Our integrated masters (MSci) is designed to develop your knowledge and skills in two different fields of nursing, Adult and Mental Health. You will spend the first 3 years studying your chosen field of nursing with the option to transfer to the MSci towards the end of the 3rd year. During the final and 4th year, your learning will focus on the alternate field of nursing to prepare you to manage the care of patients with more complex physical and mental health care needs and across a range of health care settings.
Our MSci is offered on a 4 year full-time basis, with teaching strategies including workshops, seminars and simulated practice sessions as provided in our BSc Adult Nursing and BSc Nursing Mental Health programmes. The School of Health and Social Care has built a very strong and supportive relationship with key stakeholders and learning is enhanced with input from expert practitioners as well as service users with relevant lived experiences. Entry is flexible for BSc Nursing students to step-on following their third year (dependent on progression performance) and third year students can step-off before the final MSci qualifying year.
You are eligible to apply for the NHS Learning Support Fund, including training grants of £5000 per academic year to support weekly studies. You may also be eligible to receive an additional parental support of £2000. You can read the eligibility criteria and how to apply for funding at www.healthcareers.nhs.uk
The dual registration course accessed via Colchester and Southend Campus, with different campuses offering proximity to a variety of placement providers in acute Trusts, community settings, Private and Independent sector organisations. The course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and on successful completion, you will be able to apply to register as both an Adult and Mental Health Nurse.
Location
You can choose to study this course at either our Colchester campus or our Southend campus - and your placements will correspond to the campus you choose. Colchester students will have placements in north Essex, while Southend students will have placements in south Essex.
Whilst this course is offered at both our Southend and Colchester campuses, we recommend that you consider which location would suit you best and apply for that campus. If you apply to multiple campuses, you will only have one interview and your chances of being offered a place will be the same as if you had only applied to one campus.
If you wish to change campus at any point during the admissions process then please contact your Admissions Adviser who will do their best to accommodate your preference. Changing campus is subject to availability.
Making your application
Before you make your application, take a look at our frequently asked questions section at the bottom of our undergraduate department pages. Here you will find hints and tips on what we are looking for, as well as useful resources to help you prepare for interviews.
DBS and Occupational Health Checks
This course requires a satisfactory Occupational Health Check and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check (including child and adult barred list check) - both of these are organised by the University. Please contact our DBS team or Occupational Health team if you have any questions in relation to these checks.
A satisfactory Overseas Criminal Record Check/Local Police Certificate is also required, in addition to a DBS Check, where you have lived outside of the UK in the last 5 years for 6 months or more. Further information about how to obtain an Overseas Criminal Record check can be found on the Gov.uk website.
Mandatory Vaccinations
As you may be aware, the UK government has now revoked legislation that requires all health and social care staff working in sites regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Whilst vaccination is not essential, we encourage our applicants and students to be fully vaccinated. Find out more about what this means for applicants to this course.