Program Overview

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‘Baby friendly’ curriculum

Our midwifery programme is Baby Friendly accredited by the

Unicef UK Baby Friendly initiative

. The means you’ll learn all the skills and knowledge needed to apply ‘Baby Friendly’ principles to your role as a midwife, across various healthcare settings.

You’ll understand the principles which underpin breastfeeding and will support infant feeding. You’ll nurture close and loving relationships, promoting good communication, while managing potential challenges to this.

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Facilities

You’ll benefit from our

multi-million pound facilities

, home to our Clinical Simulation Centre, that includes a birthing suite. You’ll get to use equipment found in the NHS to learn how to deliver babies and much more.

Our

virtual environments, lifelike manikins and actors

, will transport you to the centre of maternity wards, so you can practise your skills and get a taste of scenarios you may face during your training and when you’re fully qualified.

You’ll get exclusive access to our independent clinical learning room, set up each week with the necessary equipment required to practise the techniques you’ll be learning.

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Teaching staff

You’ll be taught by a multidisciplinary

team of lecturers

who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics such as maternal, child and family health. These may include:

Sam Harrison

, a midwife with over 20 years’ experience

Zeni Koutsi

, a Greek trained midwife with over 20 year’s experience in Greece and the UK who works with the Hellenic British Midwifery Association and is the South East England Infant Feeding Network co-lead

Dr Alison Callwood

, a midwifery researcher who has worked in India and Malawi.

You’ll also be taught by guest lecturers, made up of local doctors, nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers.

Throughout your placements, you’ll have an academic assessor, who is an experienced midwife and a group of practice supervisors, who are qualified midwives.  They’ll support you on your learning journey and assess your progress.

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Professional recognition

BSc (Hons) - Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for the purpose of registration as a qualified midwife.

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Careers and graduate prospects

We offer

careers information, advice and guidance

to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University.

Our midwifery course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which means that on successful completion of your studies, you’ll have the academic requirements needed to register to work as a midwife.

Our alumni can be found working for NHS trusts across the UK, with recent graduates working for Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Midwifery is one of the largest healthcare professions in the UK and is home to a diverse range of roles in hospitals and community settings. There are specialist areas that midwives occupy, including family planning and managing pregnancy in women with long-term conditions. You may also want to explore alternative paths, including education, management, mentoring and research. Visit the

NHS careers website

for further information.

You can also use your qualification to

work outside the UK

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100% of our graduates from this course go on to employment or further study.*

*Graduate Outcomes survey 2022, HESA

Graduate

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Maddy Taggart

Midwifery (Registered Midwife) BSc (Hons)

My time at Surrey fully prepared me for life as a qualified practitioner and I’ve now moved back home to the Isle of Man, where I’m working as a Midwife at a local hospital.

Graduate

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Lucy Cass

Midwifery (Registered Midwife) BSc (Hons)

I work in a homebirth team using a continuity model that allows me to work closely with women and their families throughout their pregnancies and the postnatal period.