Course Overview

Get your career as a mental health nurse off on its best foot forward with UWS 's BSc Mental Health Nursing, with an NMC accredited BSc Honours pathway providing a competitive, optional additional year to progress to Honours degree qualification (subject to Government funding and bursary). Youll gain the knowledge, skills, practical experience, and confidence to treat complex health and mental health needs, with a recovery-focused approach. This program consists of 50% theory and 50% work-based learning; allowing you to put the the theory you learn in the classroom into practice in real-life clinical environments. Upon graduation, youll achieve registration as a Registered Nurse in mental health with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

General Eligibility

Our Minimum Entry Requirements are applicable to those applicants who have not had an equal opportunity to demonstrate their academic ability at school or college and are known as ‘widening access’ applicants. We also sometimes refer to this type of applicant as receiving a ‘contextual’ offer. We may be able to provide you with a contextual offer if you fall into one of the categories below:

• You have been in care (care-experienced/care-leaver)

• You are a young carer

• government-recognizedecognised asylum or refugee status

• You are estranged from your family or guardians

• You live in a SIMD decile 1-4 (SIMD20/40)* Scottish postcode area

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 with no skill below 5.5.