LIFE CHANGING, LIFE SAVING degree COURSES
Our degree courses are different to most within higher education; they give students an opportunity to directly contribute to the health and social wellbeing of our society. Our graduates will have the responsibilty for the lives of individuals and families on a local, national and often international level.
If you want a degree that make a difference, that has purpose and meaning, read on.
We educate students on a range of Honours degree programmes with associated professional qualifications. These include Adult Nursing, Audiology, Child Nursing, Clinical Physiology (Cardiology), Midwifery, Mental Health, Radiography and Social Work. All courses combine theory with assessed periods of practice, with involvement of service users and carers and leading researchers in the field of healthcare.
Top ranked School of Healthcare
We're ranked in the top five universities in the Independent University league tables for Nursing and Audiology and Social Work is ranked first in the Guardian League tables. As one of the largest schools in the country, we have the experience, support and knowledge base to make your study at Leeds rewarding, memorable and up to the minute.
Life-changing undergraduate programmes
We educate professionals who have responsibility for individuals and families from 'cradle to grave'; from a midwife helping a mother to give birth safely, to a nurse and social worker providing home care in the last few months of a person's life. Our students make a difference, what they do changes lives.
Innovative and relevant
Our courses will give you the skills to meet the challenges of 21st century healthvare. We regularly review their content and we are currently in the process of redesigning and revalidating our adult and child nursing programmes. This is a process that we undertake at least every five years and means the programmes you study at Leeds are up to date and meet the changing and diverse care needs of the population.
Please look at the current curriculum outlines on the website.
Excellent career prospects
The Guardian League tables show School of Healthcare employment prospects rated at 97% having a job after six months Most students find work in the National Health Service or with Social and Welfare Services and some also gain employment abroad where British qualifications are considered a 'gold standard' of education. We have a good study abroad programme for those students want an international healthcare study experience.
Fully-funded courses, no fees
Financial support for the majority of students is by a means-tested bursary, but some students, on designated programmes, receive a salary while they learn as they work. Typically, this is in a local healthcare setting.
Professional qualifications
On qualification students gain their Honours degree and a professional qualification which is a licence to practise. Our students are critical thinkers able to interpret research and best evidence about professional practice and apply this to the people and situations they meet.
If you want to make a difference, come and join us!
