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Nursing and midwifery

Working as a nurse or a midwife is a challenging but rewarding career choice that requires commitment and intellectual ability together with compassion, teamwork and a desire to care for others.

Brighton is a top 10 UK university for world-leading research impact in allied health professions, nursing and pharmacy. Our nursing and midwifery courses are joint 1st in the UK for career prospects: Guardian University Guide 2021.

We place the values of the NHS constitution at the heart of our health courses, offering a stimulating learning experience for students looking to start and progress their careers in this field.

See our nursing and midwifery courses and other subjects usually available in Clearing.

New funding from 2020

The government has announced that from September 2020 new and continuing students studying nursing, midwifery and some allied health subjects will receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000. Find out more on the NHS website.

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With nursing, it’s good to make sure it is a subject that you want to pursue as a career rather than just to study. You need to have compassion as a student nurse and to be very proactive in your studies. Brighton is a good place to learn, it will give you the tools to do the job and there is lots of support if you need it.

George Chapman, nursing graduate

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You'll have access to a range of modern facilities, including our Clinical Skills and Simulation Suite, clinical skills rooms, Midwifery Care and Delivery Suite and Flexible Learning Environment. For the duration of the course, nursing students are either based at Falmer in Brighton (our west site) or at Eastbourne (our east site). Midwifery students are based at Eastbourne.

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To ensure you can confidently apply theory to practice, you will spend 50% of your year on placements with local NHS trusts and other health and social care providers in a variety of settings. Clinical placements take place across Sussex in locations including Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton, Haywards Heath and Worthing.

Nursing students doing observations

Our courses offer an excellent foundation for working in a range of health contexts, in both hospital and community settings, and for further professional development in clinical practice, education, management and research.

Nursing students working with a resuscitation dummy

You'll share learning, knowledge and expertise with students on other health courses, benefiting from interprofessional collaboration and preparing for work in multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

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Our courses are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and you will graduate with eligibility to register as a nurse or midwife.

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School of Health Sciences

Nursing and midwifery are taught at the School of Health Sciences.

Nursing students in a clinical skills suite

Study abroad

We are committed to providing a global perspective. All of our international placements are fully supported, academically credited and free for students who wish to travel to Europe, USA (Midwifery) or Australia (Nursing). If you wish to experience nursing in Africa, Asia or South America your placement will be arranged through the Work the World organisation.

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Undergraduate courses

Midwifery BSc(Hons)

Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) September start

Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) February start

Nursing (Child) BSc(Hons)

Nursing (Mental Health) BSc(Hons)

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