Program Overview

Developed in partnership with the NHS trusts, the course will see you spend 50% of your time on placements with our partner hospitals. You’ll learn the essential nursing skills needed to take effective care of adult patients in a live environment.

You’ll develop your skills in communication, care and compassion, demonstrating your dedication to making a difference in other people’s lives.

Beyond the essential nursing skills, you’ll build your problem-solving skills and critical decision making, gaining confidence to work in a high pressure, stressful environment.

Our personalised approach gives you the support you need to succeed as a student. While you're an undergraduate or foundation year student, you’ll have a Personal Tutor directly related to your course. If you need support with academic writing, numeracy and library skills, we’ll be sure to provide it. Our Student Learning and Graduate Academic Assistants have studied your subject and can support you based on their own experience.

With a BSc in Nursing, you’ll become an independent and self-motivated practitioner with a range of career options. Previously, graduates have gone on to work as nurses, health coordinators, ward managers and more.

We are regularly reviewing and updating our programmes to ensure you have the best learning experience. We are taking what we have learnt during the pandemic and enhancing our teaching methods with new and innovative ways of learning.

We aim to model a wide range of teaching strategies and approaches on the course which you can adapt to your own setting.

You will be taught through a combination of Lectures, Seminars, skills based practicals, demonstrations and practice based learning/placements. Practice based learning amounts to 50% of the entire programme and students must complete a set amount of hours to meet the Professional Body’s clinical criteria for professional registration. Lecturer-led sessions will allow you to gain and develop knowledge in your subject area and this will be supported by a range of practice- based activities, at University and in a practice environment, and smaller seminar or similar groups that will help you develop and engage with your understanding of topics covered in taught sessions. You will be  divided into smaller groups of approximately 30-35 students per seminar group. Seminar topics range from skills rehearsal following lead lectures in anatomy and physiology to reflective, interactive, problem based learning addressing the assessment and nursing management of children young people and their families. In addition, you will be supported by our personal tutor arrangements and be able to seek module leader guidance by appointment. You will also have access to and use resources to support your learning including; access to My Learning on Unihub where module content is found, along with pre and post session learning activities (including on-line quizzes, student discussion boards, recommended reading, podcasts), Kortext e-books, Virtual Case Creator (VCC) to support practice learning, and experienced clinicians, mentors and practice link lecturers to support you throughout your course.

During your first year (level 4), your weekly timetable will typically consist of:

When not attending your teaching sessions mentioned above, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. Typically, this will involve reading journal articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework, practice evaluations and formal practice assessment tools, personal development logs, presentations and examinations. Your independent learning is supported by the facilities available including the library and Study Hub, Laptop hire, and with online materials in MyUniHub (see student support section below).

Your overall workload will include the activities listed above, and with each credit being completed equating to 10 hours of study time (You will complete 120 credits per level of study, which are broken down into modules of typically 30 credits). While your actual hours may depend on the optional module that you choose (if available), the following information will give you an indication of how much time is allocated to teaching and independent study on your course;

Level 4

17% of your time is spent in timetabled Teaching and learning - typical structure activity:

Level 5

13% of your time is spent in timetabled Teaching and learning - typical structure activity:

Level 6

18% of your time is spent in timetabled Teaching and learning - typical structure activity:

You will have access to academic support services that you assist you in the following areas:

These services can be accessed through the UniHelp Desk in the Library building.

The course will provide you with opportunities to test your knowledge and understanding informally through ‘formative’ assessment. Formative assessment for this course is provided through essay plans, e-learning log plans, e-numeracy and anatomy and physiology quizzes, poster presentations, group presentations, e-workbooks, mock exam, mock job interviews and practice OSCES-(Objective Structured Clinical Exam) which will provide feedback to support you towards the formal ‘summative’ assessment. (Formative assessments are developmental and any grade you receive from formative assessment does not count towards your final marks).

The formal ‘summative’ assessment usually occurs towards the end of the module, although there may be periodic assessments that contribute to your final mark for that module. Assessment methods could include written examinations, a range of coursework including essays, reports, portfolios, your main final year project, practice based assessment tools, and practical sessions including performance, presentations or lab based exams. The grades from the summative assessments count towards your module mark. Assessments are reviewed annually and may be updated based on student feedback, to suit content or based on feedback from an external examiner.

The balance of assessment will depend on the modules that you complete throughout your course. The approximate percentage of the course which is assessed by coursework is outlined below: