UWS Midwifery class Schedule

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Hi there,
I am joining the 2024 midwifery intake for UWS and was wondering if anyone could advise what the class schedule is like. Are there classes on for the full 5 days. I have children and would like to plan for any potential childcare gaps. So even a rough guide from last year will do. Just to get an idea.
Thank you in advance.

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Tracey_W

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by Deey21

Hi there,
I am joining the 2024 midwifery intake for UWS and was wondering if anyone could advise what the class schedule is like. Are there classes on for the full 5 days. I have children and would like to plan for any potential childcare gaps. So even a rough guide from last year will do. Just to get an idea.
Thank you in advance.

Hi Dee

Congratulations on getting your offer for midwifery at UWS.

Class schedule at the university is generally Monday to Friday between 8.45/9 am until about 4.30/5pm ( usually do 37.5 hours per week of university studying ) they have done a mixture of in person at university and online but they are supposed to be now back to normal at the university.

Placements are unprepared for what days and shifts you will be working - it's only three days per week you do with the long hours that they work. Nightshift, weekends and dayshift is what you do ( what shift you'll be doing you won't know until you are starting your first placement and you tend to get a monthly rota which is helpful). Your amount of weeks you are on placement will be determined by the university and placement officer but it tends to be about 6-7 weeks unless they schedule it less over the academic term.

Holidays are usually end of each academic term - ( Christmas and New year - 2 weeks, Easter time about 2 weeks, about 10 days at the end of the academic year prior to starting the following academic year in September. Plus any other days that the university has schedule in ( total is about 6/7 weeks per year)

You won't get your timetable until closer to start date.

As you may know that childcare is your search responsibility but yes it is good to try and sort it out prior to starting university etc.

I'm not a UWS student as I done my midwife degree over in Edinburgh Napier few years ago now. I'm a NHS Scotland registered midwife working in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

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by Deey21

Hi there,
I am joining the 2024 midwifery intake for UWS and was wondering if anyone could advise what the class schedule is like. Are there classes on for the full 5 days. I have children and would like to plan for any potential childcare gaps. So even a rough guide from last year will do. Just to get an idea.
Thank you in advance.

Hi, I am currently looking to apply for this course for 2026 start and wondering the same as I have a young child and live an hour and a half from the campus, could you please let me know roughly what your schedule is like?

Thanks

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Tracey_W

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by Anonymous

Hi, I am currently looking to apply for this course for 2026 start and wondering the same as I have a young child and live an hour and a half from the campus, could you please let me know roughly what your schedule is like?
Thanks

The thing is that they tend to change the timetable around for each new first year intakes so they don't know what they are doing until they receive the timetable prior to starting or when you start first day at university.

Generally you'll be in the university for a minimum of seven weeks at the start of the academic year and after that it will be dependent on how the university has managed to schedule any placements for first year in at this point as they have to discuss this with hospitals and community surgeries throughout the health board area and it might be necessary for students to go to another health board area to do a placement.

Travelling to and from the university should hopefully be fine for you with the distance you are doing but how would it be for you when you start a placement say at hospital when you starting work at 7/7.15am and finishing at around 7/7.15pm and then getting back home..... Nightshift won't be any problems for you hopefully as you have time.
GP community placement starts at 8am until 6pm. You have to factor everything in okay.

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