Teaching, assessment and accreditation

Teaching, assessment and accreditation

This course is split into fifty per cent theory and fifty per cent clinical practice.

You share some classes with medical, physiotherapy, radiography and bio-medical science students.

You can choose to study our four nursing branches – adult, child, learning disability or mental health nursing. In the first year you will be introduced to the foundations of nursing and healthcare, while in the second year you will look at the context of nursing within a variety of client groups. In your final year you will carry out a research dissertation on a subject of special interest.

Please note we are unable to consider students who are not eligible for a Department of Health bursary for this programme.

There are opportunities for students wishing to focus on:

• Adult
• Mental Health
• Learning Disability and
• Children's Nursing.

You gain extensive experience in our well-equipped skills laboratories.

A transcultural module in your final year enables you to experience healthcare in different countries, including South Africa, Barbados, Cyprus and Finland.

Our commitment to blended learning methods includes using e-learning materials to support theory and practice.

Support from personal tutors, academic supervisors and a dedicated student support senior lecturer will help you reach your full potential.

The top-quality teaching team includes:

• full-time academic staff with a professional background;
• lecturer practitioners who spend half of their time in the University and half in clinical practice;
• input from clinical specialists; and
• qualified clinical mentors who provide teaching, support and assessment of students in practice.

The Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences are a ‘preferred education provider' for NHS London.

For more details of life as a nursing student at the joint Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, please visit the School of Nursing website.