Midwifery: Registered Midwife
UCAS Code: B711
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Overall: ABB Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass. Recent study within the last 5 years required. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers. GCSE or Equivalent: GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science at Grade C(4) (equivalents for Science only may be considered).
Access to HE Diploma
Overall QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 30 at Distinction and 15 at Merit Required subjects: Must include 15 level 3 credits in Science Recent study within the last 5 years required. GCSE or Equivalent: GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science at Grade C(4) (equivalents for Science only may be considered).
Extended Project
Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A level offer, plus an alternate offer of one A level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE or Equivalent: GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science at Grade C(4) (equivalents for Science only may be considered).
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Overall: 32 overall including 6,5,5 at Higher Level Recent study within the last 5 years required. GCSE or equivalent: English, Maths and Science at HL4/SL4 (including MYP).
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Overall: DDD Recent study within the last 5 years required. GCSE or Equivalent: GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science at Grade C(4) (equivalents for Science only may be considered).
Scottish Advanced Higher
Overall: ABB Recent study within the last 5 years required. GCSE or Equivalent: Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C Scottish National 5: Science - C
Scottish Higher
Overall: AABBB Recent study within the last 5 years required. GCSE or Equivalent: Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C Scottish National 5: Science - C
Overall: Pass overall with ABB from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. Recent study within the last 5 years required. GCSE or equivalent: GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science at Grade C(4) (equivalents for Science only may be considered).
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**Why choose this course**
As a student midwife at Surrey, you’ll be taught by active researchers and learn from experienced NHS staff, while benefitting from new multi-million pound facilities and our simulation suite.
We’re one of the UK’s top universities for nursing and midwifery, ranked 4th for nursing by the Complete University Guide 2019 and top 10 by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
The time you spend in our placement localities will mean you’re well-positioned for a career as a midwife: 97 per cent of our graduates were in employment six months after graduation (HESA 2016).
**What you will study**
On our BSc Midwifery: Registered Midwife course, you’ll gain experience of delivering care to individual women throughout the antenatal, labour and postnatal period.
Our course is equally divided between academic learning and practical experience. You’ll study a broad range of scientific and midwifery topics and will be taught to critically evaluate the evidence-based learning and research findings that inform practice.
You’ll develop a responsive attitude to the needs of childbearing women and their families, reflected in your capacity to assess their needs, make judgements, and plan, implement and evaluate care.
Registered practitioners: if you’re a registered practitioner looking for an undergraduate course to further your learning, please visit our continuing professional development page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/school-health-sciences/professional-development
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