BSc (Honours) Midwifery with Foundation Year

Midwifery 2020

BSc (Honours)

Midwifery with Foundation Year

Immerse yourself in contemporary midwifery practice and provide essential support during pregnancy, labour, birth and beyond.

Please note: This course is not currently open for applications. It may become available on A Level results day, 14 August 2025. Please check back then.

Everything you need to know...

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    What is the fee?

    Home: See fees section below

  • Time

    How long will I study?

    4 Years

  • Location

    Where will I study?

    Collegiate Campus

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    What are the entry requirements?

    64 UCAS Points

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    What is the UCAS code?

    BB20

  • Date

    When do I start?

    September 2025


Course summary

  • Gain the skills you need to provide compassionate midwifery.
  • Become a knowledgeable and respectful midwife.
  • Learn to care for women, newborn infants and their families.
  • Respond to increasing complexity in antenatal care.
  • Home students can access a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year.

This is an exciting and innovative course covering all aspects of 21st-century midwifery. You’ll learn to practise as the lead professional for the care of women and newborn infants, partners and families – as well as working in integrated care teams. 

The Foundation Year course is designed for anyone who feels they would benefit from extra preparation before undertaking degree-level study or who does not meet the entry requirements for the BSc (Hons) course (due to lower predicted grades or lower performance at a selection event). The academic staff leading selection event processes are well placed to advice on the benefits of additional study or wider preparation in advance of joining a degree course.


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How you learn

The course is designed to promote independent, lifelong learning – with half of the programme spent in study and half on a clinical placement You’ll learn with, from and about students from other health and social care courses. These experiences give you both a sound basis in midwifery and an understanding of how other professionals contribute to health and social care services.   

You learn through 

  • Practice placements
  • Lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials
  • Practical sessions
  • Independent learning
  • Technology-enhanced learning
  • Oxford Medical Simulation virtual reality software for remote or on-campus learning

Applied learning

Work placements

On this course you’ll be given opportunities across a range of clinical settings. After your first year you’ll rotate to a different Trust, and then return to the first Trust in your third year.  You’ll work both in hospitals and out in the community, with our placement partners there to support you at every step.  

As part of your clinical practice, you’ll be allocated a small group of expectant mothers as part of your caseload. This means you get to experience the long-term challenge of providing quality care to a mother and her newborn, including being on call for the birth.  

In your second year, you’ll also have the option of choosing a module that allows you to work nationally or internationally. 

Networking opportunities 

You’ll be able to take part in a range of activities with students from other health and social care courses. These activities are designed to improve your employability skills – such as the Hallam Leadership Award, which helps you prepare to become a future midwifery leader.

Our students are also able to build strong relationships with our trust partners and are able to apply for any vacancies upon completion of their degree and registration.


Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

  • Clinical midwifery
  • Specialisms such as smoking cessation, bereavement care, perinatal mental health, sonography, substance misuse and teenage pregnancy
  • Consultant midwifery, with specific responsibility for leading and developing midwifery services
  • Management positions in clinical midwifery, such as a lead midwife or head of midwifery services
  • Research midwifery
  • Lecturing
  • Further study, such as health visiting and masters and doctoral education

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work in

  • Hospital and community midwifery environments
  • Health centres
  • GP surgeries
  • The armed forces
  • Education

In 2022-23 and 2023-24 all of our students wanting employment in the South Yorkshire area were offered a post in a relevant NHS trust, this is subject to the demand for roles at the time of graduation, but is a strong indicator of our links to our practice partners.

Where will I study?

You study at Collegiate Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

Collegiate campus

Collegiate Campus can be found just off Ecclesall Road, a bustling student district.

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Location

Collegiate Crescent
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S10 2BP

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Equipment and facilities

On this course you work with 

  • A range of clinical midwifery placement environments
  • Our purpose-built Robert Winston Building
  • Simulated practice, such as mock birthing facilities
  • Technology-enhanced learning
  • Clinical skills laboratories

We’ve invested over £100m in new facilities to help you study how and when you want. This means 24-hour libraries and study spaces designed by our students.

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Entry requirements

All students

UCAS points

  • 64

This must include at least 24 (Grade D) from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. For example:

  • DDE at A Level.
  • MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma
  • Pass overall from a T level qualification with D or E from core
  • A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels and EPQ.

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

GCSE

  • Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents*
  • Maths at grade C or 4 or equivalents**
  • English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents***

*GCSE Science equivalents

  • OCR Science level 2
  • Science units gained on a level 3 BTEC or OCR National Diploma or Extended Diploma qualification
  • Science credits gained on Access to Higher Education Diplomas (at least 12 credits at level 2 or 6 credits gained at level 3)
  • Science equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk

**GCSE Maths equivalents

  • Level 2 Key Skills/ Application of Number/ Level 2 Maths credits from an Access course
  • Maths equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk

***GCSE English equivalents

  • Level 2 Literacy
  • Level 2 Key Skills

• Access - an Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course in a science based subject. Normally we require 15 credits at level 2 and 45 at level 3.

If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 7.0 or above, with a minimum score of 6.5 in each skill.

Additional information for EU/International students

This course is not open to international students who require a student visa to study in the UK. If you are an international applicant but do not require a student visa, email our Admissions Team to find out whether you’re eligible to apply.


Modules

Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

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Fees and funding

Home students

Our tuition fee for UK students on full-time undergraduate degree courses in 2025/26 is £9,535 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during your placement year). These fees are regulated by the UK government and therefore subject to change in future years.

If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.

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How tuition fees work, student loans and other financial support available.

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Additional course costs

The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

General course additional costs

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Legal information

Any offer of a place to study is subject to your acceptance of the University’s Terms and Conditions and Student Regulations.

 

Currently not open for applications

This course may be available for application on A Level results day – 14 August 2025. Please check back on that date.

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Home students can access a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year, eligibility applies

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