About Midwifery, BSc (Hons) - at Keele University

Qualify as a confident and compassionate midwife. Gain the clinical skills and knowledge to provide holistic, safe, and effective care for women, newborn infants, and their families on our Midwifery BSc. Course overview Explore the fundamentals of midwifery and develop your understanding of the whole maternity journey for mothers and infants. Gain clinical skills to support childbearing women, newborn infants and families through pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the early weeks of life.

You will study the importance of communication in care provision and in building professional relationships. Your training will ensure you can anticipate, prevent, and respond with confidence to the additional needs and complications that can arise during pregnancy. Your practice will be underpinned by evidence to ensure that you are delivering high-quality and safe care to women and infants at every stage of their journey. As a midwife you will respect women's individual circumstances and advocate their wishes where appropriate.

You will support mothers to confidently use their voice throughout their pregnancy, delivery and beyond, but also enable them to provide nurturing care to their infant. Multidisciplinary learning Your Midwifery degree will combine theory and clinical practice and you will be taught by highly qualified, registered midwives. We have a multidisciplinary approach to teaching so you will work alongside students from medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, pharmacy, and social work enabling you to benefit from inter-professional education required within the clinical setting. You will improve your midwifery techniques, so you are ready for practical placements using simulation with mannequins and patient simulators in our Clinical Skills Lab.

Strengthening your employability Placements 50% of your time will be spent on placements and we have excellent relationships with our placement partners. Improving your practical abilities in a healthcare environment will increase your knowledge so you can have a successful future as a midwife. You will have the opportunity to experience a range of settings within a 60 mile radius of Keele. There will be guidance on your placement from midwives who are practice assessors and practice supervisors.

There is also a community placement which will be within a 50 mile radius of the hospital base and there are placement opportunities at the the Women's Centre at Stafford Hospital. Your hospital placements will be at the Royal Stoke Hospital which includes a level 3 neonatal unit and a birth centre, Birmingham Women's Hospital or Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital. Plus, there are antenatal and postnatal wards, delivery suite, early pregnancy unit, antenatal clinics, maternity assessment unit and transitional care for babies who may need a little more nursing support. We offer a vibrant and supportive environment for students that facilitates your development as a competent and assured midwife.

Your academic mentor will provide guidance with any issues you may have and give support with some of your assessments during the three year course. Clinical supervisors and assessors will give you guidance during clinical practice. They will check your competencies for specific areas of the course via the Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement (MORA), known are PARE. Different areas will be assessed during the programme and there are also requirements of practice episodes which relate to the specific numbers of cases you must complete.

A Student Experience and Support team is based within our Faculty with a member of the team dedicated to our School. Part of student services they work closely with teams across Keele to you can easily access the support you need. There is peer support and additional help is available from the School's Disability Inclusion Tutor who provides an additional layer of support for all students, particularly for those who have special learning needs. You will have access to a mixture of advice and support services at Keele which include; Learning Support and Academic Guidance Disability Support and Inclusion English Language Unit Student Advice at Keele (ASK) Student Support Services Occupational Health Department / University Health Centre Financial help Student midwives are eligible to receive an annual grant of at least £5,000 to help cover their living costs.

Additional financial grants are also available for eligible students - more information and full eligibility criteria can be found here. Related courses Nursing (Adult) Nursing (Children's) Nursing (Mental Health) *We have compared the positivity ratings of all participating UK institutions using the NSS 2025 sector data to determine Keele's position relative to other broad-based universities (i.e. excluding specialist institutions and further education colleges) Midwifery ranked Top 5 in England (NSS 2025, broad-based universities)* Nursing and Midwifery Council approved programme Top 10 UK universities for Nursing and Midwifery (Complete University Guide, 2026) 9th for Midwifery (Daily Mail University Guide, 2026) Top 10 in England for Midwifery (Guardian University Guide, 2025) For more details, please see the course page on the Keele website.

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