Nursing and Midwifery blog

What to expect at an Open Day

We know that Open Days can be overwhelming – so many people, so many courses, so much to see and do! So, we sent studen...

Do you know your organs?

For the past two years, we’ve been running workshops now known as KYO – Know Your Organs. They’ve proven popular with s...

Child Nursing students take part in MEDLIFE

We are fortunate to have a strong partnership with MEDLIFE, a charity with a mission to build a worldwide movement empo...

World Breastfeeding Week

This week is World Breastfeeding Week. Breastfeeding is an emotive and sometimes controversial topic, and one that our ...

Wear Red Day: My experience with Sepsis

Almost four years ago, on the 23 December 2015, Ellie began to feel ill. But this wasn’t just your common cold. Below...

World Autism Awareness Week: Me and My Son

Learning Disability Nursing student, Joan, writes here about how being the mother of her autistic son, Micah, influence...

The Seven Truths of Midwifery

With International Day of the Midwife approaching, we’ve spoken to one of our Midwifery graduates, Danielle Carey, who’...

What inspired us to become nurses and midwives

Everyone has a story to tell, so we’ve spoken to some of our nursing and midwifery students to find out what inspired t...

Nursing and Midwifery placement travel tips

We know that placements are an important part of your experience during your course. We’ve already covered what to wear...

This is why you should Return to Practice

Course leader for Return To Practice courses, Heather Scripps, shares her top 10 reasons why you should return to nursi...

The benefits of working in Healthcare

There's so many great reasons to work towards a career in healthcare - whether it's Nursing, Midwifery, Radiography or ...

How to spot an eating disorder

Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses and anyone, no matter what their age, gender or background, can develop o...

10 reasons why you should continue your professional development

Professional navigator, Nicola Clarke, shares her top 10 tips why you should continue your professional development (CP...

Mollie Zacarias: My financial life as a student

Second year Education Studies student, Mollie tells us what she spends her money on as a student in Birmingham and offe...

What to wear on placement

We know that placements are a major part of your experience during your course so we've spoken to staff and students to...