Career change to Midwifery

Hi,

I already have an undergraduate degree in English Literature which I completed in 2017. This was fully funded by the government at the time. I am now considering a career change into Midwifery.

Does Student Finance fund second degrees in Midwifery?

Thanks 😊

Reply 1

MindMax2000

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by Jo Honeycomb

Midwifery is considered an allied profession, so you would get funding from the NHS on top of student finance (see: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-training/considering-or-university/financial-support-university, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthcare-education-funding-for-postgraduate-and-dental-students/healthcare-education-funding-for-postgraduate-and-dental-students). As you haven't done a master's yet, you should also be eligible for funding from Student Finance for any MSc degree that you choose to do even if for any random reason they won't fund your BSc in Midwifery (should never happen).

You typically have 2 options:

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Do a MSc in Midwifery (3 years)

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Do a BSc in Midwifery (3 years)

With the MSc, you would need to check the entry requirements to check whether the degree would require you to have done an approved midwifery degree prior to enrollment, as these degrees are advanced and are not conversion degrees.

Examples of MScs that you would be eligible for include (do google for the others):
https://www.salford.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/midwifery-pre-registration
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/midwifery-pre-registration
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/msc-midwifery-pre-registration-blended

BSc degree entry requirements should require you to have A Levels (or equivalent e.g. BTEC, IB, Access) at high enough grades along with adequate GCSE grades, clean criminal record, and ideally relevant experience at the NHS. You should have a good personal statement when applying.

Any degree that you wish to do needs to be approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in order to be eligible to become a midwife in the UK: https://www.nmc.org.uk/education/approved-programmes/
Any degree that aren't approved by the NMC is not going to help unless you just intend to go into academia.