
Victoria Brown
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
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Level:
Undergraduate
Duration:
3 years full-time
Starting:
September, January, April
Fees UK:
£9,250
Location:
Waterside
For questions regarding study and admissions please contact us:
BSc (Hons) Midwifery programme is now closed for new applications for 2021/2022 academic year.
Midwifery is a rewarding and unique career, that will allow you to be in the privileged position of working closely with women and their families during pregnancy and childbirth, promoting health and wellbeing.
Our Midwifery course consistently achieve 95-100% employment at the point of registration. Over the course of your studies you will be supported by our Careers and Employability Service to ensure our midwifery graduates are well-prepared for employment.
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Our Midwifery teaching staff are enthusiastic, experienced midwives with a wide variety of expertise and are also skilled facilitators of learning. You will work in an environment that fosters key principles of adult learning, as well as individual support for your learning and skills development.
The course provides a structure within that allows the course team to deliver a curriculum for the education of student midwives to an appropriate clinical, professional and academic standard.
We have a clear framework for the learning and teaching of healthcare professional, through this framework we aim to train dynamic, effective and collaborative practitioners.
Completing the BSc (Hons) Midwifery will give you the following skills and experience:
Practice opportunities will be within the maternity services settings, with experienced midwives. You will also have opportunities to work within healthcare centres to develop your role within the multi-professional team and to promote shared learning. You will also be expected to participate in the full range of twenty-four hour care, both in ante/postnatal settings and in the delivery suite. Long days, early and late shifts are necessary along with weekend duty. Night duty will be undertaken each year, either in rotation with a mentor, or with another experienced midwife. When working in the community setting, you are expected to participate in the ‘on-call’ rotas with support from midwives. Please note that you will need to have the ability to commute between your NHS Trust host site, the wider community and University locations.
Throughout your course you will develop and enhance your clinical skills within all areas of maternity care including labour ward, community and the ante/postnatal wards. You will also have the following opportunities:
Standard entry requirements apply. A typical offer would be for level 3 qualifications to be achieved in one of the following:
We will consider other qualifications that are not listed above, please contact our Admissions team to discuss these on an individual basis.
Please note that all offers of a place on this course are subject to:
For more information on how to make an application, please visit our How to Apply page.
All applicants whose first language is not English applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:
For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 21/22 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 20/21 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
Examples of additional costs that you may incur during the three years of the programme include:
Financial contribution towards your travel and expenses in relation to your practice learning opportunities is available from the NHS Learning Support Fund. Details, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the NHS website.
Clinical practice is undertaken in NHS Trust Partner sites in all areas of maternity care and also in relevant non-midwifery settings such as Gynaecology and Neonatal Special Care Baby Units.
You will have the opportunity to practice your midwifery skills in a simulated environment in our purpose built midwifery clinical skills laboratory.
Each of the three years of the course comprise periods of theory and applied practice and you will be placed at one of three NHS Trust sites to gain practical experience:
• Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
• Kettering General NHS Foundation Trust
• Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Placements are organised by a central placements department at the University of Northampton.
If you are studying the BSc (Hons) Midwifery course you can expect to work and study for 37.5 hours per week over 45 weeks of the year. Practice hours will vary at different points in the academic year but will range from 22.5 hours up to 30 hours per week in years one and two. Your practice hours will increase to 37.5 hours in year three in order to prepare you for professional practice.
BSc Midwifery has been approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). This means you can be confident that this programme meets the standards of education, training, conduct and performance required for midwifes in the UK.
After successful completion of this programme, you’ll be awarded an Honours degree and can register as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). This will allow you to practice in accordance with the NHS Constitution which is underpinned by the core NHS values.
Our course is also BFI accredited by Unicef meaning that our Midwifery students will be equipped with knowledge and understanding of infant feeding to UNICEF UK standards. This standard is internationally recognised as a mark of excellence.
Our postgraduate courses are a great way to enhance the skills you have already learnt. Benefit from our 20% alumni discount .
Successful completion of this course could lead on to one of our postgraduate programmes:
At the University of Northampton, we offer a range of short courses and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes. These will enable you to learn new skills, progress into specialisms or take on new responsibilities.
At the University of Northampton, everything we do, from funded trips to paid internships, is to give you everything you need to make a difference when you leave.
If you join this full time degree at Northampton you will receive a laptop when your course begins. The laptops are built to a bespoke custom specification ideal for use in the seminar room, collaborative group work or studying at home.
Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd. We’ve created the Northampton Employment Promise because we are so confident that if you focus on your studies and complete one of our awards you’ll be highly employable by the time you graduate. Putting you in a great position to secure employment or continue your studies.
To check out the full list of perks visit our Student Perks page.
Our BSc (Hons) Midwifery programme offers three start dates: September, January and April.
You will be asked to state an order of preference for start date as part of the interview process and will be allocated to one in the academic year 2021/22.
After applying via UCAS and meeting the entry requirements, you will be invited to an interview with our Midwifery team. Your interview will be held online using a digital platform. You will receive further information and the interview joining in instructions from us by email before your interview.
If you are studying the BSc (Hons) Midwifery course you can expect to work and study for 37.5 hours per week over 45 weeks of the year. The course is divided into modules which run for different lengths across the academic year. All modules will consist of an even combination of theory and practice over the three years of the course. Identified theory hours on the course are a mixture of face-to-face contact in University, individual pre-class preparation, group work, blended learning and online activities.
Practice hours will vary at different points in the academic year but will range from 22.5 hours up to 30 hours per week in years one and two. Your practice hours will increase to 37.5 hours in year three in order to prepare you for professional practice.
A wide range of assessment is used on the BSc (Hons) Midwifery including essays, workbooks, projects, both written and spoken examinations, care studies and presentations, many of which will be submitted and marked electronically/online.
In order to pass a module a student is required to obtain a minimum grade of ‘D-‘ in all assessments as this is a professional requirement. There is no compensation between theory and practice.
Our University is now a part of a well-established, professional European network for Nursing and Midwifery. The Florence Network offers opportunities for future health careers and development to staff, academics and students. For more information go to the Florence Network google site.
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Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
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Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
Senior Lecturer in Practice (Midwifery)
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
Faculty of Health, Education and Society
Lecturer in Midwifery
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John Pendleton is the admissions tutor and a senior lecturer for Midwifery BSc (Hons).
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