MMidwifery (2 years shortened)

Entry requirements

You will be asked to provide a satisfactory reference along with your application form.

Occupational Health and DBS

All offers are subject to satisfying the following requirements:

• enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) carried out by the Trust partner you will be employed by.
• occupational health clearance - the Department of Health requires all new Exposure Prone Procedures (EPP) workers, including students, are tested for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. The consent, test and managed process of results will be carried out by the employing Trust partner.

Find out more about the occupational health clearance requirements, tests and immunisations.You will require:

• Current registration as an Adult Nurse on the NMC professional register
• Honours degree at lower second class or above
• GCSEs Mathematics and English Grade 9-4 (A*-C) OR equivalent i.e. Functional Skills Mathematics and English Level 2.

Experience and recent study

• Some experience working as an Adult Nurse
• We recommend candidates will have undertaken academic study within the last 5 years.

Months of entry

April, September

Course content

This Midwifery Masters (MMidwifery 2 year shortened) course is for graduate adult nurses who are currently registered with the NMC and would like to gain registration as a midwife. This 2-year course recognises the skills and knowledge you already have and has been developed to equip you with further knowledge, skills and values to deliver world-class, evidence-based care for women, babies and families.

Designed for graduate adult nurses, the course will provide you with the skills to become a midwife who can practise in a variety of settings and provide safe and effective care across the maternity continuum.

Our contemporary approach to teaching and learning includes a wide variety of online, classroom and simulation-based activities as well as clinical placements in NHS Trust maternity units.

At the end of the midwife course, you will be awarded a Masters degree in Midwifery and be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Midwife.

This course has been developed against the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of Proficiency for Midwives (2019). As a mark of our professional excellence, UWL holds the prestigious Gold Award accreditation by UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Initiative.

Location

The taught element of this course is based at our West London campus. We also offer the course at the Berkshire Institute of Health at our Reading campus. As you will spend an equal amount of time in theory and gaining hands-on experience in clinical practice, you should choose a course and practice placement location that you can travel to easily.

Fees and funding

We are currently awaiting confirmation from NHS England as to whether there will be salary support worth the equivalent to the mid-point of AFC band 5 and a tuition fee contribution of up to £9,250 per student per annum, pro rata for the length of the course.

Each year we are notified by NHS England about the number of places available.

Students eligible for this funding offer will not be able to access the Learning Support Fund (LSF). However, students are entitled to seek support, if eligible, from the Student Loans Company for a maintenance loan.

Student Loans Company maintenance loan information