Limited places on this course for September 2018 may be available through Clearing and Adjustment this summer.
September 2018
Full-time: three years
Full-time: £9,250 *
Full-time: £14,790 **
B703
From 6th September 2017
Until 15th January 2018
Our Child Nursing degree is designed for students who are looking for a rewarding and lifelong career. You will develop your skills and interests in both general medicine and specialist areas to be a confident and compassionate child nurse. Teaching is through a range of methods including academic study, simulated learning and clinical placements.
Read Alex Spedding’s monthly blog to find out why she chose to study child nursing at City, her experiences on the course and advice for anyone considering studying child nursing at City.
Children's nurses need to be versatile and resilient as they care for neonates and babies, children with acute or long-term health problems, children with mental health issues or special needs and children with life-limiting illnesses. Children’s nursing is a fulfilling and challenging profession where you will care for children up to the age of 16 (or in some circumstances, even up to 19*) alongside their families and carers. It is essential that as a Children's nurse you can empower children of all ages and also provide support to their families.
Teaching is a combination of classroom theory, simulated practice and practice placements. Simulated practice takes place within the specialist Clinical Skills Centre at our Northampton Square campus, a facility designed especially for you to practice your skills in a safe environment. Through simulated practice you will not only learn the necessary practical skills to enable you to go into your placements with confidence, but develop your communication and interpersonal skills, an essential part of a child nurses role.
As a City student you will benefit from clinical placements at London’s leading hospitals and trusts. Your placements will be in a range of settings, allowing you to experience the many different environments and specialisms’ children’s nurses’ work in. Specialist placements include the internationally recognised acute children’s emergency department service at the Royal London and specialist Paediatric gastroenterology unit, the only unit of its kind in the UK.
If you have already graduated with a primary degree, City also offers a two year fast-track Postgraduate Diploma in Child Nursing.
On successful graduation you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which provides an internationally recognised professional qualification enabling you to practice in the UK and overseas.
Additional qualifications may be required in some countries.
In addition, the following is required:
Pass in a QAA recognised Access to HE Diploma in a Nursing, Midwifery, Health, Science, or Social Care subject NOT Nutrition or Paramedic Studies with full award (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 credits must be at Level 3 including 24 credits at Distinction. Applicants must also hold either GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade C (4) or above, or Functional Skills English and Maths at Level 2. Other equivalent English Language and Mathematics qualifications will be reviewed on an individual basis.
Special requirements: Students are required to have occupational health and enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) clearance. Academic and character references are also required.
Shortlisted prospective applicants will be required to attend a selection process held at City, University of London where they will be required to demonstrate their numerical and literacy skills in addition to values that match those of the NHS Constitution. For further information and example tests, please visit our Selection Day page.
Applicants educated outside of an English speaking country, without GCSEs are required to hold IELTS at:
IELTS: 7.0 overall band score; with at least 7.0 in the listening, reading, writing and speaking sections.
If you are not from the European Economic Area / Switzerland and you are coming to study in the UK, you may need to apply for a visa or entry clearance to come to the UK to study.
The way that you apply may vary depending on the length of your course. There are different rules for:
For more information see our main Visa page.
Applications through UCAS for 2018 entry have now closed. However, limited places may still be available through Clearing and Adjustment this summer.
Find out more and register your interest
For general enquiries about the admissions process at City, please contact our Admissions Office:
Email: ugadmissions@city.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7040 8716.
If your enquiry is about admission to a particular course, please use the contact details provided on the course page.
* The fee for this course will be £9,250 for each year of study for the duration of your studies.
** The fee for your first year of study will be £14,790. Your fee will increase in each subsequent year of study by 2%.
Find out more funding information for studying nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions in England from the official Council of Deans of Health website.
Future Finance offers students loans of between £2,500 and £40,000 to help cover tuition fees and living expenses. All students and courses are considered. All loans are subject to credit checks and approval for further details please visit the City Finance website.
Child Nursing student Alexandra shares her experience of studying at City and her advice for future students.
Practice experience is a vital part of the BSc Child Nursing degree and enables you to put theory into practice and use your skills in a variety of real life situations. You will spend approximately half of your degree course on placement, in settings including acute care, community children’s nursing teams, health centres, nurseries, special schools, private healthcare institutions and in patients’ homes.
Whilst on placement you will be fully supported by City and will receive regular visits from your link lecturer (approximately once every two weeks). In the workplace you will also have a dedicated clinical practice facilitator who will support your development whilst on placement. Many of our graduates work within the hospitals and trusts we partner with and are always happy to help a fellow City student.
Find further information about our placement partners and trusts under our School of Health Sciences section.
Our Clinical Skills Centre offers excellent facilities for you to rehearse practical caring skills prior to your practice placement. You will have access to a simulated 6-bedded ward with realistic equipment including medium and high fidelity patient simulator manikins, piped oxygen piped oxygen, call bells, medicines and emergency equipment. In addition, medium fidelity simulators and laboratories, including a biology laboratory, allow you to rehearse skills in preparation for practice in a range of placements, including clinics and people's homes.
We offer a free language course for City, University of London students.
We offer an extensive support network during your time here at City, University of London – from Learning Support (including disability support) and counselling to financial and career advice – leaving you free to enjoy every opportunity campus life has to offer.
Find out more about the different types of student support available.
The Children’s Nursing degree is taught by academics who are leaders in their field of practice and education. Many are also active researchers and clinicians as well as teaching staff, with their work directly influencing today’s practice; this means that you will study the most up-to-date curriculum and practices, directly from those informing the nursing profession.
The course is delivered through facilitated group work and enquiry-based learning opportunities with access to online course materials, resources, interactive activities and assessment and communication tools. An online clinical skills resource provides step-by-step video demonstrations of clinical skills.
You will be assessed using a variety of methods, depending on module choices:
The balance of assessment by examination, practical examination and assessment by coursework will to some extent depend on the optional modules you choose. The approximate percentage of the course assessment, based on 2016/17 entry is as follows:
25% written, 63% practical,12% coursework
13% written, 50% practical, 37% coursework
0% written, 50% practical, 50% coursework.
The course combines theoretical study with clinical experience in a range of community settings and leading hospitals, alongside our state-of-the-art facilities.
The first year focuses on relationship-centred care and considers the psychological, social and biological factors influencing health. Students are required to undertake a practice placement.
In the second year, you will continue to explore these themes in the context of acute and long-term care. You can also pursue specific clinical interests on a two week elective practice placement in addition to course clinical placements.
You will choose one of the below
In the third year, the emphasis is on leading and managing in professional practice. You will undertake a 6,000 word Literature Review/Dissertation. As part of the clinical placement experience, you will undertake a designated 12 week placement which will help provide the foundations for your transition from student to Registered Nurse with a placement base and opportunities to identify practice experiences with your mentor.
17% scheduled learning, 64% independent learning, 19% placement
14% scheduled learning, 42% independent learning, 44% placement
9% scheduled learning, 29% independent learning, 62% placement.
On successful graduation you will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which provides an internationally recognised professional qualification enabling you to practice in the UK and overseas*.
Career prospects are excellent, with graduates securing employment within local London trusts and throughout the UK. Nursing is a lifelong career where you can develop your skills and interests in a range of specialisms and achieve promotion throughout your career. Many of our graduates also go into teaching and research posts, with some returning to City to teach the next generation of children’s nurses. Graduates can also go on to further study at Masters level including City’s advance practice programmes.
*Additional registration may be required in some countries.
Child Nursing
UCAS code: B703
15th January 2018
Applications through UCAS for 2018 entry have now closed. However, limited places may still be available through Clearing and Adjustment this summer.
Find out more and register your interest
For general enquiries about the admissions process at City, please contact our Admissions Office:
Email: ugadmissions@city.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7040 8716.
If your enquiry is about admission to a particular course, please use the contact details provided on the course page.
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