Midwifery BSc(Hons)

How this course is delivered

COVID-19 has changed everything. We’ve made some changes to the way our courses are taught to keep everyone safe and that will help you stay connected and involved in university life.

From the start of term in September, you’ll learn through a blend of on-campus and digitally enabled remote learning that will provide lots of opportunities to interact and engage. Together with carefully managed access to libraries, labs, workshops and studios this means your studies are as collaborative, practical and flexible as possible.

Course structure

You will be based at the Eastbourne campus, with clinical placements taking place at locations in Surrey and across Sussex including Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton, Haywards Heath, Redhill and Worthing. 

You'll develop core midwifery competencies in areas including human biology and relationships, midwifery practice and its professional framework. As you progress through the course, you will learn about more complex medical or obstetric needs and referral of mother or baby.

You’ll share learning with other health specialisms, allowing you to benefit from interprofessional collaboration, sharing knowledge and expertise. 

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Year 1

There are five modules in year 1 that follow the journey of the woman and her family through all stages of pregnancy, labour and postnatal care. In each module you will journey with families through their pregnancy, gaining knowledge and understanding through a holistic approach.

Alongside these modules you will undertake clinical placements, where you'll be able to use your theoretical knowledge in providing supervised care for women, babies and their families, whilst being supported and assessed the course team.

Modules

• Pregnancy Beginnings

  This module introduces the role and responsibilities of the midwife during preconception and early pregnancy. You'll develop a fundamental understanding of midwifery, and the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to support women and their families for pregnancy. Your studies will be supported by relevant anatomy and physiology topics.

• Pregnancy

  This module builds on the Pregnancy Beginnings module, and will continue to develop your insight to the role of the midwife. You'll develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours for antenatal care, enabling you to be responsive to the individual needs of women and their families.

• Birth

  This module introduces the role and responsibility of the midwife during birth, exploring the main themes and concepts in the provision of contemporary midwifery care. This will be supported by using labour and birth scenarios to explore biological adaptation in the mother, the experiences of women and families, and the assessment and planning of care. You will also develop your skills in presenting information and evidence.

• Beyond Birth

  This module introduces midwifery care during the period following birth. You'll explore the midwife’s role in optimising the newborn adaptation to life outside the womb, and the mother and their family’s transition to parenthood.

• Clinical Assessment of Practice

  This module enables you to be assessed and credited for your clinical practice. It aims to help you to build upon your theoretical knowledge from year 1 modules and to develop your clinical practice, leading to the provision of safe and effective midwifery care.

• Course Hours Requirements for Midwifery

  This module captures clinical hours you have completed in midwifery practice, enabling you to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for professional registration and to meet the European Directive requirement for midwifery registration.

Year 2

In year 2 the journey of pregnancy will become more complex and you will continue to develop a holistic approach to the leading and delivering of care when there are additional needs.

Clinical placements during year 2 include non-midwifery areas of practice to further enhance your skills and knowledge of care provision.

Modules

• Complexities and Childbearing
• Contemporary Midwifery and Research
• Managing Midwifery Emergencies
• Clinical Assessment of Practice 2
• Course Hours Requirement of Midwifery 2

Final year

The final year provides you with further opportunities to develop your midwifery skills, working closely with other healthcare professionals, and to become a leader of care provision.

You'll further develop your clinical skills through the Newborn Infant Physical Examination module, and your understanding of midwifery practice in a variety of clinical settings.

Modules

• Contemporary Midwifery Project
• Newborn Infant Physical Examination
• Future Midwife
• Clinical Assessment of Practice 3 
• Course Hours Requirement of Midwifery 3

Facilities

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Course fees

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included in your fees, while studying a course in the School of Health Sciences are listed here.

• Where your course includes a placement, travel costs which are over and above your daily journey to university and dual accommodation costs may be reimbursed by the NHS learning support fund. Paramedic Science students and overseas students are not covered by the NHS scheme and travel costs for this course will be your responsibility. Find out more about the NHS learning support fund.
• Specialist clothing and uniforms, where required, are included in the course fees.
• DBS checks, where required, are included in the fees.
• Course books are available from the university but you may wish to budget up to £100 if buying your own copies.

You can chat with our enquiries team through the Stay in touch panel at the end of this page if you require further information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2020–21.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK/EU students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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