School of Nursing and Midwifery
MSc Midwifery (Pre-Registration)
This blended learning masters programme provides students, who already have a relevant degree, with the opportunity to study midwifery at masters level. This programme equips you with the skills, knowledge and professional insight needed to become a registered midwife. Whether it's helping women during pregnancy and birth, or giving support to new mothers, you learn through doing, building your confidence as you go.
Each week, you undertake integrated clinical placements in a maternity unit in the South West of England, where practice supervisors support you to learn and progress to achieve the required NMC standards of proficiency for midwives. On completion, you will achieve an MSc in Midwifery, and will be eligible to register as midwives with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Each year of this three-year course includes 45 weeks of learning, with 50% of this time spent on clinical placement.

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MSc Midwifery (Pre-Registration) blended learning programme
The blended learning midwifery masters degree will equip you with the skills, knowledge and professional insight needed to become an NMC Registered Midwife. The programme will give you the confidence to work inclusively with women and families, and with the competence to provide high quality, evidence informed care.
This full-time programme moves away from traditional lecture-based classroom teaching, instead immersing students within a variety of engaging online activities at level 6 & 7.
The programme offers a flexible highly motivated approach to learning, suiting those who are looking to balance university life with other commitments.
Asynchronous learning allows students to undertake theoretical study, when it is convenient for them, based around their weekly clinical placements and home-life commitments; putting them at the centre of their midwifery journey.
Regular facilitated tutorials will offer additional tailored support from expert midwifery lecturers in this innovative and exciting new curriculum.