Health Professions blog

Why we love being Therapeutic Radiographers

Watch our Radiotherapy alumni talk about their work and why they love being Therapeutic Radiographers.

Speech and Language Therapy placement: your guide to uniform and placements

As part of our  BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy course you will undertake a placements where you will be requ...

What to wear as an Allied Health Professional on placement: your guide to uniform and placements

As part of our  Allied Health Profession  (AHP) course you will undertake a placements where you will  be required t...

Advice for success as a physiotherapy student

Discover our top tips for MSc Physiotherapy (and other MSc health courses) students

Top tips for applying for a life sciences course

If you're struggling to know what to write in your Life Sciences application, we have asked some of our lecturers to p...

Let’s talk about Rheumatoid Arthritis

Birmingham City University's  Course Leader for our MSc (Pre-registration) Physiotherapy , Jodie Bryant, talks t...

Careers in Health Sciences

Everyone wants to know what they can get out of their course, so we've compiled some of the possible careers you can ge...

Celebrating the NHS’s 73rd birthday with Ellie Milner, ODP student

The NHS is celebrating their 73rd birthday on Monday July 2021. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank and celebra...

Let SPACE help you improve your clinical skills

Find out about the best place to practice your clinical skills as a health student at BCU.

World Meditation Day: Tips and tricks for your wellbeing

For World Meditation Day 2021, we spoke with Aldo Mussi, lecturer for our MSc in Public Health, as well as part-time yo...

What is like to study BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice at BCU: A student perspective.

BCU BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice student, Ellie, tells us what it's like being a student on the course, why...

My journey so far: Studying to be an Operating Department Practitioner

To celebrate National Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) Day (14 May), we have spoken with current Birmingham Cit...

Dying Matters: Let's talk about dying

Every year in May, Dying Matters and coalition members host an Awareness Week. From the 10th to the 16th of May, this y...

Vegetarianism and me: The benefits of a vegetarian diet

If you'd like to know more about becoming a vegetarian, and learn some top tips about meat-free alternatives, check out...

MSc SLT students take on Auditory Verbal Therapy

A collaboration between MSc Speech and Language Therapy students and Auditory Verbal Therapy that took place in 2020 ha...