About Bsc (honours) Midwifery in Sheffield Hallam University

• Learn the skills that will help you to be a  knowledgeable, respectful and compassionate midwife
• Care for women, newborn infants and their families
• Respond to increasing complexity in antenatal care

This is an exciting and innovative course covering all aspects of 21st-century midwifery.  You’ll learn to practise as the lead professional for the care of women and newborn infants, partners and families, as well as working in integrated care teams. 

Work placements

On this course you’ll be given opportunities across a range of clinical settings, rotating to a different Trust every year.  You’ll work both in hospitals and out in the community, with our placement partners there to support you at every step.  

As part of your clinical practice, you’ll be allocated a small group of expectant mothers as part of your caseload. This means you get to experience the long-term challenge of providing quality care to a mother and her newborn, including being on call for the birth.  

In your second year, you’ll also have the option to take an elective module that allows you to work nationally or internationally. 

Networking opportunities 

You will also be able to take part in a range of activities with students from other health and social care courses designed to improve your employability skills, such as the Hallam Leadership Award,which helps you prepare to become  a future midwifery leader.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• clinical midwifery
• specialisms such as smoking cessation, bereavement care, perinatal mental health, sonography, substance misuse and teenage pregnancy
• consultant midwifery, with specific responsibility for leading and developing midwifery services
• management positions in clinical midwifery, such asatron, lead midwife or head of midwifery services
• research midwifery
• lecturing
• further study, such as health visiting and masters and doctoral education

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work in

• hospital and community midwifery environments
• health centres
• GP surgeries
• the armed forces
• education

Undergraduate programmes

Applicants with the following qualifications from India will be considered for entry on to undergraduate programmes

• Standard XII with an average score of 65 per cent
• A levels
• International Baccalaureate
• HND qualifications will be considered for entry to the second or third year of a relevant undergraduate degree

• Applicants who have completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university may be considered for direct entry to Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate programmes.

  For details of standard UCAS tariff points for undergraduate entry, please see the UG entry webpage.

  Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from international school students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma and those achieving 28 points or more will usually be successful in obtaining an offer of a place on our undergraduate programmes. For information about IB points equivalencies against the UCAS tariff please visit the UCAS website.

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.0
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    79
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 52
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522)    

• Grade C
• Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Reading: minimum Grade E 
• Writing: minimum Grade E

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