Nursing Studies( Adult or Mental Health Nursing) PgDip

Requirements

You must have

* some experience of delivering care or be able to demonstrate an understanding of care work in a professional or voluntary capacity
* a reference from a current or recent employer or educational institution.
* a health related degree, recognised in the UK at 2:2 or above. o normally five GCSEs at grade C or above, including English language/literature and mathematics or other evidence of literacy and numeracy at level 2 in the National Qualifications Framework*

You also need to

* be confident in using computers to complete academic work
* have a full criminal records check when enrolling. You must declare any criminal convictions, cautions and bindings over, including those considered spent during the admissions process. Criminal convictions do not necessarily prevent acceptance on the course, but some may be regarded by an employer or professional body as excluding you from practice
* undergo health screening to assess your fitness to begin the course. You must also complete an approved programme of immunisation, as recommended by the Department of Health. Please note that both health screening and immunisation are provided by the University.

As nursing can involve strenuous physical, psychological and emotionally taxing work, we recommend that you come along to a University open day to learn more about the general expectations of the course.

We strongly recommend that you tell us about any long term health conditions or disabilities you may have. This is so we can assess whether we can deliver the course in such a way that you can meet the course requirements in University and on placement and take part without disadvantage. You can contact our nursing and midwifery learning needs (disability) co-ordinators on 0114 225 2470 to explore any issues you may have, or you can contact our University student support staff on 0114 225 3964 (voice and Minicom).

Vetting and Barring Scheme

This course may involve regular access to children and/or vulnerable adults, which is also known as regulated activity. This means students are legally required to register with the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) which is administered by the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

The Independent Safeguarding Authority has recently been established as a single agency to monitor all individuals who want to work or volunteer with vulnerable people.

Registration with the scheme will cost £64, as a one off payment, which covers both the cost of registration and a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check. Following successful registration you are issued with an ISA Registration Number which stays with you for the rest of your career.

We will send further instructions on registering with the VBS as part of the admissions process. Contact us for further guidance.

* Literacy at level 2 in the National Qualifications Framework

As well as GCSEs, we also accept

* Open College Network GCSE English equivalence
* GCSE grade D in English language or literature together with Key Skills level 2 communication
* evidence of studying access credits in English language or literacy at level 2 or above
* the National Test in Literacy if part of Key Skills communication level 2

Numeracy at level 2 in the National Qualifications Framework

As well as GCSEs, we also accept

* Open College Network GSCE mathematics equivalence
* Key Skills level 2 application of number
* evidence of studying access credits in mathematics or numeracy at level 2 or above
* The National Test in Numeracy, level 2

IELTS

If English is not your first language you need an overall IELTS score of 7.0 or above.

Care experience

Download our applicant experience guidelines for information about the kinds of experience we expect you to have and the best places to gain it. (The same experience required as BA (Hons) nursing studies).