The school provides nursing, midwifery, paramedic practice and health promotion education. Our strengths lie in providing high quality teaching and research with an applied focus for practitioners and researchers in health at every stage of their professional lives. We have excellent links with local healthcare trusts and opportunities for international exchanges. We are known for our flexible approaches to practice-based learning.
Nurses and midwives: what's your next step?
Have you thought about becoming a health visitor or school nurse?
The government's 'Action on health visiting' programme has increased opportunities to qualify as a health visitor. The next available course starts in February 2014. Book a place at our information morning on Saturday 13 July 2013. Find out more...
Where angels fear to tread – inaugural lecture from Professor Shirley Bach
Professor Shirley Bach's recently presented inaugural lecture on nursing as an academic discipline, entitled 'Where angels fear to tread', is now available to watch online
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Internship programme success leads to additional health research training awards
Clinical Academic Training Programme Internship programme:
Following successful completion of the internship programme for last year, the faculty has been awarded further funding for internships from September 2013 to March 2014.
MRes (Clinical Research):
Twelve fully funded places will be available for each of the next three years on the Clinical Research MRes course in the Faculty of Health and Social Science.
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Mouth swabs are being taken from volunteers at gay venues in Brighton and Hove to gather new data on HIV risk patterns, prevention needs, and local prevalence, as part of an international research project.
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Helping to reduce child deaths in Zambia
The university has been awarded a £30,000 Government grant to set up the first paediatric nursing course in Zambia, to reduce their high child mortality rate.
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Preventing obesity in children and young people in Europe
Dr Nigel Sherriff and Carol Williams from the Centre for Health Research have recently travelled to Luxembourg for the launch of an EC-co-funded project aiming to promote healthy eating and physical activity in local communities in Europe.
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Student interprofessional practice conference
The Faculty of Health and Social Science held its annual interprofessional education conference last month for 275 final year pre-registration students from physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing, podiatry and social work.
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Student view: Global Health Partnerships conference
Sophia Hicks, a third year nursing diploma student, is interested in the developing world and attended the Global Health Partnerships 2012 conference which directly relates to the work the School of Nursing and Midwifery has been doing in Zambia.
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New deputy head of school embracing student experience
Sally Boyle has joined the School of Nursing and Midwifery as the new deputy head of school. A key focus of her work will be our students' experience during their journey to become qualified health professionals.
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The school is pleased to welcome Sarah Lewis-Tulett as lecturer practitioner within the midwifery team. Sarah works clinically at Worthing Maternity Unit as a practice development midwife.
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Our first paramedic practice graduates achieve 100% employment success
We offer congratulations to our first cohort of paramedic practice students who graduated last month and have all successfully secured jobs with their chosen employer.
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