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MNurse (Children’s / Mental Health)

MNurs

Typical offer for 2025
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Suitable for applications.

Overview

The government has outlined new funding for nursing, midwifery and other allied health professions courses.

From September 2020, UK/EU students at English universities will receive up to £8,000 with a minimum of £5,000 a year in funding.

Our MNurse programme leads to a professional Master's level nursing qualification and eligibility to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in two fields of nursing.

This is a practical, patient-centred programme with equal amounts of theory and clinical practice, which enables you to experience different aspects of healthcare. The programme will give you the skills needed to provide compassionate, evidence-based care as a children's nurse and as a mental health nurse.

You will be prepared for a career which combines skills from both fields of nursing allowing you to work across clinical specialities. This will provide you with extensive employment opportunities to work in a variety of clinical settings and across clinical disciplines.

You will study a range of subjects that underpin nursing, the evidence base behind the role of the nurse and how nurses promote health and well-being. You will develop a wide range of practice skills during practice placements in a variety of clinical areas and your learning will be supported further through simulated practice and clinical skills teaching. Spanning the rural Yorkshire Dales to inner city districts, no other area of the UK offers the rich diversity of clinical experience available through the University and its partner Trusts.

You will be prepared to be a professional nurse ready to take on a future nursing leadership role.

Entry requirements

Typical offer - 120 UCAS tariff points.

 

A levels

BBB, to include at least two full A-levels. There are no specific subject requirements.

T levels

Merit - there are no subject-specific requirements.

BTEC Extended Diploma

DDM - there are no specific subject requirements.

Applicants on Access Programmes

120 UCAS tariff points from an Access to Higher Education Diploma - there are no subject-specific requirements.

International Baccalaureate Requirements

120 UCAS tariff points to include at least 80 points from 2 HL subjects. Plus HL 3 or SL 4 in Maths, English Language and Literature A or English B.

Plus minimum of

GCSEs with grade C or grade 4, to include English Language or English Literature and Mathematics. Level 2 equivalents are accepted.

Level 2 equivalents are accepted in place of GCSE English Language and Mathematics.

Additional entry requirements

We accept NVQ Level 3 in any subject – you must currently be working in a health environment as a healthcare assistant, support worker or carer with 2 years’ work experience.

As part of the selection process, we interview short-listed candidates prior to making offers.

All places are offered subject to a satisfactory occupational health screening, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and a satisfactory reference.

The occupational health screening

All places are offered subject to satisfactory occupational health screening. This will involve completing an on-line occupational health questionnaire and attendance if required at a medical appointment.

Occupational health screening and assessment will consider the students’ health and wellbeing and their fitness to study and practice. Progress on the course is dependent on your continued fitness.

This screening process complies with Public Health England requirements for protection of the public and students and staff working in health and social care.

All offers of places are made subject to satisfactory health clearance and an agreement to undergo appropriate blood tests and immunisations.

The University is obliged to make reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities to enable them to fulfil the required competencies of the programme. Candidates who are concerned about health issues are strongly advised to contact us prior to applying.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

All places are also offered subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) (previously known as CRB check) disclosure. This is due to the fact that you may be required to work with children or vulnerable adults on your clinical placement, and will need to demonstrate that you can safely work with these groups upon NMC registration.

Applicants with criminal convictions

Once you accept your offer, you will be asked to declare any criminal convictions you hold (including spent convictions). Having a criminal conviction does not mean that you cannot enrol on the course, you will need to go through a criminal convictions panel process.

English language requirements

Minimum of IELTS 7.0 or equivalent (no sub-test lower than 7.0).

Transferring from another university

Applications to transfer to year 2 or 3 will not be considered for this programme.

Teaching, learning and assessment

The programme is framed around the NMC future nurse standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018) alongside realising professionalism: Standards for education and training Part 1: Standards for nursing and midwifery education (2018).

You will be taught alongside peers from all three fields of nursing adult, children’s and mental health in years 1 & 2 where an integrated approach to learning and teaching will be adopted. The curriculum will introduce all students to the fundamental knowledge and skills centred upon the core and field subjects required to safely meet the needs of all patient/ client groups.

During year 3 you will develop the specific in-depth knowledge and skills to meet the complex and enduring needs of people in your chosen field of practice. Year 4 will concentrate on the specific in-depth practice relating to your other chosen field.

You will have the opportunity to work with and alongside other professionals in health and social care, as well as service users and carers both in the university and practice setting. You will participate in a wide range of student-centred learning activities in order to help you develop the knowledge, skills and values for professional practice. There is a structured approach to teaching which will start with key reading, and or a directed study activity, followed by keynote lectures and smaller group seminars. This is consolidated by more directed activities for example clinical case studies, simulated practice, elements of team and problem-based learning, tutorials, debates and discussions.

Assessment methods used include essays, reports, written and practical examinations, poster presentations, critical reflection and team-based learning.

Our facilities

Our clinical wards are designed to give the look and feel of a hospital environment, allowing you to learn the art and science of nursing in a safe and relaxed environment.

Fees, finance and scholarships

Tuition fee 2025

  • UK: £9,535
  • International: £25,338

Additional costs

There may be additional costs that you may incur as a student. Though these are not essential to your programme of study you need to be aware of them as a student of the University. A list of the sort of costs you might expect can be found on our fees and finance section.

Financial support

The government has outlined new funding for nursing, midwifery and other allied health professions courses. From September 2020, Students at English universities will receive up to £8,000 with a minimum of £5,000 a year in funding.

See our fees and financial support section.

Postgraduate Master's Loan

If you live in England you may be able to apply for a special Government-funded Master's Loan to help pay your tuition fees and living costs.
You don't have to pay the loan back until you're earning a certain amount of money.

Scholarships

Every year we award numerous non-repayable scholarships to UK, EU and international students on the basis of academic excellence, personal circumstances or economic hardship. For full details, visit our scholarships section.

Career prospects

Qualifications in two fields of nursing will enable graduates to care for a child's physical needs and address their mental health concerns.

The healthcare system requires flexibility and broad-ranging skills in its workforce to care for complex needs. NHS Trusts are requesting multi-professional nurses to support their workforce, and enhance the inter-professional and cross-discipline working that is essential in the current and future healthcare system.

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.

Study support

Research

Terms and conditions of study

The University has a set of terms and conditions for all students accepting an offer to study on a course here at Bradford. This is called The Student Contract. This document sets out the Terms and Conditions which apply when you accept an offer of a place on a programme of study at the University of Bradford.

View our Student Contract for further details.

Transparency statement

Information about this programme and its modules has been published in advance of the academic year to which it applies. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate at the time of publication, but changes may occur given the interval between publishing and commencement of teaching. Any change which impacts the terms and conditions of an applicant’s offer will be communicated to them.