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: what's your next step?
Thinking of developing your career?
We offer a range of courses for registered nurses that will prepare you to practice in: health visiting; school nursing; district nursing; general practice nursing; adult, child and mental health nursing.
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Poetry project goes from strength to strength
The 'On our Doorsteps' initiative, How are you feeling? A stroke survivors' poetry writing project, is part of the school's ongoing work with service users and carers. The project has generated much interest in the school and the wider community.
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Computer-generated tours of virtual hospitals can help patients with intellectual disabilities to overcome fears and to understand treatments they are about to undergo, according to a new study.
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Student Finance Day radio phone-in
If you missed our Student Finance Day radio phone-in, a podcast of the event is now available where you can learn about the 2012 changes to student finance in England.
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School success in the National Student Survey
An overwhelming number of students have given top marks to the School of Nursing and Midwifery in a national survey published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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Research featured in the Times Educational Supplement
An article by Dr Nigel Sherriff of the faculty's Centre for Health Research and Dr Carolyn Jackson of Lancaster University has been made the subject of a two-page piece in the Times Educational Supplement published on 7 October 2011.
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Look good, feel good
Postgraduate students on the Certificate in Health and Social Care Education course are helping members of their local community make positive life choices through advice on healthy eating and the benefits of exercise.
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New monthly seminar series for CPE and postgraduate students
The School of Nursing and Midwifery is pleased to announce a new series of seminars open to continuing professional education and postgraduate students from across the faculty, as well as interested staff and other individuals.
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Dr Shirley Bach gives keynote address in Borås, Sweden
Dr Shirley Bach, head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, recently gave the keynote address at a conference for the European Academy of Caring Science, of which she is a founding member.
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