Overview
- Degree awarded
- Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- Duration
- Up to 5 years (part-time)
- How to apply
For the BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice course, please contact cpd.nursing@manchester.ac.uk with details of your nursing qualification.
For Level 6 CPD course units, please visit the undergraduate CPD page for further information.
Course overview
- Improve your skills and further your career through Level 6 CPD study if you're a qualified nurse or other health professional.
- Take individual units as short CPD courses or study several units to work towards a BSc qualification.
- Choose from units with start dates throughout the academic year, from autumn 2019 to summer 2020.
Fees
Fees for entry in 2022 have not yet been set. For entry in 2021 the tuition fees were £1,200 per 20 credits for home students, and are expected to increase slightly for 2022 entry.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Limited funding may be available through the Continuing Education Service Level Agreement (SLA) for staff working in the NHS in the north-west. Please contact your trust for further information.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 543 4705
- cpd.nursing@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/nursing/
- School/Faculty overview
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Entry requirements
Professional entry qualification
Home-schooled applicants
If you have followed a non-standard educational route and have been, for example, educated at home, your application will be considered against the standard entry criteria of the course to which you applied. You will be required to demonstrate that you meet the academic entry requirements as specified for the course. We will also require a reference which should be written by somebody who knows you well enough, in an official capacity, to write about you and your suitability for higher education. Please refer to UCAS for further information: UCAS reference guidelines
Application and selection
How to apply
For the BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice course, please contact cpd.nursing@manchester.ac.uk with details of your nursing qualification.
For Level 6 CPD course units, please visit the undergraduate CPD page for further information.
Course details
Course description
We offer a wide range of Level 6 units for health professionals looking to improve their skills and further their careers through CPD.
Our CPD units are available to both those working in nursing, midwifery and social work and other health practitioners.
You can study individual units as standalone short courses, or build up the credits earned through individual units to contribute towards an undergraduate award.
BSc awards
Our Nursing Practice BSc (Hons) course is for qualified nurses and midwives who wish to undertake CPD at undergraduate (Level 6) level.
You can either take individual units attached to these courses as standalone CPD courses, or combine several units to build up 120 credits over a maximum of five years on a part-time basis and achieve the full BSc award.
Please note that these BSc courses are not suitable for undergraduate students wishing to train as a nurse in the first instance - please see the following BNurs courses instead:
- Adult Nursing (BNurs)
- Children's Nursing (BNurs)
- Mental Health Nursing (BNurs)
Course content for year 1
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
| Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain Management | NURS30192 | 20 | Optional |
| Intensive Care of the Neonate | NURS9105C | 20 | Optional |
| Academic Accreditation of Continued Professional Development (CPD) | NURS9154C | 20 | Optional |
| Principles and Practice of Breast Cancer Nursing | NURS9307C | 40 | Optional |
| Physical Health Promotion and Well-being in People with Psychosis | NURS9313C | 20 | Optional |
| Family Intervention for Carers of People with Psychosis/Bipolar Disorder or Dementia | NURS9314C | 20 | Optional |
| Principles of Haematology Oncology | NURS93160 | 20 | Optional |
| Enhancing Neonatal Nursing Practice | NURS9319C | 40 | Optional |
| Research Dissertation | NURS9328C | 40 | Optional |
| Independent Study | NURS9341C | 20 | Optional |
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