Our MSc Midwifery for Registered Nurses is an intensive programme designed to develop your abilities as a professional midwife. We’ll enable you to gain the skills needed to ensure that women, birthing people and families get to enjoy a positive and healthy pregnancy and birth experience.
This course prepares registered nurses to meet the needs of maternity services and transforms graduate nurses into registered midwives with an academic masters.
We take a blended learning approach. You’ll spend half your time developing your skills under expert supervision in a clinical setting. The rest of your time will be spent learning the theory in a University environment.
As you progress you’ll develop an advanced understanding of the childbirth continuum – from preconception to birth.
Why study with us
- This course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Funding is guaranteed on this course for September 2023 entry
- We are the first university in the UK to be awarded the prestigious UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold Award for our midwifery and health visiting degree programmes, which means they meet the sustainability standards
What you'll do
- You’ll be learning from leading experts. Our midwifery education team is supported by internationally renowned researchers in midwifery and infant nutrition.
- You’ll go on clinical placements in NHS Trusts throughout the region, gaining hands-on experience in a range of settings on the frontline of the midwifery profession.
- We have dedicated staff who provide a link between the University and our clinical placement sites. These lectures are available whenever you need advice and support
Module overview
Compulsory modules
• MW4600: Fundamentals of Midwifery Care
• MW4601: Universal and Additional Midwifery Care
• MW4602: Midwifery Practice 1 and 2
• MW4603: Promoting Autonomy and Positive Change
• MW4604: Professional Development 3
• MW4605: Midwifery Practice 3
Course delivery
Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Future careers
Your midwifery qualifications and experience will offer a wide range of options to further develop your career. After completing the course you will become a registered midwife, registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). You’ll then have the opportunity to apply to work as a midwife within the NHS or in other independent midwifery settings. You may also have opportunities to work nationally or internationally.
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