Program Overview

BSc (Honours) Physiotherapy

Course Summary

This challenging and practical course is designed to support and develop independent learning, leading to autonomous practice when you qualify. You’ll have practice-based learning experiences while collaborating with other allied health and social care professionals. This approach will ensure you have a strong identity as a physiotherapist, able to deliver person-centred care with an understanding of how other health and care professionals contribute to the person's journey.

How You Learn

Teaching is based around development of the key transferable skills you’ll need to become a qualified physiotherapist. You’ll undertake practice-based learning experiences in a variety of settings while benefiting from a wide range of teaching and learning methods.

You learn through:

• Practicals, seminars and lectures
• Digitally enabled online materials
• Online webinars
• Practice-based learning experiences
• Peer-supported practice and study

Key Themes

You’ll learn how to use a variety of physical or cognitive modalities. You’ll become a resilient and adaptable physiotherapist who can work in a variety of settings at the forefront of modern healthcare delivery.

Through a structured progression of academic and practice experience you’ll develop the skills to manage a diverse range of health and social care problems. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from, with and about other health and social care students, exploring themes that span boundaries across multidisciplinary team working and education. The course will reflect the cultural diversity within healthcare and practice – identifying global perspectives of health and inequality through a range of inclusive learning and teaching approaches.

Modules

Year 1

• Collaboration For Individual And Community Wellbeing
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework 100%
  • This module introduces you to the biopsychosocial, cognitive, political, economic, and medical factors which influence the health and wellbeing of individuals, diverse populations and communities.
• Foundations Of Physiotherapy Practice 1 (B)
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical 100%
  • Module Aim: The aim of the module is to develop your knowledge, skills and understanding of anatomy and physiology and principles of physiotherapeutic assessment and clinical reasoning.
• Foundations Of Physiotherapy Practice 2 (B)
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical 100%
  • The aim of this module is to develop your skills to undertake a systematic physiotherapeutic assessment and introduce key theories concepts used across Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular respiratory and Neurological systems.
• Personal And Professional Development
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework 100%
  • This module consolidates your progression to graduate-level study and professional practice, reflecting on your role as a professional who delivers safe and effective person-centred care.
• Physiotherapy Practice Experience 1 (B)
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: -
  • This module enables you to appreciate the roles and responsibilities of a physiotherapist. You’ll start to develop your knowledge, skills and professional practice by observing practice and taking part in practice learning and simulation activities in a variety of environments.

Year 2

• Assessing And Addressing Complexity In Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Practical 100%
  • This module is your chance to apply your professional knowledge, skills and values in an integrated manner. You’ll work collaboratively with peers from other disciplines to assess, intervene and overcome the challenges of complex health and social care situations – supporting individuals, groups and communities.
• Developing Physiotherapy Practice 3 (B)
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical 100%
  • The aim of this module is to guide students to build upon the foundation of clinical assessment skills in level 4 and to develop clinical reasoning skills that underpin the delivery of effective holistic patient management.
• Developing Physiotherapy Practice 4 (B)
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical 100%
  • The aim of this module is to guide students to build upon clinical reasoning skills developed at level 5 to select and apply carefully chosen interventions, treatments and exercise prescription based on problem identification from assessment findings.
• Evidence And Enquiry For Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework 100%
  • This module introduces you to research and enquiry design and methods. You’ll be able to apply them to an area of investigation – considering factors that impact on literature appraisal – preparing you to undertake and manage an investigation as a professional practitioner.
• Physiotherapy Practice Experience 2 (B)
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: -
  • This module develops and applies your professional, interpersonal and decision-making skills in a variety of practice environments. You’ll record evidence to support your professional development through portfolio development and action planning.

Year 3

• Complexity & Leadership In Professional Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework 100%
  • This module develops your systematic understanding of leadership and education concepts in practice. You’ll critically reflect on these in the context of collaboration within health and social care practice – considering how you can effectively support people who use services, their carers and families, and communities who have complex health and care needs to thrive.
• Physiotherapy Practice Experience 4 (B)
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: -
  • This module enhances your holistic approach to management across a range of settings. You’ll evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and further your experience in person, client and project management, developing your autonomy in preparation for qualification.
• Physiotherapy Practice Experience 5 (B)
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: -
  • This module enhances your holistic approach to management across a range of settings. You’ll evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and further your experience in person, client and project management, developing your autonomy in preparation for qualification.
• Qualifying Physiotherapy Practice 5 (B)
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Practical 100%
  • This module aims to enhance your knowledge, skills and understanding of managing complexity in practice, optimisation of care within diverse communities.
• Qualifying Physiotherapy Practice 6 (B)
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical 100%
  • This module aims to progress your clinical reasoning and management skills considering complex and specialist populations to develop autonomous practice skills to prepare you for qualified practice.
• The Advancing Professional
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Coursework 100%
  • This module enables you to undertake a sustained, in-depth piece of independent learning, demonstrating a critical understanding and applying appropriate research methods within a piece of work.

Future Careers

This course prepares you for a career in a wide variety of sectors, including:

• Primary and secondary care
• Occupational health
• Public health
• Sporting environments
• Private practice
• The NHS
• Education
• Research
• Leadership
• Overseas roles (providing you meet the requirements for that country)
• The Armed Forces
• Third-sector organisations e.g. charities

Equipment and Facilities

Most of our on-campus teaching is carried out in and around practical rooms, clinical suites and ward environments – with all the equipment you would find in contemporary clinical and practice-based space.

On this course you work with:

• Specialist modern teaching facilities
• Virtual and augmented reality
• Clinical skills suites, practical rooms and simulated ward environments
• High-tech simulation manikins and equipment
• Purpose-built, integrated teaching areas

Where Will I Study?

You study at Collegiate Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

Entry Requirements

• UCAS points: 128
• A levels: ABB including at least 40 points from either Biology, Human Biology or Physical Education
• BTEC National Extended Diploma: DDM in Sport and Exercise Science
• GCSEs: Science at grade C or 4, Maths at grade D or 4, English Language or Literature at grade C or 4
• IELTS: 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills

Fees and Funding

• Home students: £9,535 per year (2025/26)
• International students: £19,500 per year (2026/27)
• NHS Learning Support Fund: a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year for home students
• Additional financial support: may be available based on your circumstances up to the value of around £5,000