Mental Health Nursing (Pre-registration)

Our applicants should have:

• A relevant honours degree, minimum classification: Lower Second (e.g. in a life or social science such as biology- psychology, sociology, or sports science)

• Successful performance at interview

• For those students for whom English is not your native language, you would also need to successfully complete the IELTS testing with a score of 7.0 with no element below 7.0.

You must also have: two satisfactory references (including an academic reference and a work based one), a satisfactory Work Health Assessment/Occupational health check and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS formerly known as CRB) – both of these are organised by the University.

In order to gain entry to the programme you must demonstrate that you have both academic achievement and appropriate voluntary/occupational experience (see below “Successful sign-off of the APEL process”).

Successful sign off of the APEL process

The requirements for the practical part are 575 hours in a care type setting. The APEL form states: ‘An appropriate setting is one that enables you to demonstrate types of practice i.e. health care assistant or working with children or adults in another setting’. The requirements for the theory are 575 hours from the third year of your undergraduate but the criteria are quite broad.