Our three-year Children and Young People’s Nursing course shapes your caring and compassionate attributes to provide excellent evident based knowledge to nurse children and young people from birth to adolescence.
Our programme is structured to provide you with a strong foundation in Children and Young People’s Nursing and equips you with effective practical skills with a blended approach to learning. You are supported throughout the course by a dynamic, highly skilled team of tutors and practitioners within practice and beyond.
Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd. We’ve created the Northampton Employment Promise because we are so confident that if you focus on your studies and complete one of our awards you’ll be highly employable by the time you graduate. Putting you in a great position to secure employment or continue your studies.
Course Details
We put children and their families first.
We offer extra student support throughout your studies and during practice, meaning you are a supported by a Nursing Academic during your placement in a hospital.
Our University is part of a well-established, professional European network for Nursing and Midwifery. The Florence Network offers opportunities for future health careers and development to staff, academics and students.
Taught elements will include:
90% of our students have told us that they believe that course has provided them with opportunities to bring information and ideas together from different topics and they had the right opportunities to work with other students as part of their course (UNISTATS, 2017).
Our Children and Young People’s Nursing course is ranked 16th in subject out of 111 universities overall (The Guardian University League Table, 2019).
Opportunities Abroad
The University of Northampton is one of only four universities in the country to belong to the European Nursing Module. This offers the possibility of a two week placement in one of around 24 different European countries.
You can experience a different health system, culture and life experience and gain an insight into the issues that are faced in an overseas nursing environment. This opportunity is available at a specifically negotiated time during your course, usually within the second or third stage of study.
Please note that you will have to meet the entire costs of this module yourself including flights, accommodation, food and travel within these countries where possible costs are kept to a minimum and financial help is available. The cost of the placement is dependent on the country you choose, it can range from approximately £500-800.
The two weeks spent overseas for this module count as placement hours as agreed with the NMC.
The University of Northampton is one of only three universities that offer this module as well as the 11 week Erasmus placement.
In addition to the European placements, we also provide the opportunity to experience nursing on an international platform. Please ask at an Open day for further information.
Methods of Learning
The course is split equally between practical placements and taught sessions on campus. Each module has specific time dedicated to face-to-face teaching and self-directed study. There is approximately 90 hours of face-to-face teaching in the first year of the course, this is reduced each year allowing you to become more confident in your knowledge and to hone your study techniques. You will be required to complete preliminary work for your sessions, much of this work will be facilitated through our virtual learning environment (NILE).
For more information, please view this video which explains our active blended approach.
Assessments
You will be continuously assessed throughout this course to test your knowledge. Placements will also be assessed to ensure that you can effectively apply theory into practice within a healthcare environment.
Extra Curricular Participation and Events
Scholarships
The Sir Thomas White scholarship will support and acknowledge an academically gifted student, with the proviso that the selection panel is confident that there is…
The T D Lewis Scholarship provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with financial awards of up to £1,000. This scholarship is awarded on educational excellence…
The Chancellor’s Fund is a bi-annual fund providing students with awards of between £100 and £1,000. You must be a current student to apply. The…
The Wilson Endowment Scholarship provides a £1,500 scholarship to undergraduate students from the Northamptonshire area. The endowed scholarship was donated in memory of Mr Lynn Wilson,…
Entry Requirements
All applicants must be 18 by upon commencement of the course and all applicants must have 10 years of consecutive education.
One of the following routes:
Other qualifications may be considered. Contact the Admissions Department to discuss these on an individual basis.
English Language, Science and Maths GCSE at grade C/4 or above are essential and must be achieved prior to commencement of the course. Recent academic study completed within the last five years is also required.
All offers of a place on the course are subject to:
English Language Requirements
All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:
For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.
Institute Type | Public |
Campus Setting | Urban |
Number of Staff | 1,611 |
Number of Students | 11,984 |
Number of International Students | 1000 |
Graduation Employment Rate | 95% |
Student Satisfaction Rate | 89% |
Academic Programs Offered | Undergraduate and Postgraduate |
Mode of Programs Offered | Full time, Part time and Distance |
Medium of Instruction | English |
Average Tuition Fee for International Fee | GBP 12,000 - GBP 15,000 |
Proficiency Test for English Language | IELTS, TOEFL iBT or Pearson PTE |
Financial Aid | Scholarships, Funds and Loans |
For all the prospective candidates for the institute, an estimated cost of living in the UK is as cpmipield below.
The tuition fee varies from one course to another. Following are some of the popular courses along with the tuition cost:
University of Northampton Undergraduate Courses
Course | Fee |
---|---|
BA and BSc Degrees | GBP 12,900 |
BSc Podiatry / BSc Occupational Therapy | GBP 13,900 |
BSc Nursing | GBP 15,750 |
Sandwich / placement Year | GBP 1,000 |
University of Northampton Graduate Courses
Course | Fee |
---|---|
MA or MSc Degrees | GBP 13,750 |
MBA | GBP 14,750 |
Basic list of expenses apart from tuition fee are as follows:
Type of Expenditure | Cost (in GBP, per week) |
---|---|
Accommodation (includes basic facilities) | 130 to 300 |
Food | 36 to 52 |
Mobile phone | 4 to 14 |
Travel | Around 17 |
Books and supplies | Around 11 |
Clothing and personal care | 16 to 26 |
Entertainment | Around 29 |
Basic Admission Requirements
The outcomes of the English proficiency tests taken by all of the international applicants. IELTS, TOEFL iBT, and Pearson PTE are acceptable tests. The minimal IELTS scores needed to get admitted are as follows:
Academic Programs | Minimum Score |
---|---|
Undergraduate | 6.0 overall and not less than 5.5 in each section |
Postgraduate | 6.5 overall and not less than 5.5 in each section |
Research | 7.0 overall and not less than 6.5 in each section |
Additional Requirements
Tuition Fees in UK (1st Year Average) | MS: £17276 | MBA: £17276 | BE/Btech: £16632 | BBA: £15130 | BSc: £16632 | MFin: £19000 | MA: £15560 | MIM: £18241 | MEM: £16950 | MArch: £14271 | BHM: £12662 | MIS: £15344 | MEng: £12876 | MBBS: £28865| MPharm: £15452 |
Average Accomodation & Food Costs in UK | £850 to £1,050 a month |
Entrance Exams in UK | TOEFL: 88 | IELTS: 6.5 | PTE: 59 | GMAT: 590 |
Work and Study in UK | Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit. |
Post Study Work Permit in UK | 2 Year after graduation depending on the course. |
Cost of Student Visa in UK | £348 |
Student Visa in UK | Your nationality, duration of your stay and purpose of your stay are the three essential factors for UK visa. For Non-EU students UK visa is mandatory. |
Intakes in UK | There are mainly two intakes in UK: January/February & September/October. |
Top Job Sectors in UK | IT Engineering, Product Design, Mobile Development, Designers, Logistics, etc. |
Economy in UK | Growth Rate: 1.3% (2018) 1.4% (2019) 1.4% (2020e), 6th Largest Economy in the World by Nominal |
Tuition & fees :
£ 15,900
Total
£ 15,900