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why don't oxford or cambridge do nursing or midwifery?

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Original post by emerald7770
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Oxbridge's focus in primarily on academic subjects and both of these are far more on the practical side.
I see, thank you ever so much.
because they have never bid for the contracts ...

a number of red bricks do or have previously had pre-reg nursing depts , and sometimes the reason those that don't any more is down to the personalirities in leadership roles at the time of re-commissioning .
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Original post by emerald7770
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It is mainly for historical reasons and local geography. Almost all of the Russell Group universities teach medicine but some also teach nursing, midwifery, and other healthcare courses too (i.e. allied health professions, clinical psychology). For example, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, King's College, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Queen's University Belfast, Sheffield, Southampton and York teach medicine and nursing. From this list Cambridge and Oxford are actually in the minority.

The reality is Cambridge and Oxford are relatively small universities. Midwifery and nursing are huge courses. Neither university has the capacity to run these courses nor do they need to when Anglia Ruskin and Oxford Brookes teach them.

Original post by AngryRedhead
Oxbridge's focus in primarily on academic subjects and both of these are far more on the practical side.


Oxford teach clinical psychology and medicine. Cambridge teach medicine. The fact they do not teach midwifery or nursing has nothing to do with some arbitrary academic/practical distinction.
Original post by evantej
It is mainly for historical reasons and local geography. Almost all of the Russell Group universities teach medicine but some also teach nursing, midwifery, and other healthcare courses too (i.e. allied health professions, clinical psychology). For example, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, King's College, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Queen's University Belfast, Sheffield, Southampton and York teach medicine and nursing. From this list Cambridge and Oxford are actually in the minority.

The reality is Cambridge and Oxford are relatively small universities. Midwifery and nursing are huge courses. Neither university has the capacity to run these courses nor do they need to when Anglia Ruskin and Oxford Brookes teach them.



Oxford teach clinical psychology and medicine. Cambridge teach medicine. The fact they do not teach midwifery or nursing has nothing to do with some arbitrary academic/practical distinction.

Perfect explanation, thank you!!
Original post by evantej
It is mainly for historical reasons and local geography. Almost all of the Russell Group universities teach medicine but some also teach nursing, midwifery, and other healthcare courses too (i.e. allied health professions, clinical psychology). For example, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, King's College, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Queen's University Belfast, Sheffield, Southampton and York teach medicine and nursing. From this list Cambridge and Oxford are actually in the minority.

The reality is Cambridge and Oxford are relatively small universities. Midwifery and nursing are huge courses. Neither university has the capacity to run these courses nor do they need to when Anglia Ruskin and Oxford Brookes teach them.



Oxford teach clinical psychology and medicine. Cambridge teach medicine. The fact they do not teach midwifery or nursing has nothing to do with some arbitrary academic/practical distinction.


Sheffield won the original HE contract for 'North Trent' when the schools of Nursing moved to University management , and it'd still probably have at least some presence if Dame Betty Kershaw hadn't said ' all or nothing' to the retendering exercise that the powers that be wanted to balance numbetrs between SHU and UoS and chip Chesterfield off so Derby could have a viable School of Nursing ( Derby and ?Burton from ' mid trent' (nottingham uni) and Chesterfield (UoS) from 'north trent':wink:
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