You can choose to study this course in Coventry or Scarborough.
Foundation Year
The foundation year course helps you develop the necessary skills for degree-level study. In addition, you will also explore fundamental knowledge in areas such as anatomy, physiology and pathology, professional practice and approaches to health and wellbeing.
Coventry location: The foundation year of this Coventry University degree will be delivered from our CU Coventry campus. Course delivery from year 1 of the degree onwards will be from the Coventry University campus.
Scarborough location: All years will be delivered from the CU Scarborough campus.
Degree
This degree combines theory with practice-based learning to lead you to professional registration and a rewarding career as a learning disabilities nurse.
Learning disabilities nurses provide specialist healthcare and support to people with a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information. They work across a range of settings including people’s homes, primary and community settings, schools and specialist services, in-patient hospitals and care homes.
This course aims to equip you to support, empower and safeguard people with learning disabilities. It emphasises the importance of involving individuals, their families and support networks in the holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
Successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply for professional registration as a learning disabilities nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (please see Accreditation section for more information).
Gain the skills to deliver professional, impactful, evidence-informed care across a range of dynamic and diverse healthcare environments.
Learn to collaborate and thrive as a learning disabilities nurse across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe, evidenced-based care delivery.
Study one academic module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.
All eligible learners on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year.
You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.
50% of your learning will take place in diverse practice-based learning environments where you will apply your theoretical knowledge to the real world.
Why you should study this course
The course is aimed at committed and enthusiastic individuals who embody a compassionate attitude and are eager to acquire the skills to deliver professional, impactful and evidence-informed care.
If you are compassionate, enthusiastic and committed, we can support you in developing the skills to deliver professional, evidence-informed care that truly impacts people’s lives.
Foundation Year
Supports you to gain the academic skills required for degree-level study.
Provides a grounding in key areas of anatomy, physiology, health and wellbeing.
Degree
Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity and accountability as a learning disabilities nurse from day one.
Develop your confidence and skills in preparation to lead, influence and supervise others.
Delivered by a team that includes highly skilled, knowledgeable, nursing and allied health professionals.
Develop your digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking.
Access to success coaches, placement supervisors and specialist support for mathematics and academic writing.
Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information.
Foundation Year
The foundation year offers an introduction to your chosen subject and supports you to develop the skills required for degree-level study.
Degree
Year One
Year Two
Final year
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content.
For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
Coventry University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
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We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start.
Contact us via our website to find out more.
Grades alone don’t tell us everything about your potential and your story. We use information from your application to assess achievements in your personal situation to support fair and equal access. For example, we consider where you live, your school, if you are a carer or a care leaver or have experienced disruption to your education.
We have different schemes that recognise this context that may result in a reduced offer by up to 24 UCAS points or equivalent.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.
Course optionsThis report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £9790* | |
| EU & International | £20800* |
* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
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.
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
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