Do you need work experience?

Agree with the above. Particularly now with Covid, work experience is difficult to access. Uni’s are understanding of this. Do some other research around values/ skills that nurses&midwives need to have & relate your current hobbies/course experiences etc etc to these
Midwifery is quite competitive, so work experience is usually a fairly good thing to have, and definitely if you CAN get some experience in some way or other it’ll be worth your while, but don’t panic if not! Remember that work experience doesn’t necessarily need to be directly related to midwifery, as long as it’s transferable to midwifery - so any opportunities for volunteering/working around maternity or babies is helpful maybe see if there’s any antenatal/ mother& baby classes near you (they’ll likely be online atm) and ask the organiser if you can observe & shadow them, or even any experience in early years/childcare is likely to be more helpful than nothing!