Nursing (Blended Learning) Adult BSc(Hons)

About the course

Whether you’d like to provide care for adults in community or acute settings, this innovative blended learning nursing degree is designed to provide a great foundation for your future career and help you make a difference to people’s day-to-day lives.

This course has been designed for those who would like to become a nurse and are located within the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, Cheshire and Merseyside, North West, Cumbria or North Lincolnshire. If you are located outside these areas, please visit Health Education England for information on your nearest course provider.

Why study Nursing (Blended Learning) Adult BSc(Hons)

This course provides a flexible way to study the theoretical aspects of nursing, using mainly digital technologies and includes practical, hands-on experience. You’ll have the chance to learn flexibly around life commitments; you’ll be required to attend campus for a maximum of 20 days per year of the course. This provides the opportunity for you to apply your skills in a safe and controlled environment on our nursing wards, using patient simulators. You’ll also attend occupational health sessions and mandatory training, and you’ll undertake practice placements across the NHS and healthcare organisations in a setting close to home.

Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), with strong partnerships with NHS Trusts, private and voluntary organisations, you’ll learn and be supported by experienced lecturers, practice supervisors and assessors, and those who know what it’s like to be an adult nurse

You can borrow a clinical skills kit at the start of your course, too, which will help you familiarise yourself with fundamental equipment you may use in practice. Clinical placements throughout the course, via a variety of settings, will also help you hone the skills you develop on campus. You’ll learn online through seminars and group work, and have the opportunity to become part of an online community where you can showcase your work, collaborate with peers, and establish relationships with tutors. You’ll also learn through independent, self-directed study, developing confidence in your self- discipline and organisational skills.

In 2024, the University’s new Daphne Steele Building will open on the site of the National Health Innovation campus too. This will allow our Nursing Blended Learning (Adult) BSc(Hons) students to benefit from specialist clinical teaching facilities and world-leading research facilities.

Following successful completion of this Nursing (Blended Learning) degree course, you could apply to register with the NMC and work as a registered nurse for adults.

Students studying this course may be eligible to receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each year. Further information is available on the NHS Learning Support Fund Website.

Not quite ready to start Nursing (Blended Learning) Adult BSc(Hons)? Successful completion of our Health Foundation Pathway leading to a BSc(Hons) Degree will equip you with the foundation knowledge to study Adult Nursing.

Entry requirements

This course has been designed for those who would like to become a nurse and are located within the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, Cheshire and Merseyside, North West, Cumbria or North Lincolnshire. If you are located outside these areas please visit Health Education England for information on your nearest course provider.

In addition, you must have GCSE English Language or English Literature and Maths at grade 4 or above, or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme, or Ofqual regulated Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English.

If you do not have the appropriate qualifications for direct entry to this degree you may be able to apply to our Health Foundation Pathway leading to a BSc(Hons) Degree.

If you do not have the appropriate qualifications for direct entry to this degree you may be able to apply to our Health Foundation Pathway.

You must demonstrate that you have a broad understanding of adult nursing, as well as relevant work experience (employment or voluntary) highlighting your transferable skills.

You must have access to a computer with a reliable internet connection and the ability to access and use online study guidance and support as this course is delivered through distance learning.

Offers will be subject to an interview and references. Please note all the information provided in support of your application may be checked and must be verifiable as a true record.

You’ll need a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and occupational health clearances prior to registration on the course. We arrange these as part of the application process. You'll be required to sign a self-declaration at the start of each year and at the end of the course. All police contact during the course must be reported to the course leader as a matter of urgency and may lead to suspension or termination. We will request an Overseas Police Check if you have lived in a country outside of the UK for 6 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years before applying to us and whilst aged 18 or over.

Placement providers for this course may require you to have received a number of vaccinations, unless medically exempt, and provide evidence of these. As a student on a course with a clinical or healthcare placement, we strongly recommend that you complete any courses of vaccinations required under current guidelines for your future profession. Failure to do so may result in your inability to undertake a placement in certain clinical settings, therefore impacting upon your academic progression, and may result in academic failure of your course.

You must meet the NMC (2018c) entry requirements in respect of literacy and numeracy, good character and good health.

You may be eligible to gain accreditation for your prior learning towards this course. Please note that the course you are applying for is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) which allows a maximum of 50% of credits for the award to be conferred through accreditation of prior learning.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

If you have alternative qualifications, including the nursing associate foundation degree, you may wish to contact us for advice before applying. Please note places are limited and attainment of the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee an interview or offer. You must include details of any previous study. Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.

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