Health Professions blog

Emilia's Story

Meet Emilia – a trainee Therapeutic Radiographer. Find out why she is proud to be pursuing a career in Radiotherapy as part of BCU’s confident and diverse community of students.

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What is Inter-Professional Learning and why is it important?

Discover how ODP  students develop crucial, life-saving techniques that equip them to respond swiftly and effectively ...

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A day in the life of a Health Professions student

Find out what a typical day looks like for Rianne Talbott, a student studying Operating Department Practice at BCU.

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Health professions- 10 reasons to study with us

Here are our top reasons why you should choose Health Professions at BCU to study towards a successful and rewarding ca...

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Greener Allied Health Professionals: How gardening can benefit health and wellbeing and help deliver a ‘Net Zero’ NHS

Gardening has been shown to boost mental and physical health.  Dr. Peter Thain, an Associate Professor within the Coll...

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Public Health Researcher gives 5 Tips for a Healthy Ramadan

Dr Ayazullah Safi, researcher and Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Birmingham City University, gives his top tips f...

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The top four exercises you can do with a resistance band

Not sure where to start with your resistance band exercise journey? Here are our top four exercises to get started.

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What careers can I do with an Operating Department Practice degree?

Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) are vital to our healthcare system. This role provides skilled care and sup...

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What should I put in my child’s lunchbox to make it healthy?

Lecturer in Dietetics, Kiri Pointon-Bell, takes us through what a hearty and nutritionally balanced lunch looks like fo...

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Nursing students - Pittsburgh, USA

Eight excited BCU nursing students arrived safely in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). The students, accompanied by Midw...

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Major Incident at City South Campus, students on hand at the scene

Third-year Radiography students were unexpectedly caught up in a hyper-realistic Major Incident Simulation.

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Tackling long COVID with Burton Albion Football Club

BCU is home to ground-breaking researchers and academics, who always strive to produce cutting-edge research to tackle ...

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Academic Spotlight: Dr Olatunde Aremu

Dr Olatunde Aremu  works as a pharmacist and health economist alongside lecturing, meaning he brings relevant industr...

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Why You Should Study Health Sciences in Birmingham

Looking at studying a degree in health sciences? Here are a few reasons why you should.

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Academic Spotlight: Laura Garbett

Laura Garbett, senior lecturer and course lead for Operating Department Practice, shares an insight into her career an...

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Academic Spotlight: Martin Goldberg

With a huge variety of wonderful staff members and academics teaching our courses and shaping the futures of our stude...

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5 reasons why you shouldn't miss our Health Sciences Open Day

Open Days are a great opportunity for you to experience a little bit of life as a BCU Health student. Take a look at wh...

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5 reasons why you shouldn't miss our Life Sciences Open Day

Open Days are a great opportunity for you to experience a little bit of life as a BCU Life Sciences student. Take a loo...

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What can I do with a health sciences degree?

Are you considering a career in health sciences, but not sure exactly which path is right for you yet? Read on to find ...

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Why you should study life sciences in Birmingham

Looking at studying a degree in a life sciences subject? You’ve come to the right place, as there are plenty of reasons...

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Five ways you can learn more about our faculty

Joining us soon ? You may not know much about the Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS) faculty just yet. Here ...

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What can I do to prepare for my Life ScienceS course?

We've compiled our top tips to help you prepare for your Life Sciences degree.

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What can I do to prepare for my Allied Health course?

We've complied our top tips to help you prepare for your Allied Health degree.

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Why study Therapeutic Radiography?

Our Radiotherapy alumni talk about their work and why they chose to study Therapeutic Radiography.  

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How a degree apprenticeship works and why I chose to study one

Operating department practice student Grant discusses how his time is divided between on-the-job and classroom-based l...

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My top tips for using the library

Using the library for research and further reading is an important part of studying at university. But we know it can b...

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Why we love being Therapeutic Radiographers

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

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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...

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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...

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Advice for success as a physiotherapy student

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

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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...

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Let’s talk about Rheumatoid Arthritis

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

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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...

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What it was like being part of the largest vaccination drive in history

Last December, Rosemary Thompson, a first-year Speech and Language Therapy student, took the decision to become part o...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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From Meghan Markle to Endometriosis… We don’t believe women

March is Endometriosis (endo) Awareness Month .  Dr Annalise Weckesser , Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham City Uni...

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Military (Defence School of Healthcare Education) FAQs

If you are considered a career as a nurse, ODP or radiographer within the Armed Forces, take a look at our FAQs to find...

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What does a Nutritional Therapist do?

Ever wondered what a Nutritional Therapist does?  Read our blog to find out more, including how you could become one.

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How do University Apprenticeships Work?

Most of us have heard of apprenticeships, but your first thought is probably the industry-based apprenticeships that we...

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Six benefits of attending an Applicant Taster Day

Find out all about our Applicant Taster Days (ATD) and read our top six reasons to attend an ATD.

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A visit from Myo-band: Food and Nutrition students get the low down on working in industry

At Birmingham City University, we want to give you as many different learning opportunities as we can, to help you get...

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Four benefits of cutting back on sugar

Sugar can be in found in more food and drink than you might think, and keeping an eye on your intake is important.  Her...

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7 things you might not know about Speech and Language Therapists

As with all courses, there are common misconceptions when Speech and Language Therapy comes to mind. These 7 points wi...

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Five things you should know about our FdSc Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment) course

As it's World Braille Day (4 January) we thought we’d take a look at our Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment) cours...

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Health Courses Open Day: Frequently Asked Questions

If you’re interested in studying a Health professions degree, you probably have lots of questions about the course and...

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Exploring the parks around our City South Campus

If you're looking for places to go around campus to enjoy some exercise, fresh air and scenery, check out our Parks blo...

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Welcome to the Mary Seacole Library

Get to know the library at our City South Campus, before you start your studies, and give yourself a head start. 

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What’s special about an MRes degree?

In the current climate, employers are keen on individuals who can work independently and deliver a research-focused ap...

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Support whilst studying

If you're considering, or studying, a healthcare degree, find out about the support you can access while studying.

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What stationery supplies do I need for university?

Ready to start a new chapter this September? Our third-year student Shelby has made a short vlog about some key station...

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Six tips to keep you hydrated

Keeping hydrated is really important for physical and mental health - here's some tips to keep you hydrated.

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ODP Immediate Life Support course

Operating Department Practice (ODP) course lecturer, Laura Garbett has launched a new one-day training course, accredi...

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Communicate with confidence: how Speech and Language Therapy can make a real difference

Our Department of Speech and Language Therapy offers Communicate with Confidence (online) sessions for trans (MTF) peo...

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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiography: What’s the difference?

You might have heard of a radiographer or radiotherapist, but do you know the difference?  We take a deeper look into...

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Five ways to use your pumpkin after Halloween

Food waste is a growing problem and Halloween sees a vast number of pumpkins ‘bought, carved and binned’, when they cou...

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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...

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Will being vegan make you healthier?

The vegan diet is a hugely popular one at the moment for a number of reasons, but should you go vegan? We ask Food and ...

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Which career is right for you?

Are you considering a career in healthcare, but not sure exactly which path is right for you yet? Take our quiz to find...

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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...

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Health student societies

Find out about the health-related student societies that we have here and how you can get involved, or even start your ...

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What it's really like to be an ODP

We’ve recently spent time talking to BCU alumna Paige Jones, who works as an ODP and was recently filmed for a BBC docu...

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Ramadan: Fitness Survival Guide

With Ramadan beginning and the Great Birmingham Run set to take place on the 26 May, Birmingham City University assista...

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Seven reasons why we love our SLT Course

Our Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) course has a long history in the West Midlands - read the 7 reasons why we love o...

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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 ...

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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...

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A paramedic student’s experience of SPACE

We know that our students love SPACE (our centre for Skills, Practice and Care Enhancement) and rightly so. We've been ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Child-care and funding support throughout your degree

We know that a lot of parents or mature students may feel apprehensive about starting a degree at a later time in their...

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Looking after your mental health at Christmas

Discover tips and advice from Mental Health lecturer, Kim Moore on how to take care of your mental health during the fe...

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Seven reasons why you should study healthcare

If you're thinking about studying for a career in healthcare, here's seven reasons why you should... 

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Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Speech, Language and Communication Needs ( SLCN) is an umbrella term which can describe difficulties in one or more are...

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How to support children and young people with communication difficulties

Children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) need support when you are communicating ...

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Spotting the signs of domestic abuse

Domestic abuse is a massive problem in the UK - between March 2016 and March 2017, 1.2 million women experienced domest...

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Five things you didn’t know about a career in Radiotherapy

Our recent Radiotherapy graduate, Lily Aston, explains what makes  radiotherapy such an interesting and rewarding care...

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What does an Operating Department Practitioner do?

An operating department practitioner (ODP) is a vital part of the operating theatre team. Find out more what an ODP doe...

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What is Public Health and why is it important?

Public Health student, Naima, explains eight reasons why Public Health is so important.

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Careers in Paramedic Science

Here's just a few of the numerous specialist areas that could be open to you once you graduate...

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Careers in Operating Department Practice

There is currently a shortage of operating department practitioners across the country, so you'll be guaranteed a caree...

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Careers in Diagnostic Radiography

You’re interested in diagnostic radiography, taking and analysing images to allow diagnosis and assess the impact of tr...

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Careers in Radiotherapy

You’re interested in radiotherapy, delivering treatment that can prolong or ultimately save the lives of cancer patient...

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