Here are our top reasons why you should choose Health Professions at BCU to study towards a successful and rewarding career in healthcare.
1.听State-of-the-art facilities
Over the last few years, we have invested 拢41 million聽into our City South Campus in Edgbaston to provide state-of-the-art learning facilities for all Health, Education and Life Science courses.
The learning space and equipment is extremely advanced, including specialist laboratories, fitness suite, immersive classrooms and Simulation Manikins that allow you to practice real-life skills before going out on placement and into the work place.听
In fact, our facilities are of such a high professional standard that industry leaders often visit to make use of our facilities, which also gives our students first-hand experience working with people in their desired field. An example of this is .听
2. We get you ready for employment
You鈥檒l get hands on experience in the profession or industry you鈥檙e training for through placements and/or sandwich year options, ensuring you鈥檙e ready for employment when you graduate.听
And you're not alone when searching for the right place to carry out work experience. Our Faculty聽 are on hand to help you secure work experience and placement opportunities if they are a compulsory part of your course, or if you're just looking for some relevant professional work experience alongside your study.听
3. Our courses are accredited by professional bodies
Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies, such as the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council), The College of Radiographers (CoR) and The Association for Physical Education (AfPE).听
Gaining professional accreditation means that you can rest assured that our course content and delivery is in-line with industry standards and everything you are learning and practising will be relevant, current and up-to-date.听
4.听Earn while you learn聽
Our student employment scheme聽offers student jobs on campus, which allows you to apply for paid roles with us at the University, and gain valuable experience for your CV and future employment.
This is a great and convenient way to earn money when you need to alongside studying,聽by working for the University - for example at Open Days -聽and gives you the opportunity to use your student journey to help prospective students make the best decision.听聽
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5.听Opportunities to travel abroad
You鈥檒l have聽 and observe practice in other countries, like our Diagnostic Radiography students who have been to Canada, and Speech and Language Therapy students visited South Korea.听
The travel scholarships are a great opportunity to gain work experience in a different country, which is also great for helping your CV stand out from the crowd!
6.听Prestigious partners
We pride ourselves on聽our excellent links with industry. For example, our Sport and Exercise students work with cricketers and professional staff at聽,聽as well as receiving teaching from Sport Director Ashley Giles and Conditioning Coach Chris Armstrong.听
7.听You can work with service users
We ensure you have a holistic approach to your practice through the聽聽(FACE), which allows service users and carers to share their experiences, knowledge and ideas with you.
This means that students on our health courses have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience working directly with service users while at university聽to ensure you're gaining the聽knowledge, insights and skills needed聽to聽be a qualified healthcare professional.听聽
8. You could be eligible for聽one of our scholarship schemes
If you're applying for an undergraduate course at BCU, then you may be eligible for one of our scholarships.听Find out more about receiving extra funding and support to kick start your BCU journey.
9. Experienced staff
Our staff come from the services and industries about which they teach, and many still practise alongside teaching and/or are active researchers.听
Maintaining their links with industry means that the education you'll receive will be the most current and up-to-date - plus if your tutors are still practising聽in the field, they may be able to offer you unique opportunities to get first-hand industry experience.听