UWS Midwifery Applicants 2020

3 and under I should have said lol ive got a 2 and a half year old a 1 and a half year old and a 6 month old! Yeyy ive just seen the post about the december workshop im looking forward to it! I was wondering if anyone is applying for anything else along side midwifery I was planning on applying for nursing as im aware as much as I really want a place in midwifery its so hard to get in to xx

This is what made me unsure about applying for both due to the personal statement, i was thinking if i never got in to midwifery and got in to nursing i could do a post grad in midwifery after x

I don’t think you can do that anymore unfortunately. If you done nursing then I think even if you were fully qualified, to become a midwife you would still need to do the 3 years all over again x

Sorry this is what i ment i would be willing to do the 3 year nursing first if it would give me a better chance of getting on to the midwife course x

Im nearly ready to submit mine just waiting on my reference have you started your application xx

I think the uni actually prefers an academic reference if that is at all possible but if not, then yeh I think a previous employer would be okay. They are just looking for someone who knows you well to provide a character reference so as long as your previous employer was in the last 5 years and they still know you pretty well then I don’t see the harm I’m using them 😊 x

hey hey - just thought i'd let you know i managed to get a reference sorted 😁 thanks for your advice xx

Ohh, good luck! I’ve done my personal statement, start volunteering and hospital placement in the next few weeks so going to wait until I have a bit of experience so I can add that in to my statement as I have no other experience I can talk about! Giving myself the deadline of before Christmas to have it submitted. Just feel my personal statement isn’t doing anything though just doesn’t seem the way I want it yet x

It’s so hard to find experience, I’ve got a 12 week placement on a hospital ward and hopefully going to be volunteering at a children’s hospice - interview tomorrow

Fab glad to hear it! And best of luck to you with ur application 😊 x

thank u! and you xxx

did you go to the open day on Sat? xxx

Thank you 😊

Yeh I did! Loved it. Did you? X

Hi everyone, Hope you don't mind me jumping in on this thread! I'm applying for 2020 also, but its a complete career change for me - I currently work in marketing within a school so not sure if I'll have any relevant experience! I missed the Open Day on Saturday and was wondering if I missed anything important? x