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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Main Site
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Home fee-paying students can access a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year. You may also be eligible for additional financial support based on your circumstances. Learn more at www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/health-and-social-care/fees-and-fundingCourse summary
- Combine theory with practice to meet the challenges of integrated patient care.- Learn to assess, stabilise, treat and manage patients in an accident or emergency.- Meet the future healthcare agenda through digital competence.- Study an integrated curriculum with other healthcare professions.- Apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).Paramedics work in a range of settings – dealing with all aspects of emergency, urgent and social care. On this course you’ll learn how to respond to a variety of conditions. When you graduate, you’ll have the skills and knowledge you need to enter a challenging and rewarding profession.
How you learnAll our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.Throughout the course you’ll collaborate with students from other disciplines – learning with, from and about areas of healthcare that are relevant to your future profession. Working in collaboration to solve real-world problems, you’ll be able to transform the lives of individuals and communities. You’ll be challenged, you’ll develop your skills and you’ll enhance your employability.As well as undertaking academic modules at our Collegiate Campus, you’ll gain experience in a variety of service provider locations on placement.You learn through - lectures- self-directed study- practical sessions- simulation- group exercises- practice placement- interprofessional collaborationYou will be supported in your learning journey towards highly skilled, graduate level employment through a number of key areas.These include- access to our unique student support triangle to help with your personal, academic and career development- access to our Skills Centre with one to ones, webinars and online resources, where you can get help with planning and structuring your assignments- industry-specific employability activities such as live projects, learning in simulated environments and networking opportunities
Applied learningWork placementsYou’ll apply the theory you study to practice-based learning experiences. Here you’ll develop critical and ethical approaches to your practice – preparing you to become a life-long, competent professional. The experiences you’re provided with are compulsory to achieve the course’s practice-based learning outcomes.These experiences will help you build your skills, confidence, creativity, resilience, integrity, and curiosity. They’ll take place in different practice-based learning environments – reflecting the range of ways services are currently delivered. This might include simulated learning and virtual placements, alongside real-world experience of services delivered face to face to service users. We’ll ensure the practice-based learning element of your course complies with the requirements of the Professional and Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB) which governs the paramedic profession. So by the end of your course, you’ll have the opportunity to show that you meet the requirements to register as a paramedic.
Equipment and facilitiesExam type
UCAS TariffUCAS Tariff:
128 Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:15,P:30 Grades / Points required
From A levels which must include at least 32 points from either a natural science subject, such as Biology, Chemistry or Physics, or equivalent BTEC National qualifications which includes natural modules. We do not accept AS levels or general studies.For example:ABB at A Level including relevant subject(s)DDM in BTEC Extended DiplomaDistinction overall from a T level qualificationA combination of qualifications including relevant subject(s)
Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course in health studies, health science, nursing or another science-based course. Normally we require 15 of the level 3 credits to be graded at distinction with 9 of these distinctions from natural science units.
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England
£9,250 per year
Students from England
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£9,250 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Wales
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£9,250 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Channel Islands
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£16,655 per year
Students from EU
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£16,655 per year
Students from International
£16655 Per year
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