How to apply
International applicants
Please note that international students are unable to enrol onto this programme.
Entry requirements
The entry requirement for this course is a First degree or Honours degree. In addition applicants must also have English at Higher/A Level or a Literary subject at grade C, Biology at Higher/A Level Biology or Human Biology at grade C and Maths at National 5/GCSE grade C/4, or equivalent (all three are required to have been completed within the last 5 years) - if applicants do not have these we can suggest alternative online equivalent courses to undertake. Admission to the programme is also dependent upon a satisfactory Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) check. This will be conducted as part of the induction week. The cost of the PVG check will be paid by the University.
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
Provider information
Edinburgh Napier University
219 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH14 1DJ