BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology)

• Train as a clinical audiologist and hearing aid dispenser, becoming eligible for registration with the AHCS and HCPC after completing our course.
• Complete 48 weeks of clinical experience in a variety of in-house practical skills labs, the NHS and independent sector placements throughout the course.
• Learn from internationally recognised experts at the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD) .
• Enhance your CV through leadership and employability-focused units, support and extracurricular opportunities.

Please note that practical skills labs and clinical placements may be subject to change and are under continuous review.

Our three-year BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) course offers practitioner-level training and a qualification approved and accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the National School of Healthcare Science (NSHCS), allowing you to work within both the NHS and the independent sector.

You will study the theoretical, practical and clinical aspects of audiology that are needed to practice as an audiologist and hearing aid dispenser.

The course includes topics and placements in closely related healthcare science areas such as neurophysiology and vision sciences in Year 1. Teaching and Learning will be delivered using a variety of methods, including: interactive lectures, videos, examples classes, tutorial sessions, laboratory classes and projects. The course contains strong practical and clinical elements in every year.

This is a demanding fulltime clinical programme. A typical week of study will include up to 37-hours of timetabled learning activity (including directed and self-directed learning).

In Year 2, you will learn about inter-professional practice in group workshops with students from other healthcare professions. Studying alongside other healthcare professionals will equip you to be a 21st century health practitioner working in diverse multidisciplinary teams.

In addition to learning degree-level skills and core audiology academic content, you will have 48 weeks combined of placements and in house clinical skills training. Placements, and clinical skills training is included in all three years of the course, with substantial clinical skills training taking place in our Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD) laboratories.

Our clinical placement network is large and covers the North West England region. Some placements can require overnight accommodation and travel in excess of 90 mins one way. Health Education England North West (HEENW) provides us with financial support for this programme's placement travel costs. You are supported to claim back placement-related additional travel or accommodation costs within the placement expense rules of the HEENW financial support scheme.

Please note that clinical placement attendance is a mandatory part of the course. Due to the clinical demands of the course, you are required to attend clinical placements, or on-campus clinical skills teaching and assessments, outside of normal term-time teaching periods.

Throughout this course, you will use the skills you develop to assess and treat patients in clinics offering a range of audiology services, while under expert supervision. This is undertaken in independent sector training placements and NHS training placements.

34 points overall with 6,5,5 at higher level.

The course specific requirements are 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at higher level. (one higher subject to be in a science eg Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Psychology or Applied Science).

All applicants to the University (UK and Overseas) are required to show evidence of English Language proficiency. The minimum English Language requirement for this course is either:

• GCSE/iGCSE English Language grade C/4 or
• IELTS 7.0, with no component less than 7.0.or
• TOFL (iBT) 100
• an acceptable equivalent qualification.

Applicants for whom English is not a first language should appreciate that a particularly high standard of spoken and written English is necessary to cope with academic and clinical work. As a minimum we require the above English language requirements. However, there is a great need for audiologists who are fluent in more than one language and graduates with such skills would be a valuable addition to the profession.

Please note that if you hold English as a second language iGCSE qualification, we may also require you to offer one of our acceptable equivalent English Language qualifications or achieve a higher grade in your iGCSE than the one stated above. Please contact the academic School for clarification.

The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) requires that every student from outside the UK and the EU must show evidence of a minimum level of English Language in order to be granted a UK visa (Tier 4 visa) to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level. This level is often referred to as the B2 level.

Additionally, individual Schools may ask for specific English Language proficiency levels necessary for their academic programmes. In most cases these requirements are likely to be higher than the B2 level. Further information about our English Language policy, including a list of some of the English Language qualifications we accept, can be found here

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