Midwifery: Registered Midwife

Why choose this course
Study a hands-on, clinical curriculum, aligned to the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, and benefit from interprofessional learning alongside nursing, paramedic science and medical students.

• Access our state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Centre, featuring a critical care unit equipped with birthing pools, to practise scenarios with professional actors and interactive adult and neonatal manikins.

• Spend half of your course in clinical placements, to practise your skills in healthcare settings like maternity units, under the supervision of qualified practitioners.

• Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics like maternal, child and family health.

• Get the academic requirements needed to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to work as a midwife once you’ve graduated.

• If you're a home student, you're eligible for an NHS training grant of £5,000 per year and financial support for excess placement travel or accommodation costs.

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What you will study
In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to midwifery, including anatomy and physiology, ethical practice and public health. This will ensure you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.

During your second year, you’ll gain an appreciation for complex midwifery care and how to effectively deal with emergencies such as breech births and hypertensive disorders.

In your final year, we will build on the knowledge you learnt in earlier years adding further complexity, such as critical illness and leadership.

Throughout your studies, you’ll develop a responsive attitude to the needs of childbearing women and those who are pregnant, and their families, reflected in your capacity to assess their needs, make judgements, as well as plan, implement and evaluate care.

Course Modules

To see the full range of modules for this course please visit our website – the link is under the Course contact details. You will also find full details of the programme, including programme structure, assessment methods, contact hours and Graduate prospects.