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When finished with this document please recycle it. Reach your goals at Southampton by combining your ambition, your talent and our support. Choosing the right place to study is an important decision, with many factors to think about. Join us, an institution in the top one per cent of world universities* and a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities. At Southampton you are taught by world-leading academics on courses that are designed around you. We get you ready for the global jobs market, while giving you a great student experience. Here at Health Sciences we also give you everything you need to gain professional accreditation, hands-on learning, solid employment prospects and an outstanding values-based curriculum. So take a closer look and see for yourself exactly what we can do for you and your future career. CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON Contents 04 Choose Southampton 12 Our people 16 Your student experience 18 Accommodation 22 Course overview 24 Course information 40 Registration with your professional body 41 Support 42 Applying and funding 43 International Students 44 Travel details 46 How to find us

CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: LUND EXCHANGE A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Each year a number of occupational therapy students participate in an exchange The city of Southampton has a history of innovation and exploration. programme with Lund Former students WORLD CLASS University in Sweden. As a forward-thinking University, we uphold these values in our often travel overseas Many individuals within education and research; join us to forge your successful future. to provide healthcare the Faculty have world-class reputations. ââ Our students can study in 54 countries across the world around the world. ââ Our 195,000 graduates are part of a network of We are an professionals that covers 180 countries institution in the ââ Our academics make a difference on every continent ââ Our business, government and non-government TOP 1% organisation partners span the globe of global universities ââ We are part of the Worldwide Universities Network, Some courses give a collaboration of knowledge from around the world you the opportunity to study abroad.

Health Sciences Dean, Professor Jessica Corner, was made a Dame in 2014 for services to healthcare BERRY research and education. BREAKTHROUGH Academic Bashir Lwaleed participated in research that revealed the North American Our academics are chokeberry may boost the recognised as effectiveness of some occupying the We have leading edge of their cancer drugs. disciplines. There are opportunities 322 to work on partnerships in international 54 countries projects. around the world TACKLING EBOLA SAFE Nursing graduate MALAWI STAFFING William Pooley travelled PROJECT to Sierra Leone to Professor Peter Griffiths In 2014 a group of Health help fight the battle was chosen to review Sciences students went to against Ebola. national guidelines Malawi to help build a medical about safe hospital centre and gain experience of Find out more staffing levels. conditions now rare in the UK. www.southampton.ac.uk/ global

4 5 To gain a global perspective of my profession.

Sam Douglas BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy By choosing to study Occupational Therapy at Southampton I had the opportunity to participate in an exchange programme with Lund University in Sweden. This enabled me to gain a new perspective on my chosen career by mixing with aspiring occupational therapists over there. It also enabled them to gain a new perspective through their contact with me. As a group we have had an abstract of our Lund project work accepted for the Fifth Interdisciplinary Conference on Aging and Society in Washington Find out more

D.C for November 2015, which has given me a massive boost. To discover more about Sam’s story, please visit I feel I now have greater insights about my role, which will help me not only be a better entry-level practitioner, but also help inform my career choices. www.southampton.ac.uk/hs_sam Join in the conversation: #myambition

6 7 To work in an influential role within the Department of Health

Alex Collyer BN (Hons) Child and Adult “I chose to study at the University of Southampton because it offered a dual-programme which opens up a hundred specialities, spearheads you for jobs in the acute sector and gives the NHS a more flexible workforce. Studying at Southampton I receive all the benefits that a Russell Group university affords in a city which is home to a leading regional trauma centre. Last year I secured a place on the National Junior Leadership Academy, which is a programme that gives leadership training to student nurses. This led to me winning a Cavell Leadership Award. As part of my award I was fortunate to spend the summer working for Jane Cummings, the Chief Nursing Officer for England.”

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8 9 Our graduates CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: are targeted by the Become top 100 Become a a student graduate recruiters community ambassador in the country DESIGN YOUR OWN volunteer EDUCATION Excellent Your course is developed and taught by world experts placement partners Your course offers you breadth as well as depth GET AHEAD ââ As well as attending lectures and seminars, you can access many lectures and learning resources on the move FOR YOUR ââ We work with you to make programmes more flexible CAREER Network ââ Employers are actively involved in shaping your degree programme with top Wi-Fi employers at across all our careers fairs campuses 3 million books, journals and reports in Advice our libraries from your 24-HOUR Laboratory personal ACCESS TO study tutor Interactive online discussions VIRTUAL LEARNING 50,000 Meet people e-books from over 130 countries

Opportunities to work abroad

Our Enabling INNOVATIVE SOCIAL Services provide LEARNING support when you LIFE need it

Group Values based project work curriculum that Socialise fits employers’ in our bars expectations and cafés

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10 11 OUR PEOPLE

Southampton people have a passion to change the world through their DR CATHERINE BOWEN research and collaborations with global partners SENIOR LECTURER Catherine was the first ââ Our lecturers push the boundaries podiatrist to receive a Chartered of knowledge Scientist Award in 2014 ââ You are taught differently; our research informs your education ââ We provide you with a rich curriculum with additional opportunities to broaden your multidisciplinary knowledge ââ You are involved with important research as it unfolds ââ We offer you a vibrant culture of partnership and collaboration PROFESSOR DAN BADER in our academic community BIO-ENGINEERING AND TISSUE HEALTH Dan has helped develop a new type of pressure sensor for BETHANY WALKER amputees which could prevent dangerous sores DR WENDY WIGLEY NURSING STUDENT DIRECTOR OF Bethany will join 100 others PROGRAMMES to climb Canada’s 3,363 Wendy has been given the prestigious title of metre Mount Edith Cavell Queen’s Nurse by community nursing charity in August 2015 The Queen’s Nursing Institute. The title CLAIRE WHISTLER indicates a commitment to high standards of PHYSIOTHERAPY patient care, learning and leadership GRADUATE Claire spent two months in Bolivia working at a school for children with special needs

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12 13 CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: CHANGE THE WORLD

Leaders in dementia care research Did you know? There could be more than 70 million people with dementia worldwide by 2030 - that’s according to Alzheimer’s Disease International. As a result, healthcare services need to make rapid progress in treating this often misunderstood condition. By way of response, Health Sciences researchers from Occupational Therapy have established strong links between cognitive deterioration and low amounts of mental stimuli. To do this they used a snoezelen room, which is a tranquil, multi-sensory space full of lights, images, sounds and shapes. One of the leaders of the research, Dr. Lesley Collier, said: The cognitive deterioration we see in people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is not just due to the decline of the brain, it is also due to the environment around the person. “We have found that by modifying the amounts of stimuli that people are bombarded with on a day-to-day basis and adjusting the sensory input to meet sensory need, Alzheimer’s symptoms can appear less.” Dr. Collier then added: “It is important to me that my research is translated into practice. Occupational Therapy here is recognised as being at the forefront of the field. As such, Southampton is a prime location to move multi-sensory research into practice.”

PREVENTING DETERIORATION Our researchers have found multi-sensory environments can help preserve cognitive and occupational behaviour.

GLOBAL IMPACT REDUCING We are working with healthcare organisations around the world DEMENTIA to introduce multi-sensory environments into their SYMPTOMS treatment regimes. Our work focuses on allowing people to practise everyday tasks in controlled environments. Find out more

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14 15 YOUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE

When you come to the University of Southampton you automatically 01 The Bridge Bar 02 Oxford Street, Southampton become a member of the Southampton University Students’ Union, also 03 Try Taekwondo known as SUSU: an independent organisation run by students for students 04 Socialise with friends that makes sure your time at University is the best that it can be. 05 Become a DJ

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ââ Experience Your Freshers’ – ââ Eat at the Bridge Bar, with ââ Try out journalism for one of our a week full of activities food from our Michelin trained award-winning magazines, the to help you settle in chef at student prices Wessex Scene or The Edge ââ Discover a new talent: try ââ Socialise with friends in ââ Get free and confidential advice some of our 80 sports clubs, the Stag’s Head sports bar from the Advice Centre from archery to Taekwondo ââ Buy your essentials in the shop ââ We are here to take action on ââ Join one of our 200 societies, ââ See high-profile acts, such as a wide range of issues that are from chess to fashion, Pixie Lott and Greg James important to you. For example performing arts to or have a quiet evening we have recently set up our own wildlife protection with friends – SUSU has letting agency that can help you find student housing due to ââ Have fun and give back something for everyone student demand with RAG (Raise and Give) ââ Catch a film in our which organise fundraising 330-seat cinema events to benefit local ââ Dance the night away in our and national charities large venue for big events, ââ Swim in our six-lane, 25-metre such as gigs and student balls pool or use the varied fitness ââ Become a DJ or director equipment across our four gyms at Surge Radio and SUSUtv ââ Compete on over 20 grass Find out more

and synthetic pitches for www.susu.org summer and winter sports @yoursusu on Twitter Yoursusu on Facebook 02 16 17 ACCOMMODATION

Get the best out of your student life: stay in one of our 6,500 student rooms in halls.

You can choose from a range of room types that includes the guarantee, which includes applying before 1 August. a new development of over 1,400 rooms in Southampton To uphold the guarantee, in years of exceptional demand we city centre. may offer accommodation in a twin shared room at the start Take advantage of our guaranteed offer* of accommodation, of the academic year for a short, temporary period of time. for new first-year undergraduate students. You also have the opportunity to apply for continuing years Live in either self-catered halls of residence with well-equipped in halls. Though this cannot be guaranteed, we will always communal kitchens, or part-catered accommodation offer students accommodation if we have the availability. 01 02 where you enjoy the benefits of breakfast and evening meals For more information on our guarantee to you, visit throughout the week, plus some other meals at the weekend. www.southampton.ac.uk/guarantee

The benefits for you Private rented accommodation –– A great student community Private rented accommodation is available in Southampton –– Good value and competitive prices that include and Winchester as an alternative to halls. utility bills, internet and a uni-link bus pass We are a core partner in the Southampton Accreditation –– uni-link connects all our Southampton halls sites Scheme for Student Housing (SASSH), which only with our Southampton campuses advertises properties where the landlord agrees their –– Facilities include common rooms, bars, launderettes, property complies with SASSH safety and quality standards. computer rooms, barbecue areas and much more –– Out of hours support and advice from How to apply the Residences Support Service Our guidance and applying for accommodation 03 –– 24hr security and CCTV on all sites timeline, makes the process as easy for you as possible. 01 Green and spacious gardens You can apply for your accommodation when you have 02 Internet connections in all rooms *Our guarantee to you received your formal offer of study with your student 03 Plenty of social and outdoor spaces If you are a registered first-year undergraduate student identification number. Register your details to apply 04 Excellent facilities new to the University, starting a full-time course, with no online at www.onlineaccommodation.soton.ac.uk dependents, you will be guaranteed an offer of halls accommodation as long as you fulfil the full criteria of

JUNE 2016 Allocation and offer of rooms starts for deferred students JANUARY/ and students with 1 AUGUST 2016 FEBRUARY 2016 unconditional offers, New students must MIDDLE OF Accommodation who have applied for have applied for SEPTEMBER 2016 application opens and accommodation accommodation Allocation of goes live online before 31 May 2015 before this date rooms completed 04

APPLICATION TIMELINE MIDDLE OF 17-18 AUGUST 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016 Find out more Our halls of residence sites have a great After A level results, Moving in weekend! community feel; facilities range from www.southampton.ac.uk/ allocation of rooms common rooms, bars and launderettes to ugp/accommodation to all students begins computer rooms and barbecue areas 18 19 Mentoring CHOOSE SOUTHAMPTON: Specialise further with a postgraduate Network SHAPE YOUR FUTURE degree with top Personal employers Careers development events A degree at Southampton opens doors for career opportunities Advice programme Southampton fast-tracks your ambitions: We give you the opportunity to: from ââ We prepare you for future challenges not ââ Take advantage of our partnerships graduates yet imagined and jobs not yet thought of with placement providers ââ We are among the top 20 UK universities ââ Gather evidence of your achievements targeted by the largest number of top through our programme of personal YOUR 100 graduate recruiters* development to complement your SOUTHAMPTON Volunteering ââ In the most recent Destinations of Leavers academic study OPPORTUNITY from Higher Education statistics, 94 per cent ââ Network with top employers at of graduates whose destinations were known our careers events were in employment and/or further study ââ Build your entrepreneurial skills by engaging Wide variety ââ We are one of the top 30 UK universities with our Student Enterprise programme of work for graduate starting salaries** ââ Get advice from our graduates about placements future careers ââ Specialise further with one of our postgraduate courses and gain a more in-depth knowledge of your subject to realise your ambitions ââ Connect with a mentor from your target career path via our Insider Mentoring Programme

Our graduates land jobs in a variety of healthcare environments:

National Health Service Clinical academia Private practice Non Governmental organisations Armed Forces Government roles Schools Self employed Prisons In the community Research Social Care

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To learn how your Southampton Opportunity can get you ready for employment, visit * High Fliers Research www.southampton.ac.uk/dreamcv **The Sunday Times University Guide 2014 20 21 Be the best you can be Prior experience for Depending on your course you could healthcare professions find yourself working in a range of COURSE When you choose us you are choosing settings, including: hospitals, private a whole range of factors that will make It is essential to gain an understanding practice, clinics, health centres, or in you attractive to employers. We have of the healthcare profession you wish service users’ homes. Locations may OVERVIEW an excellent track record in making the to study through work experience include: Portsmouth, Basingstoke, ‘Southampton Brand Graduate’ stand before enrolling on a degree. Winchester and the Isle of Wight, as At Health Sciences we are proud to be leaders in out in the modern jobs market, and well as London, Surrey and Sheffield. healthcare research and education. By studying here here’s why: This will give you the confidence to you will acquire an academic pedigree that speaks know that your chosen career is the We are part of the Russell Group: a Non-clinical placements loudly both in the UK and overseas. Over many years we right one for you, and will also help collective of UK universities that are you to identify skills that are important have worked hard to create a culture and tradition of As a student on our Healthcare: committed to providing an for any healthcare professional. Management, Policy and Research excellence. Now the benefits can be yours too. outstanding research led learning degree you will have the opportunity All areas of healthcare require you to experience. As a result, you will to undertake a year-long work be a clear and confident Choose Southampton graduate with the latest scientific placement in an appropriate communicator who is able to explain –– Research led learning, giving you the latest knowledge, giving you the best environment. complex situations to people who may scientific knowledge possible foundation for your career. be confused, anxious, upset, or have Right now we have placement –– World class academics, giving you the benefit Furthermore, we place humanitarian specific communication difficulties. of their expertise agreements with the following values at the very centre of the organisations: the NHS Leadership For more information about gaining –– Excellent facilities, giving you a wealth of curriculum, helping you to develop the Academy, The Health Foundation, hands on experience work experience, please see individual skills of emotional intelligence GlaxoSmithKline, GE Healthcare, course guides. –– Values based curriculum, giving you a demanded in today’s healthcare Cancer Research UK and the Wessex humanitarian outlook sector. Academic Health Science Network. Clinical placements As a student here you will also benefit from our first class academic staff, Practice placements are an essential who will support you every step of the part of any healthcare degree. After way. In addition, you will have access all, this is your opportunity to put the to the most modern learning facilities, theory you have learned into practice helping you to reach your full in a real life situation. potential. You will work alongside practitioners 88% from a variety of healthcare of our students are professions and can expect a full range satisfied with the of practice experiences. At the end of each placement you will be graded quality of their course according to your performance and We have over National Student those grades will count towards your Survey 2012 final degree classification. 200 Further information courses: For more details choose the right about our courses visit: one for you www.southampton.ac.uk/ healthsciences

22 23 HEALTHCARE: Key information UCAS information MANAGEMENT, POLICY Code name: SOTON Number: S27 UCAS number: Healthcare: AND RESEARCH Management, Policy and Research BLN8 Key facts Course length: four years full time This multidisciplinary non-clinical degree is led by internationally renowned healthcare Fees: please visit researchers. They will enable you to develop essential skills for careers in healthcare www.southampton.ac.uk/fees Entry requirements: A levels: management, policy and research. Importantly, throughout year three you will complete a AAB-ABB. The following may facilitate a supervised and fully paid placement in a research or healthcare organisation to give you the successful application but other subjects experience you need to make the right impression with employers. will be considered: mathematics, English literature/ language, physics, biology, chemistry, history, geography, psychology, politics, sociology, philosophy, languages, economics, statistics and further mathematics BSc (Hons) Healthcare: All this is supported by mentored Mentoring efficient? How does research inform IB: 34 points, 17 at higher level research training where you will work healthcare policy development? Management, Policy and To support your development you’ll We find that the Selection process: with internationally renowned How can we use data about health Research be given both a research and a UCAS application and interview; DBS researchers and professors at the very outcomes to inform decision making? best applicants to workplace mentor. (Disclosure and Barring Service) This innovative and pioneering degree forefront of research into healthcare How can we lead and manage “ the NHS Graduate Our typical entry requirements has been developed to meet the services. Research mentors will be professors innovation and change in healthcare may be subject to change. demand for more highly skilled leaders Scheme have relevant or senior researchers in the settings? In addition, you will carry the Before you apply, please visit and researchers in healthcare. Typical course content www.southampton.ac.uk/entryreq organisation and delivery of considerable weight of responsibility work placement to consistently improve healthcare Its main objective is to ensure that –– Healthcare systems: delivery healthcare. They will help guide you for all service users. experience, making you develop the knowledge and skills and design through the world of research as needed to evaluate and ultimately –– Healthcare leadership you develop your skills. this degree an Careers influence the effectiveness, efficiency –– Basic concepts in social science Workplace mentors will be alumni of excellent foundation and equity of health policies and This degree will enable you to develop –– Healthcare policy, innovation the NHS, GSK and Cancer Research UK healthcare systems. the analytical skills that lead to a wide for our scheme. and safety graduate schemes. They will be just a range of career opportunities. In Senior Programme Lead: –– Decision making in healthcare few steps ahead of you on their career Furthermore, it will prepare you for particular, you will be well placed for Graduate Schemes, path, so well placed to give you ” a much wider range of employment –– Mentored research training in careers in health services research, NHS Graduate Scheme each year of study valuable advice. Rob Farace opportunities by honing your healthcare management, public health quantitative and qualitative skills, as Third year placement Your mentors will also help you policy and academia. This degree also well as fine tuning your independent develop your career management represents an excellent foundation for critical thinking. Your year-long placement gives skills, support you through your postgraduate study and NHS graduate you the chance to work for a major schemes. Core modules will develop your healthcare organisation, where you placement, and help you think understanding of healthcare will develop the ability to respond to through your career options. management and the policy processes service user needs in relation to For further information Life as a leader in healthcare that shape the organisation and health sector dynamics. and course modules: delivery of healthcare. Further During your career you will be looking www.southampton.ac.uk/ modules explore the social science This is possible thanks to our for answers to some of the most healthsciences/hmpr16 underpinnings of health systems and continuing relationships with some of demanding questions of our time. what can be done to improve them. the biggest healthcare organisations, Whether you are a manager, policy Find out more including: the NHS Leadership maker or a researcher, you will address T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 Academy, The Health Foundation, many issues, including: How can E: healthsciences GlaxoSmithKline, GE Healthcare, healthcare be made safer and more @southampton.ac.uk Cancer Research UK, and the Wessex To download brochure Academic Health Science Network. www.southampton.ac.uk/hs_hmpr

24 25 HEALTHCARE SCIENCE Key information UCAS information This unique opportunity to combine science and technology with patient interaction is Code name: SOTON a proven launch pad for a successful career. Our Healthcare Science degree is based at Number: S27 UCAS number: Healthcare Science Southampton General Hospital and is commended by the Registration Council for Clinical (Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Sleep Physiology and the National Academy for Healthcare Science because of its innovative Science – 3 years): B120 approach to learning. As a successful graduate you can expect to start your career on UCAS number: Healthcare Science £21,000 due to national demand for practitioners. (Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Sleep Science – 4 years): 7D25 Key facts Course length: three years full time or BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Typical course content Cardiovascular practice may include four years part time. Applicants will be monitoring heart function during This degree focuses on learning to –– Anatomy and physiology asked to give their preference between surgery, intensive care and diagnostic the cardiovascular and respiratory and use state-of-the-art technology –– Healthcare futures and innovations stress testing. You will also identify sleep science pathway options. Each to diagnose disorders of the –– Research methods and approaches disease in valves or muscles of the discipline has minimum and maximum cardiovascular and respiratory numbers of participants, so first choices –– Pathophysiology of common heart to the diagnosing cardiologist, and sleep systems. cannot be guaranteed. as well as assisting with pacemaker cardiovascular and respiratory Fees: please visit On your application you will choose conditions implantation and follow-up www.southampton.ac.uk/fees the pathway you wish to follow: –– Cardiac or respiratory and sleep appointments. Entry requirements: ABB including: cardiac physiology or respiratory and physiology at least one science or social science Respiratory and sleep practitioners subject at A level OR Science-based sleep physiology. Cardiac physiology is –– Practical skills and placements are likely to work with patients access course ( 27 level 3 distinctions) OR concerned with heart function, whilst I knew I wanted to study a science based experiencing chest pain, breathing BTEC national diploma in health studies respiratory and sleep physiology Life as a healthcare scientist difficulties, or sleep disorders. degree but I also wanted patient contact, so or science (DDD) PLUS GCSE English, concentrates on breathing difficulties science and maths (A*-C). Academic As a cardiovascular or respiratory and Procedures include: testing during “ and sleep disorders. this course was exactly what I was looking for. study must have been undertaken in the sleep science practitioner you will use cardiopulmonary exercise and last three years. bronchial challenge; measuring Your first year will be generic and specialist diagnostic equipment to I’m really happy with my decision to study IB: 32 points, 16 at higher level provide the essential information dynamic and static lung volumes; and introduces you to both pathways. at Southampton. Selection process: UCAS application You will also benefit from access to needed for an accurate and possibly analysing reparatory gas exchange. and values based selection session; DBS lifesaving diagnosis. BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science, third year (Disclosure and Barring Service) and the Faculty of Medicine’s anatomy lab, Tom Wintle Careers ” satisfactory health screening required. where you will learn more about the Professional patient contact will be an body through dissection. In your Our typical entry requirements important part of your role and you Healthcare scientists are at the may be subject to change. second year you will focus on your will need to reassure all kinds of forefront of technological and Before you apply, please visit chosen pathway. patients about the technological scientific developments in the www.southampton.ac.uk/entryreq healthcare sector. They work as part During your degree you will complete procedures to be performed. Often of medical teams in hospitals, and also 2,000 hours of practical placements. you will be working with distressed out in the community, to diagnose Placement opportunities will be individuals in circumstances where cardiovascular, respiratory and sleep predominantly in the South of time is of the essence. related conditions. England healthcare region.

For further information and course modules: www.southampton.ac.uk/ healthsciences/hcscience16 Find out more T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 E: healthsciences @southampton.ac.uk To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/ hs_hcscience

26 27 MIDWIFERY Key information Key facts Midwifery at Southampton enables you to register in practice with the Nursing Bursary: £3,630 (means tested) and Midwifery Council, the body that regulates the profession in the UK. In 2013 an Selection process: UCAS/University application and values based interview; incredible 100% of our nursing and midwifery students were in work or further study DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) within six months of graduation. If you already have a relevant degree you can both and satisfactory health screening qualify and gain a masters level qualification by completing our pre-registration required. Course length: three years full time MSc Midwifery instead. BSc: Apply via UCAS UCAS information Code name: SOTON which means that you do not have to Although the focus of midwifery care BSc (Hons) Midwifery Number: S27 be a registered midwife to enrol, but is normally on pregnancy and As a midwifery student you will learn UCAS number: Midwifery B720 you will need a first degree in a related childbirth, midwives must also be skills that support critical thinking, Entry requirements: AAA including subject. On successful completion of prepared to manage complex and reflective practice, and complex science OR Science based access course your studies you will have a masters diverse situations. (30 level 3 distinctions) PLUS GCSE decision making, as well as many other degree and be able to apply for English and maths (A*-C) Academic essential skills. registration as a midwife with the UK Prior experience study must be undertaken in the last five years. You will develop a solid understanding Nursing and Midwifery Council. It will help your application if you have This will give you a wide range of IB: 36 points, 18 at higher level of the physiological, sociological and experience of working in a healthcare Masters: Apply direct to the University psychological aspects of childbirth. employment opportunities as a environment. This could include work If you choose to stay in practice you midwife, with the potential to develop The University Entry requirements: Graduates Acquiring leadership qualities that will in settings such as: maternity could consider specialising in a with a relevant 2:1 degree or above. your career in practice, leadership, help you supervise, delegate and hospitals, birthing units, well woman particular area of perinatal care, and has great links with Other degrees at 2:1 or above may be challenge practice will also be high research and academic arenas. clinics, antenatal clinics and GPs’ eventually apply for the role of “ considered if supported with at least one on the agenda. surgeries. You may even find the consultant midwife. This would Southampton’s A level in a science subject at A grade. Life as a midwife opportunity to shadow a midwife. We require you to provide clinical Princess Anne You must have also undertaken some Assessments range from essays and formal academic study within the past Midwives’ extraordinary scientific appreciate that it is often difficult to leadership for midwives and other five years. exams, to projects and professional knowledge and comprehensive find a work experience placement in healthcare professionals involved in Hospital, which is Our typical entry requirements conversations. There is a 50/50 split maternity services. You could also aim understanding of the sociological and midwifery. Where it is not possible to an outstanding may be subject to change. between academic and practical psychological aspects of childbirth gain directly relevant experience you to become involved in practice Before you apply, please visit learning, with regular assessments to support women globally at every should try to acquire some other kind development, or board level learning environment www.southampton.ac.uk/entryreq ensure that you are reaching the right social level and in every environment. of appropriate exposure to a management within an NHS Trust. where staff warmly levels of attainment. healthcare profession. Experience From early pregnancy through to the with adults is a suitable alternative. You may decide to study for more welcome students You will gain clinical midwifery first weeks after birth, midwives work This can either be paid or voluntary. advanced qualifications. As part of this experience both in hospitals and in the with women and their families to process you might choose to into the team. community during the programme, Bachelor of Midwifery (Hons), provide maternity care, which includes Career undertake research that helps to giving you an extensive insight into support, advice and education. They move the profession forward. You 2014 graduate ” many public health issues. By your also work closely with other health After you graduate, your degree and might also decide to work for a Lucy Boustred third year you will have the and social care professionals to improve practical experience will give you the university, and, as a result, become opportunity to care for a small and maintain the health and wellbeing opportunity to develop your career in involved in educating the next caseload of women, under the of a new mother and her baby. the direction that interests you most. generation of midwives. In addition, supervision of a practising midwife. fast track opportunities also exist, Modern midwifery is a very As your knowledge and experience allowing you to enrol on doctoral MSc Midwifery demanding job, which is why it increase you could move into more programmes if you prove to be a (pre-registration) requires the skills and knowledge of a senior practitioner roles. For example, high-flyer. university graduate. Midwives work in by becoming a team or unit manager Find out more This three year degree gives you the a variety of healthcare environments, you could end up taking responsibility For further information T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 academic knowledge and practical including: hospitals, birth centres and for managing other staff, as well as and course modules: skills to begin a successful career as a the community. In addition, some continuing to have close involvement E: healthsciences www.southampton.ac.uk/ @southampton.ac.uk midwife. It is a pre-registration course, midwives move between these with expectant women and their healthsciences/midwifery16 locations to provide continuity of care. families. To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/hs_ midwifery

28 29 NURSING Key information UCAS information Accredited study in Nursing at Southampton is your key to a successful career in Code name: SOTON healthcare. You can select from adult nursing, child nursing and mental health nursing, Number: S27 Bursary: £3,630 (means tested) as well as two four-year dual field programmes in adult and child nursing and adult and Selection process: UCAS application mental health nursing. In 2013 100% of leavers were in work or further study within six and values based selection session; DBS months of graduating. If you already hold a relevant degree you can qualify as a nurse (Disclosure and Barring Service) and by completing our pre-registration postgraduate diploma. satisfactory health screening required. Batchelor of Nursing UCAS information UCAS number: BN Adult B745 Life as an adult nursing professional Life as a child nursing professional Batchelor of Nursing (Hons) UCAS number: BN Children’s B735 We believe that nursing has changed As an adult nursing professional you As a children’s nurse you will provide UCAS number: BN Mental Health B760 significantly over the last 30 years. will work with service users over the care for children and young people Course length: three years In that time the role has diversified age of 16 to deliver high quality care to and also provide support to their Entry requirements: ABB-BBB to include the performance of many meet differing and constantly families. Your duties could range from including a science or social science subject at A level or GCSE, Science-based complex procedures that require a changing needs. You will also be the the intensive care of a premature access course (24 level 3 distinctions), high level set of skills. Our Bachelor main point of contact for service users baby, to promoting child health and BTEC national diploma in health studies of Nursing programmes have been and their relatives, which means wellbeing in the community. or science (DDD) and GCSE maths and designed to give you those making the most of your English (A*-C). Academic study within important skills. communication skills. As you may know, children’s bodies the last five years must have been work differently to those of adults. undertaken For example, the onset of symptoms 32-30 points, 16 at higher level Each of our nursing degrees is set Many adult nurses work in hospitals IB: in children can often be sudden and out as half theory and half practice. where they usually adopt specific Dual field degrees UCAS extreme. Also, because children are Throughout your practice placements roles as their careers progress. These information still growing the impact of illness or you will experience a range of hospital typically include: intensive care, UCAS number: injury on their development must and community settings, which will theatre and recovery, medical wards Adult and Children’s B767 always be taken into account. help you to grow in both confidence and cancer care. However, recent UCAS number: Adult and Mental Health B747 and competence. modernisation in the way healthcare is Young service users may be frightened Course length: four years delivered has led to a rapid increase in or confused by what is happening to Assessment methods include essays, demand for community based nurses Entry requirements: ABB including them and may lack the communication a science or social science subject at too. As a result, you could find yourself exams, projects and professional skills to express what is wrong. A level or GCSE, Science-based access conversations. Your practical skills working in a variety of settings, Therefore you must have the course (27 level 3 distinctions), BTEC will be assessed and recorded by your including: walk-in centres, smaller interpersonal skills to put them at national diploma in health studies or practice mentor while you are on community hospitals, and also in relative ease by reassuring them and science (DDD) and GCSE maths and Englis.(A*-C)Academic study within placement. All practice experience patients’ homes. anticipating their needs accurately. you undertake will count towards the last five years must have been undertaken. your final grades. Child nursing Mental health nursing IB: 32 points, 16 at higher level Our child nursing degree lasts three Our mental health nursing degree is a Continued on page 33 Adult nursing years and will give you the skills and three year course that will equip you Our adult nursing degree is a three knowledge you need to be a success in with a range of therapeutic skills to year course that gives you all the this challenging but rewarding field. As help service users obtain a greater theoretical and practical elements you a student you will learn a lot of your element of control in their lives. As need to be a top professional in this skills whilst on practice placements, with all our nursing degrees you will field. Throughout the programme you which will take place across the gain experience in a broad range of will benefit from a variety of practice spectrum of healthcare settings. appropriate healthcare settings Find out more experiences, including working in during your practice placements. T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 hospitals and clinics, as well as in E: healthsciences the community. Continued on page 32 @southampton.ac.uk To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/ hs_nursing

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Postgraduate diploma UCAS information UCAS number: PGdip Adult 3010 UCAS number: PGdip Children’s 3310 UCAS number: PGdip Mental Health 3110 Course length: three years Entry requirements: 2:2 Honours degree (minimum). A degree in a health related or relevant subject may be an advantage but not essential; GCSE English Language, maths and sciences (A*-C). Our typical entry requirements may be subject to change. Before you apply, please visit www.southampton.ac.uk/entryreq

Life as a metal health Dual field degrees diploma is a full time course that gives Career nursing professional you everything you need to begin your Our dual field pathways give you the Modern nursing is a demanding nursing career. It represents a rigorous I can’t stop Mental health nurses help people from credentials you need to register as vocation that could lead you into combination of theoretical work in the all walks of life to live as independently either an adult and child nursing employment in a variety of settings in recommending classroom and practical experience in as possible. As a mental health nurse professional, or an adult and mental both hospitals and the wider “ clinical settings during your practice the course to other you will have developed exceptional health nursing professional. All of our community. As a graduate your degree placement. You will benefit from our listening skills, which will ultimately courses are values based, which qualification and practical experience people as it has strong links with NHS colleagues, lead to you helping people cope with means that compassion and empathy will give you the ideal platform to along with our distinct enabled me to fulfil their problems. You will work closely underpin your learning from day one, develop your career in the direction multidisciplinary approach. with GPs, psychiatrists, social workers and you will receive the best-informed that interests you most. my ambition. Even and others to coordinate care for foundation for your career thanks to Prior experience though I applied to vulnerable people. our cutting-edge research. Practice Furthermore, as your knowledge and experience is central to the course, It will help your application if you have expertise increase you could move other universities as Once qualified you may choose to meaning that you will undertake a experience of working in a healthcare into a more senior position. For well as Southampton, work in mainstream adult mental range of community and hospital environment. This could include work example, you could become a health, or to specialise in other areas, placements during your study. These in settings such as: community consultant nurse, leading a team and/ I only really wanted such as: drug and alcohol misuse, child programmes last four years and services, charities, nursing homes, or working in advanced clinical and adolescent services, or the comprise an even mix of the two or walk-in centres. Where it is not practice. You could also opt to work in to come here because rehabilitation of offenders. In recent fields you have chosen to study. possible to gain directly relevant education, where you will train and the course is so years there has been a significant shift experience you should try to acquire inspire future generations of nurses. in focus from hospitals to the Postgraduate diploma some other kind of appropriate good. community as the primary setting for exposure to a healthcare profession. Fast track opportunities to enrol on BN Adult, If you already hold a degree you may mental health services. You could find This can be either paid or voluntary. doctoral programmes will exist if you 2014 graduate be eligible to study our pre- ” yourself working in people’s homes, prove to be a high-flying student. In Katy Elliott registration postgraduate diploma residential units and health centres. addition, you may have the option to over two years to become a registered combine practice and research, or nurse. We offer this programme in research and education. These are three fields: adult, child and mental known in the profession as clinical Find out more health nursing. This postgraduate academic careers. T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 E: healthsciences For further information @southampton.ac.uk and course modules: To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/ www.southampton.ac.uk/ healthsciences/nursing16 hs_nursing

32 33 OCCUPATIONAL Key information UCAS information THERAPY Code name: SOTON Number: S27 UCAS number: Occupational Therapy Our occupational therapy degree programme gives you exactly what you need to qualify and (3 year pathway) B920 begin your career in this dynamic field of healthcare. It is accredited by the Health and Care UCAS number: Occupational Therapy (4 year pathway) B930 Professions Council (HCPC) and following graduation you will be eligible to apply to register with the HCPC which permits you to practice in the UK. Plus, it is recognised by both the Key facts College of Occupational Therapists and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Course length: three years full time or a four year pathway. As a student you will also have the opportunity to participate in an innovative collaboration Bursary: £3,630 with the occupational therapy programme at Lund University in Sweden. (means tested and pro rata) Entry requirements: AAB-ABB including: a science or social science BSc (Hons) Occupational Life as an occupational therapist –– Identity, motivation and agency subject (Psychology and Sociology) OR Therapy –– Evidence based practice a science or health-based access course Occupational therapists see activity (30 level 3 distinctions). GCSEs including as central to health and wellbeing. and research Throughout your studies you will When you graduate you may decide to maths, English and science at grades Through the use of occupations that A*–C Relevant academic qualifications combine academic study with practice Prior experience specialise in working with children, are meaningful to the individual you The fact that the must have been completed in the three placements that take place across a adults, or older people. Then as your can help people reclaim lost skills and You are strongly encouraged to years prior to application. range of health, social care and career moves forward you could degree is structured enjoy increased participation in organise work experience with a IB: 34-32 points, 17-16 at higher level emerging role settings. consider developing a specific role, “ everyday life. practising occupational therapist with placements Selection process: UCAS application such as: practitioner, researcher, and values based selection session; DBS In year one, among other things, before you enrol. Gaining experience throughout has (Disclosure and Barring Service) and Once in practice you will work with in more than one area or with manager, lecturer, or consultant. you will learn using real anatomical satisfactory health screening required. specimens, which is relatively rare in service users to identify their different age groups would also be an enabled me to use the An occupational therapy degree leads Our typical entry requirements physical, mental and social needs, advantage. However, local general higher education. Importantly, you to career opportunities in a number of theoretical aspect of may be subject to change. and find the best ways to help them hospitals often receive numerous will also complete an integrated settings, including: schools, colleges Before you apply, please visit achieve their personal goals of greater requests and may not be able to Faculty Statutory and Mandatory and universities, wheelchair services, learning in practical www.southampton.ac.uk/entryreq independence. Following each stage accommodate all applicants. Skills module. hostels for the homeless, residential of intervention the occupational Therefore it is also worth considering settings. care homes, eating disorder clinics, Furthermore, you will begin to therapist collaborates with the other settings where occupational BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, stroke rehabilitation centres, hand develop your understanding of human client to review progress and agree therapists work, such as mental health third year ” therapy services, and drug and Precious Laosebikan occupation and its role in health and the next stage. or physical disability settings. You can alcohol services. wellbeing. discover more about how and where Work areas include: physical occupational therapists work by You could also find yourself working Year two will include studying rehabilitation, mental health looking at the careers pages on the for organisations like: charities and partnerships in the Health and Social services, primary care, paediatrics, College of Occupational Therapists voluntary agencies, commercial and Care module, during which you will environmental adaptation, care website at www.cot.co.uk industrial bodies, equipment develop a working relationship with a management, and assessing companies, government agencies, community organisation or charity. equipment needs for daily living. Career housing departments and local By the end of year three you will Typical course content An ageing population and continuous community services. have engaged in a consultation developments in health and social care –– Meaning of occupation and process with service users to better have brought an increasing demand For further information occupational performance understand how their condition for these dynamic and creative and course modules: affects their lives. –– Foundation sciences healthcare professionals. Career www.southampton.ac.uk/ –– Design for real life opportunities for occupational healthsciences/ot16 Find out more Also in year three you can work therapists are varied. A large –– Professional development, T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 alongside students from the values and self-management proportion work in the NHS, but prestigious Lund University in E: healthsciences –– Effective communication increasingly skills used by occupational @southampton.ac.uk Sweden, giving you an international therapists are recognised as valuable –– The impact of illness, disability perspective. to other organisations, opening up a To download brochure and trauma www.southampton.ac.uk/ hs_ot wide variety of opportunities.

34 35 PHYSIOTHERAPY Key information BSc: Apply via UCAS You can qualify as a physiotherapist by completing this rigorous and rewarding degree. It UCAS information is fully accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council and The Chartered Society of Code name: SOTON Physiotherapy, making you eligible to register in practice and giving you chartered status Number: S27 as well. If you already have a relevant degree you can both qualify and gain a masters level UCAS number: Physiotherapy (3 year pathway) B160 qualification by completing our pre-registration MSc Physiotherapy programme. UCAS number: Physiotherapy (4 year pathway) B161 Entry requirements: AAA including a science subject OR Science based access course (30 level 3 distinctions). GCSEs BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy MSc Physiotherapy At the heart of the profession is an including maths, English and science at (Pre-registration) understanding of science, the exercise grades A*–C. Academic study must have Physiotherapy here at Southampton of clinical judgement and informed been undertaken within the last three gives you everything you need to years MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration) interpretation. A physiotherapist launch your career. It is designed to 36 points, 18 at higher level is a full time programme that lasts two is a clinician, educator, evaluator IB: correspond exactly with the demands years and gives you an accelerated and manager. of modern physiotherapy. route into the profession. Masters degree: You will also need to be a good Apply directly to the University Importantly, you will spend around To be eligible to apply you need a communicator, be interested in Entry requirements: Graduates with one third of the time (at least 1,000 a relevant 2:1 degree or above in the past first degree in a related subject like a solving problems in a logical way, hours) gaining clinical experience. biological or behavioural science, for three years. Your first degree must also be able to motivate and educate have had a research training component You will undertake five practice example. During the programme you people, and be able to work both and you will have completed a written placements: an initial generic will undertake practice placements independently and as part of a team. undergraduate research study. Full placement, followed by placements in to give you the hands-on experience entry requirements can be found on the four specific areas, which directly you need to begin your career. On Physiotherapists work right across Health Sciences website. reflect the course pathways. These successful completion of the course the practice spectrum in settings that comprise: critical and acute care, you will be entitled to apply to register include: outpatients departments, Key facts orthopaedics and musculoskeletal to practise with the Health and Care intensive care, elderly care, stroke practice, special client group, and Career opportunities Course length: three years or Professions Council. services, orthopaedics, occupational four years neurological rehabilitation. In The University health and paediatrics, as well as As a physiotherapy graduate you Bursary: £3,630 (means tested) addition, you will complete a single Life as a physiotherapist mental health and learning can expect excellent career prospects of Southampton has Selection process: UCAS/University generic placement. Physiotherapy uses a biopsychosocial disability services. in a whole range of healthcare “a high expectation application and values based selection approach to promote, maintain and environments where physiotherapy session; DBS (Disclosure and Barring Learning and teaching methods are Service) and satisfactory health restore physical, psychological and Prior experience is practised, such as: intensive care, varied and include lectures, group of its students and screening required social wellbeing to help people You need to have an understanding of stroke recovery, occupational health work and self directed learning. You Our typical entry requirements overcome problems caused by illness, and care for the elderly. it is this, as well as will also use case studies to apply the scope of practice and demands may be subject to change. accidents and ageing. of the profession before you apply to personal ambition, theory and solve problems. The largest employer of health Before you apply, please visit the programme. www.southampton.ac.uk/entryreq practitioners is the NHS, but other which drives you on You will be assessed on your academic Physiotherapists work to improve options include: social care, private work and clinical placement using a movement and function through This would normally be achieved to become the best practice and the armed services. variety of methods, including: written education, health promotion, through exposure to a broad range of There are also career opportunities you can be. exams, essays, oral presentations, preventive healthcare, treatment physiotherapy practice. in industry, leisure and education. practical exams, and the development and rehabilitation. BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, of a research protocol. 2013 graduate ” For further information Paul Clarkson and course modules: www.southampton.ac.uk/ Find out more healthsciences/physio16 T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 E: healthsciences @southampton.ac.uk To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/ hs_physiotherapy

36 37 PODIATRY Key information UCAS information This highly recognised qualification gives you all the credentials you need to apply to register Code name: SOTON with the Health and Care Professions Council as a podiatrist. It is also approved by the Number: S27 UCAS number: Podiatry B985 Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists. Official figures show that 90 per cent of our BSc Podiatry students were in work or further study within six months of graduating in 2013. Key facts This is your opportunity to emulate their success. Course length: three years full time Bursary: £3,630 (means tested) Entry requirements: BBB including a science or social science subject OR Science based access course (24 level 3 Life as a podiatrist Typical course content distinctions) OR BTEC national diploma BSc (Hons) Podiatry in health studies or science (DDM). Here at Southampton we are the only Podiatrists carry out a range of –– Clinical practice and management GCSEs, including: maths, English and Russell Group University that hosts a treatments for patients of all ages. science at grades A*–C. We are also –– Foundation sciences and anatomy open to applications from healthcare three year full time programme These range from treatments for nail –– Communication and professional professionals who do not hold a relevant leading to eligibility to apply to register and skin disease and minor surgery, issues degree, such as: nurses, radiographers as a podiatrist. As a result, when you to the mechanical correction of and chiropractors. You must also have –– Collaborative learning (across up choose to study here you get the gait and posture. undertaken some formal academic study to 10 different health disciplines) unique chance to learn about podiatry within the past three years. in a research led environment, which As a podiatrist you will discover great –– Pathology, medicine and IB: 30 points, 16 at higher level employers often find desirable. personal rewards in treating patients pharmacology Selection process: UCAS application with painful feet and seeing them walk –– Research and values based selection session; DBS In addition, we ensure that you will away pain-free and able to maintain (Disclosure and Barring Service) and –– Management and leadership satisfactory health screening required. spend 100 per cent of your work mobility and independence. placements in a clinical setting either Prior experience Our typical entry requirements You will also find satisfaction in being may be subject to change. in the NHS or private practice, where Before you apply, please visit able to prescribe or manufacture In order to discover whether you will benefit from low student to www.southampton.ac.uk/entryreq staff ratios. corrective devices for people with podiatry is the right career for you, walking problems, or even in helping you should seek work shadowing This will give you the chance to work a sprinter improve his or her opportunities alongside registered Career as part of a multiprofessional team, personal best. podiatrists, ideally in a variety of As a podiatrist you could find Choosing to study as well as to network with other relevant healthcare settings. This will yourself working in a variety of healthcare professionals, helping you After entering practice you will treat enable you to see what their work here has proven to be many different groups of service users involves and talk to them about environments, including: the NHS, “ to open doors that will benefit your private practice, and educational an excellent decision. early career. who have a wide range of systemic their experiences. problems, such as: diabetes, poor and research institutions. I am confident Our podiatry degree is run by circulation, rheumatoid arthritis, You could also find yourself working that this university internationally recognised experts or skin disorders. overseas in one of the many countries who are active in research, as well will enhance both that recognise this qualification, or as shaping healthcare policy, Furthermore, you will help service following one of the established my CV and my education and practice. users with more specific lower limb disorders, including: limb length postgraduate pathways. employability. difference, Achilles tendonitis and There are many sub categories within BSc (Hons) Podiatry, ankle sprains. podiatry, such as: general practice, 2014 graduate ” orthopaedic triage, high risk patient Martin Simpson-Scott management, surgery and paediatrics. Find out more For further information T: +44 (0)23 8059 5500 and course modules: E: healthsciences www.southampton.ac.uk/ @southampton.ac.uk healthsciences/podiatry16 To download brochure www.southampton.ac.uk/ hs_podiatry

38 39 REGISTRATION WITH SUPPORT YOUR PROFESSIONAL We are here to help you tackle all your academic and personal challenges. BODY Know that your qualification is respected and valued. Whilst studying at the University of Southampton you will Student support services have an academic or personal tutor to guide you through The University provides a range of support services, your studies and assessments. On completion of your programme you will be eligible to Below is a table of expected salaries and bands in the NHS. including help for you if you have dyslexia or a disability. Furthermore, if you are a nursing student you will have a apply to register with the professional body that regulates These may change so should be used as a guide only. At Health Sciences our staff are 100 per cent committed to your profession. practice mentor who works closely with you during your supporting students who need extra assistance. That is why practice placements. However, if you wish to work in a healthcare role that does we are always on hand to provide personal and informal not require registration, there are associate practitioner If you are studying one of the other professional registration advice by telephone or email. positions in all areas of the NHS. programmes you will be supported by a nominated practice Plus, we are happy to discuss your specific needs with you educator, who will visit you on placement to ensure your before you decide whether to apply. For example, this could Current NHS job titles and salary bands practice experiences adequately complement your include how your needs may affect your ability to meet theoretical learning. certain clinical competencies. Job titles Salary band Salary For those students on the BSc Healthcare: Management, Please note: any disclosure will not affect your application. Nurse / midwife / podiatrist / occupational therapist / Band 5 £21,388 - 27,901 Policy and Research degree you will be allocated a work Simply contact the admissions team for further details. physiotherapist / healthcare scientist place mentor to support you before, during and after your placement in order to maximise career development Nurse specialist / educator / team leader / health visitor or Band 6 £25,783 - £34,530 Students’ Union Advice and Information Centre opportunities. community midwife / specialist allied health professional The Students’ Union Advice and Information Centre (SUAIC) provides a free, confidential and impartial advice Health visitor specialist / team manager / advanced nurse / Band 7 £30,764 - 40,558 Independent Learning Advisors service on issues, such as: money matters, housing rights, higher midwife / advanced allied health professional Studying can be a challenge and there may be times legal advice and academic matters. when you need a little extra support to help you achieve Nurse or midwife consultant / modern matron Band 8a-c £39,239 - £67,805 As a student you can also contact the University’s your goals. Managerial roles and extended practice roles for AHPs Band 8d £65,992 - £81,618 counselling service, which offers free and confidential You may find yourself struggling with an essay, or just want counselling to all members of our community. This service Heads of larger departments and AHP consultant roles Band 9 £77,850 - £98,453 to improve your grades generally. That is where our is provided by experienced, professionally qualified Independent Learning Advisors (ILA) team can help. counsellors. Currently, qualified nurses, midwives, allied health There is a clear career path within the NHS, but you may The team provides support for specific study skills, such as: professionals and healthcare scientists enter the profession choose instead to work in a range of settings, including local understanding and interpreting assignments, essay at band 5 in the NHS. However, with specialist skills and authority services and private practice. These roles will have planning, academic writing, plus revision and examination advanced training it is possible to progress and take on team a different salary structure. techniques too. leading or management responsibilities.

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General entry requirements will be made to ensure that no in the 2016/17 academic year. Students Living and studying in a different Welcome week International scholarships To apply for undergraduate study prospective or existing student is who have applied for a deferred country has its own unique In September each year, we arrange We offer a number of subject-specific you must satisfy our general entry unreasonably treated. place in 2015/16 will be eligible for challenges. We make student entry Welcome week, which helps you scholarships and bursaries to the 2016/17 tuition fees and support. straightforward, offer attractive requirements and any specific NHS funded programmes settle into life here. The week includes international students. These are requirements of your chosen If you are a UK student starting a scholarships to eligible applicants, general events to introduce you to our based on international merit and Most courses that result in eligibility to programme. Typical entry higher education course in 2015/16, help you settle into your new life facilities, subject-specific events to vary depending on the subject. register with a regulatory body are requirements for applicants with you can apply for loans to help pay and advise you on all aspects of begin your academic induction and a funded by the NHS. As a result, GCE A-levels can be found online. for both fees and maintenance. living in the UK. range of social and cultural activities. English language requirements students from the UK and other For more details, visit Our network of services and advisors If English is not your first language, European Union countries do not have During the week, you will meet other How to apply www.southampton.ac.uk/money ensure that your studies and life at you will need to demonstrate that to pay tuition fees. Please check on the undergraduate students and explore Apply online at www.ucas.com the Southampton is as productive and you have reached a satisfactory website for specific funding and For up-to-date information on the University and the city, so that website for the Universities and stress-free as possible. standard in an approved English course information. tuition fees for international you know where to worship, relax Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). students, visit our website. and shop. You will also meet current language test. For the majority of For some programmes the NHS International Office Our UCAS code name is SOTON and international students who will our courses in Health Sciences we provides a means tested bursary for our number is S27. All students should Student Grants Unit booklet Staff from our International Office be able to give you good advice. require an IELTS level of 7 or apply between 1 September 2015 UK residents who are taking a attend educational exhibitions around equivalent, achieved in the past two The NHS Student Grants Unit’s guide and 15 January 2016. If you are an pre-registration course. These funds the world as well as making numerous years. If you need to improve your entitled Financial Help for Healthcare Meet and Greet international student from outside are intended to help cover living visits overseas and to colleges in English language skills, you can Students, gives details of all the The Meet and Greet service from the UK or EU, we may consider your expenses and are not repayable. The the UK. If you are unable to visit us apply to our pre-sessional English financial support that is available. 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Our website provides information on student visas, police registration, challenge of forward thinking, the For students from lower income www.southampton.ac.uk/ working in the UK and has links to excitement of research findings and families, these financial packages scholarships our high education standards other useful websites. will be based on household income We also offer a generous range of –– foster a diverse learning community supplied to us by the Student bursaries designed to help UK in which our students will meet Loans Company. undergraduate students in the most people from different cultures, Your tuition fee may cover compulsory financial need. For more details and thereby enhancing their skills course costs, such as field trips and up-to-date information, visit of critical reasoning, teamwork laboratory clothing; however a www.southampton.ac.uk/bursaries and communication contribution may be necessary Find out more Find out more 2. 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