Course Overview

We aim to develop your knowledge, skills and academic capacities so you can build a meaningful nursing career that balances your own continuous personal growth with doing public good for the varied communities you will care for across your working life.

The course will consider what it means and how to provide mental health care in a contemporary, culturally diverse context, and what is needed for the profession to continuously improve and add value to the lived experiences of the populations we serve.

You will complete a series of theory modules over three parts that analyse and critique modern mental health approaches and treatment modalities, including the medical model, psychotherapeutic approaches, anthropological understanding of health beliefs, public health approaches, and the social determinants of health, among other ideas and concepts.

The clinical practice components of the course will consist of placements in all years of study in a variety of primary and secondary mental healthcare services, such as community and hospital teams, forensics services, specialist providers of mental health care, and every other place where mental health nurses can play a role in the prevention, treatment and recovery of people with mental ill health. Placements are essential and are found and allocated by our dedicated placements team.

In addition to becoming a graduate mental health nurse, the course will enable the achievement of recognised additional qualifications in skills such as mental health first aid and in suicide prevention. It is also possible to self-fund short volunteering experiences overseas.

Our overall aim as a nursing lecturing team and as a university is that you have access to the best of teaching, learning and clinical experiences so you can become a skilled, thoughtful and authentic mental health nurse who is confident you are making a positive difference to people lives and the wider communities you work within.

General Eligibility

112-128 UCAS tariff points from A-levels

• Grade 4 or above in GCSE English language and mathematics (previously grade C).

• A values-based interview. 

• All students will be required to undertake a criminal convictions check through the Disclosure and Barring Service. This is organised by the University before enrolment.

• All students will also require Occupational Health clearance to demonstrate that they are fit to take on a nursing role. This is also organised by the university before enrolment. 

• For further information about UK qualifications, please contact admissions.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• For applicants for whom English is not their first language, they must achieve a minimum score of 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component.