Nurses perform a vital role in 21st Century healthcare, in both primary and secondary care settings, restoring and promoting health, supporting patients and their families, and profiling the healthcare needs of communities.
The University of Lincoln recognises the challenges facing current and future healthcare and nursing practice, offering three distinct nursing programmes specialising in adult, child, and mental health.
Our professionally accredited programmes enable students to become registered nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The programmes aim to prepare students to become fit for practice in accordance with the NMC’s Standards for Pre-registration Nursing Education and to be eligible to register as a qualified nurse. Students are encouraged to become confident, critically analytical advocates of excellence in nursing practice within their respective specialisms.
The School of Health and Social Care works with employers to provide employees with the opportunity to study for an undergraduate BSc (Hons) Nursing degree through an apprenticeship route, funded by the Government and your employer.
The University of Lincoln also offers an 18-month top-up degree on an apprenticeship or self-funded route.
How You Study
Our nursing courses are offered over three academic years, consisting of 45 weeks of study per year. They utilise a range of teaching and learning styles. Students spend half of their time studying at the university and the other half gaining practical experience in nursing.
The theoretical and clinical elements of the course are centred on the NHS values of working together for patients; respect and dignity; commitment to quality care; compassion; improving lives; and everyone counts.
First-year modules aim to provide the core foundation skills for adult, child, or mental health nursing, with a focus on the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and social sciences. This is built upon in the second year, where students can develop professional skills and apply ethical principles to rational decision-making.
During the final year of the degree, students are able to explore the theory behind leading and managing complex nursing care and consider the theory and practice of innovative and transformational change in preparation for their final project.
Contact Hours
Contact hours vary by course and can take many forms, including lectures, seminars, and workshops. A full-time undergraduate student should expect to undertake a minimum of 37 hours of study each week during term-time, supplementing contact hours with independent study. This is an important aspect of university-level education. As a general rule, you will be expected to spend two to three hours working independently for every hour in class.
Methods of Assessment
The way in which you will be assessed will depend on your chosen course. It may include coursework, written and practical exams, portfolio development, group work, or presentations. A full breakdown of current assessment methods can be found on the individual course pages of this website. The University of Lincoln’s policy is to ensure that staff return assessments to students promptly.
Modules
First Year
Fundamental nursing care (Core)
Nursing and the interprofessional team (Core)
Person-centred, holistic adult nursing care (Core)
Personal Development and Resilience (Core)
Second Year
Assessing needs, planning, and coordinating care (Core)
Healthcare Sciences (Core)
Promoting health and preventing ill health (Core)
Providing and evaluating care (Core)
Third Year
Being an accountable professional (nursing L6) (Core)
Innovation to transformation in nursing practice (Core)
Leadership and practice education (nursing) (Core)
Leading and managing complex adult care (Core)
How You Are Assessed
The way students are assessed on this course may vary for each module. Examples of assessment methods that are used include written assignments, presentations, workbooks, and practical observations. The weighting given to each assessment method may vary across each academic year.
The University of Lincoln's policy on assessment feedback aims to ensure that academics will return in-course assessments to students promptly – usually within 15 working days after the submission date.
Scholarships
For eligible undergraduate students going to university for the first time, scholarships and bursaries are available to help cover costs. The University of Lincoln offers a variety of merit-based and subject-specific bursaries and scholarships.
Programme Specific Funding and Bursaries
From September 2020, new and returning degree-level nursing, paramedic science, and midwifery students, and some students in allied health professions, will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back. This is in addition to any financial support they receive through the Student Loans Company. For more information visit.
Please note, this government bursary is available to Home students only. Details on scholarships and bursaries available to Overseas and EU students can be found online.
"Nursing at Lincoln has helped to prepare me for the challenges of the evolving world of healthcare. It has brought out strengths and abilities within me that I didn't know I had."
Peter Sutton, 3rd-year student nurse, BSc Nursing (Registered Nurse - Adult)
Course-Specific Additional Costs
Students are responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and general living costs while on placement.
Placement expenses for travel and accommodation may be reimbursed by NHS Bursaries where, for example, the requirement exceeds that of attending university; requires transport out of normal operating hours; or requires additional accommodation to that of the usual term-time location. These expenses may need to be covered initially by the student before any applicable reimbursement is received.
Please note, International students will not be eligible for support for travel and accommodation.
Entry Requirements 2021-22
GCE Advanced Levels: BBC
International Baccalaureate: 29 points overall.
BTEC Extended Diploma: Distinction, Merit, Merit.
Access to Higher Education Diploma: 45 Level 3 credits with a minimum of 112 UCAS Tariff points.
Applicants will also need at least three GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above including English, Maths and Science, or equivalent qualifications, such as Functional Skills Level 2.
Certificates of all previous qualifications will need to be provided before any offers are confirmed.
Other requirements include:
IELTS 6.5
Successful performance at an interview
Knowledge of contemporary health and social care issues, and the nature of nursing in a public health context
Understanding of written material and can communicate clearly and accurately in written and spoken English
Satisfactory completion of Occupational Health Check
Satisfactory completion of an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) (formerly the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)).
When you choose Nursing in your UCAS application, you will be asked an additional question regarding criminal convictions. Here you must declare all spent and unspent criminal convictions including (but not limited to) cautions, reprimands, final warnings, bind over orders or similar and details of any minor offenses, fixed penalty notices, penalty notices for disorder, ASBOs or VOOs.
Teaching and Learning During Covid-19
At Lincoln, Covid-19 has encouraged us to review our practices and, as a result, to take the opportunity to find new ways to enhance the student experience. We have made changes to our teaching and learning approach and to our campus, to ensure that students and staff can enjoy a safe and positive learning experience. We will continue to follow Government guidance and work closely with the local Public Health experts as the situation progresses, and adapt our teaching and learning accordingly to keep our campus as safe as possible.
Accreditations and Memberships
This course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, enabling students to register as qualified nurses upon graduation. Students are required to complete competencies for nursing in practice as part of the NMC Future Nursing: Standards framework for Nursing and Midwifery (2018).
Placements
Work placements are designed to prepare students to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing clinical environment, whether this is a hospital, GP surgery, or community healthcare setting.
In the second year, students can undertake a four-week elective placement. This may be in the UK or abroad and can be organised by the University or by the student.
Students are responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and general living costs relating to placements.
Placement expenses for travel, accommodation may be reimbursed by NHS Bursaries where, for example, the requirement exceeds that of attending university; requires transport out of normal operating hours; or requires additional accommodation to that of the usual term-time location. These expenses may need to be covered initially by the student before any applicable reimbursement is received.
Career Opportunities
Graduates have progressed to nursing roles in a range of diverse health and social care settings, from acute nursing to community care, or in education, research, and health management. Some have gone on to further study at postgraduate level.
BSc Nursing Apprenticeship
The School of Health and Social Care works with employers to provide employees with the opportunity to study for an undergraduate BSc (Hons) Nursing degree through an apprenticeship route, funded by the Government and your employer.
You can find out more about this apprenticeship online.
