Midwifery with Leadership MSci

4 years

Midwifery has to be one of the most rewarding jobs imaginable. But this four-year degree goes one step further. Alongside gaining core midwifery skills and experience, you’ll also discover what it takes to be a clinical and professional leader within the field of maternity and healthcare.

Midwifery with Leadership MSci, 4 years

Midwifery has to be one of the most rewarding jobs imaginable. But this four-year degree goes one step further. Alongside gaining core midwifery skills and experience, you’ll also discover what it takes to be a clinical and professional leader within the field of maternity and healthcare.

Start date:

2025

Course information

UK fee £9,535

UCAS code B720

International fee £25,900

Institute code L34

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Baby friendly by Unicef

Accredited as a Baby Friendly University by UNICEF UK

NHS

Students on this course are eligible for the NHS Learning Support Fund

National Student Survey logo

Ranked in the top 20 in subjects aligned to Midwifery for ‘teaching on my course' and 'academic support’ in the NSS 2024 (according to Times Higher Education NSS 2023 methodology applied to the NSS 2024 data).

Course description

Course description

This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and fully reflects the NMC (2019) Standards for Pre-registration Midwifery Programmes and Standards of Proficiency for Midwives from September 2020 entry. Details on this page describe the course as studied by all intakes of student midwives from September 2020.

The NHS needs midwives. Midwives work in a range of roles and settings which need effective leadership. We are currently the only university in the UK offering a pre-registration midwifery degree with an integrated leadership component.

This unique School of Healthcare degree draws on the experience and expertise of more than 40 years of health education at the University of Leicester, partnerships with regional NHS trusts, as well as the expertise of our School of Business.

By putting leadership at the heart of the curriculum, we give you all the tools you need to qualify as a registered midwife - and also to progress further in the midwifery profession. Throughout your degree you will be offered mentoring by experienced academics and clinicians with national and international reputations, as well as leaders in the midwifery profession and the wider NHS.

Whilst at Leicester, you will study and work within our superb facilities, which include a state-of-the-art clinical skills unit with high-tech simulated mannequins to enable you to practise procedures in a safe environment. You'll even have lectures in Leicester Medical School's anatomy dissection room and gain experience supporting mothers with feeding their babies in our newly established Infant Feeding Café.

However, practical real-world experience is a vital part of your training. You will spend 50% of your studies on placements, working alongside experienced midwives and the multi-professional team. Through these, you will develop your knowledge, skills and professional values to become a safe, proficient and confident midwife.

Our delivery of exceptional teaching and student support was reflected in our National Student Survey (NSS) 2024 results, where we were ranked in the top 20 in subjects aligned to midwifery for ‘Teaching on my course’ and ‘Academic support’ (according to Times Higher Education NSS 2023 methodology applied to the NSS 2024 data).

The 2024 NSS comprised 27 core questions covering academic experience, teaching and assessments, and well-being services. It is completed by almost 346,000 final year students in the UK and gives feedback on their university experience.

This undergraduate Masters degree lasts four years, at the end of which there will be employment opportunities as a midwife in the local NHS.

Students on this course are eligible for a grant of at least £5,000 a year, which you do not need to pay back.

This course is part of the Higher Education Pathway for Armed Forces project, which recognises the qualifications, skills and experience of ex-armed forces personnel.

Student Learning Contract

As part of the offer for a place on this course all students are required to agree to abide by the conditions of a Student Learning Contract, which you will be asked to sign during the induction week at the beginning of the course. This learning contract will apply to the entire duration of the course and the signed copy will be stored as a PDF on your University electronic record.

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Course structure

Year 1

Year 1

The first year of the course introduces fundamental knowledge required to be a midwife and a leader of the profession. You will gain knowledge and skills that are key to maternal and neonatal care, which will underpin your development in years two, three and four. You will be introduced to both core theoretical and clinical skills. Your knowledge will be complemented by clinical placements, a focus on leadership and inter-professional learning experiences.

Modules

Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Why Leicester?

Get all the practical experience you need. Our course includes maternity case-holding from the very start and placements account for 50% of the course. Develop your knowledge and skills by supporting new parents in the University’s Infant Feeding Cafe, which is open to the public and supports UNICEF-Baby Friendly Initiative standards.

Enhance your skills with superb facilities, including our state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Unit, which offers high tech simulated mannequins to enable you to perfect your procedures. You'll also learn anatomy and physiology and its application to midwifery practice in Leicester Medical School's dissection room.

Study a unique course. We are the only university offering a pre-registration midwifery degree with an integrated leadership component. Develop the skills and knowledge to be a leader in the profession.

Healthcare education at the University of Leicester has been established for over 40 years. This means you'll learn from a dedicated team of experts with a huge amount of experience in training you to succeed. You'll have the opportunity to study inter-professionally alongside students from other healthcare areas, including nursing, operating department practice, physiotherapy, and medicine.

Teaching and learning

Teaching

This degree runs for 35 weeks each year over three terms. The academic year normally runs from late September to late June/ early July. You will receive your timetable at the beginning of each academic year.

University teaching balances a mixture of online learning and campus based lectures (flipped classroom), clinical skills teaching and inter-professional group learning opportunities (alongside other healthcare students), therefore building your professional knowledge, skills and attitudes over the four years.

The four leadership modules, which are an integrated component of the programme, will enable you to develop your own leadership knowledge and skills. As part of the leadership modules, you will develop a leadership portfolio that will be part of your long-term career map - underpinning your accelerated career trajectory. You will prepare for professional practice, focussing on the knowledge and skills required for lifelong learning and professional practice, including specific interview preparation, presentation skills and numeric skills.

We have fully embraced the rapidly changing field of digital technology, both in its application to teaching but also to the provision of holistic personalised maternal and neonatal care. In the first year you will be given an iPad. Lecture and group work material is delivered directly onto these iPads enabling you to annotate during sessions. Content can also be rapidly revised and updated, and the iPad can support you to organise your own self-directed study.

Fifty percent of the course will be based in midwifery placements, building your professional knowledge, skills and attitudes over the four years. During these placements, you will develop how to act professionally, exercise personal responsibility and make decisions in complex and unpredictable circumstances. A system of personal development planning and reflective practice will support you in developing these skills.

Assessment

You will have regular opportunities for formative (informal) assessments throughout the course. These give you an opportunity to test your learning and get feedback. We will also give you feedback on the summative (formal) assessments that you must pass to progress to the next stage.

We use a variety of assessment techniques to test your ability to apply your knowledge and skills to clinical problems and service user care planning, including unseen exams, objective structured clinical examinations, seminars, quality improvement projects and presentations. These constructively align to the learning outcomes for the module and the very practical requirements of a midwife and future leader's role.

In the clinical practice placements you will be supervised by registered health and social care practitioners and assessed at the end of the year  by registered midwives and academic assessors. Through these assessments you will develop your knowledge , skills and professional values to become a safe, proficient and confident midwife.

Upon successful completion of the NMC and University requirements, you will not only become a registered midwife, but also an ambassador for midwifery, and the MSci Midwifery with Leadership degree undertaken at the University of Leicester.

As an alumnus, you will be encouraged to contribute to the ongoing work in education and scholarship at the University.

Student support

Midwifery education may sometimes be challenging or emotionally demanding, which is why we have developed strong support networks for all of our students. Peer support is really important, and you will be allocated to a Buddy group, so you are able to gain advice and learn from more senior peers, as well as have the opportunity to join a mentoring programme. You will receive mid-placement visits and personal tutorials from your own personal tutor who will support you through the duration of the 4-year programme.

Mature student, Jess, talks about her reasons for studying at Leicester

“…I made the choice based on the annual leave supporting childcare, as I had an 11-month-old and a 2-year-old at the time and the University was supportive of breastfeeding. I found it helpful that there was a mature student support network and a physical space on campus for mature students which I was keen to access. I was keen to work towards a master’s degree as I had previously undertaken a degree and wanted the challenge”.

University of Leicester Midwifery with Leadership Society logoMidwifery with Leadership Society (MidSoc)

The University of Leicester Midwifery with Leadership Society (MidSoc) is an organisation that is supported by the Student Union and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). It is run by a group of enthusiastic student midwives who provide a supportive environment, bringing members together across all four years of the programme. They arrange educational conferences, fund raiser for local charities and organise some pretty great social events too, including a summer ball! 

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