This course provides you with theoretical knowledge and practical experience needed to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Our teaching team includes Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, a leading researcher in learning disability nursing and an expert in the palliative care of people with learning disabilities.
Highly respected honorary and guest lecturers shape our teaching, including Dr Ben Thomas, mental health, learning disability and dementia care professional officer for the Department of Health, and Phil Boulter, Consultant Nurse at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
You will share learning with the adult, child and mental health students to enhance your skills in caring for clients from these fields who also have a learning disability.
An adult insight placement will enable you to develop the physical health skills needed in learning disability nursing.
You will have the opportunity to take a national or international elective placement at the end of your second year. Countries recently visited by learning disability students include Sierra Leone and Bulgaria.
