Overview

Key Facts

The goal of this programme is to enable people with learning disabilities to lead healthy and valued lives.

This Learning Disability Nursing course gives you a registration through the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a nurse for people with learning disabilities. This field equips you with nursing skills to work within health and social care environments with people with learning disabilities. Studying this course will enable you to work with a wide range of other professions that care for people with learning disabilities and their families. The practical placements that you will take throughout this course will be in a variety of health, education and social care settings with people of all ages that have a range of learning disabilities.

Taught elements include:

public and population health
assessing planning and providing care
leading nursing care
working in teams
coordinating and improving quality of care.

Career Opportunities

On completion of this Learning Disability Nursing (Hons) course from University of Northampton you could pursue a wide range of professional careers in health and social care and research.

Healthcare – NHS or independent sector

Social Care – NHS, private care or educational sector

Professional roles that you could progress to include Registered Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Nurse, Strategic Healthcare Facilitator, School Nurse, Prison Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Nurse Educator, Nurse Researcher, Manager.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Discovering My Identity as a Nurse

Public Protection in Nursing

Exploring the Evidence Base for Nursing

Developing Competence in Safe, Effective Administration and Optimization of Medicines

Guided Participation in Nursing Care

Constructing and Developing My Nursing Identity

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

70

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Northampton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

70

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must be 18 years old by the 2nd month of commencing pre-registration nursing programmes and must have 10 years of consecutive education.

All applicants must have:

English Language and Maths GCSE, or the equivalent, at grade C/4 or above, achieved prior to commencement of the course. (Equivalents: Functional skills level 2 and 3, Key skills level 2 and 3, Adult Literacy/Numeracy Level 2).
Evidence of recent academic study completed within the last five years.
If your first language is not English, you need to provide evidence of an IELTS score of 7.0 (in all bands)

One of the following qualifications is also needed:

BCC at A level
BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma or National Diploma at DMM
A kitemarked Access to Higher Education course with 30 credits at Merit or above
Successful completion of the first year of a relevant Foundation Degree
Health and Social Care Diploma at Level 3 (advanced level)
CACHE Diploma achieved at grade B or above.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

18200 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Northampton

United Kingdom

796 - 1510 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Credits

Delivered

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Living costs

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