Nursing and Healthcare courses
It’s hard to imagine a more dynamic, fast-changing sector than nursing and healthcare in the UK. Whether you’re seeking entry into the health and social care professions, or looking to progress your career, our nursing and healthcare courses have much to offer you. Choose below from our range of degrees, diplomas and certificates.
Nursing and Healthcare
Degrees
- Also known as an undergraduate or bachelors degree.
- Internationally respected, universally understood.
- An essential requirement for many high-level jobs.
- Gain a thorough understanding of your subject – and the tools to investigate, think critically, form reasoned arguments, solve problems and communicate effectively in new contexts.
- Progress to higher level study, such as a postgraduate diploma or masters degree.
Total of 360 credits
- Credits measure the student workload required for the successful completion of a module or qualification.
- One credit represents about 10 hours of study over the duration of the course.
- You are awarded credits after you have successfully completed a module.
- For example, if you study a 60-credit module and successfully pass it, you will be awarded 60 credits.
How long will it take?
Nursing and Healthcare
Diplomas
- Widely recognised qualification.
- Equivalent to the first two thirds of an honours degree.
- Enhance your professional and technical skills or extend your knowledge and understanding of a subject.
- Study for interest or career development.
- Top up to a full honours degree in just two years.
Total of 240 credits
- Credits measure the student workload required for the successful completion of a module or qualification.
- One credit represents about 10 hours of study over the duration of the course.
- You are awarded credits after you have successfully completed a module.
- For example, if you study a 60-credit module and successfully pass it, you will be awarded 60 credits.
How long will it take?
Nursing and Healthcare
Certificates
- Widely recognised qualification.
- Equivalent to the first third of an honours degree.
- Study for interest or career development.
- Shows that you can study successfully at university level.
- Count it towards further qualifications such as a DipHE or honours degree.
Total of 120 credits
- Credits measure the student workload required for the successful completion of a module or qualification.
- One credit represents about 10 hours of study over the duration of the course.
- You are awarded credits after you have successfully completed a module.
- For example, if you study a 60-credit module and successfully pass it, you will be awarded 60 credits.
How long will it take?
Why study Nursing and Healthcare with The Open University?
For over 30 years, we have been delivering supported and open distance learning in the field of Nursing, Health and Social Care, and developing highly-respected materials for multi-disciplinary and multi-professional use. You’ll join one of the largest and most innovative providers of educational opportunities and learning solutions in this sector.
The benefits of studying Nursing and Healthcare with us are:
- Stay in your job while you study and develop in your current role.
- We work in partnership with employers including the NHS, social services and the voluntary sector.
- As the UK’s largest provider of part-time social work training, we offer a diverse range of modules and qualifications in the field of wellbeing, health and social care that are relevant to practice-based work.
- Unique work-based nursing programme for flexible professional development.
Careers in Nursing and Healthcare
Studying for an Open University qualification in one of the healthcare disciplines is ideal preparation for personal development and career progression. Whatever your career goals, we can help you achieve them.
Our range of courses in nursing and healthcare can help you start or progress your career as a:
- Registered Nurse
- Healthcare Practitioner
- Social Worker
- Care Assistant
Looking for something other than a qualification?
The majority of our modules can be studied by themselves, on a stand-alone basis. If you later choose to work towards a qualification, you may be able to count your study towards it.
All Nursing and Healthcare courses
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