**Why Study Midwifery (Professional Practice) (Top Up) with us?**<br/><br/>**Open new avenues by topping up to degree level**<br/>This course enables current registered midwives to top up their qualification to degree level, opening up a whole range of new career opportunities. This 18 month top-up course is designed for qualified midwives who already hold a DipAdvanced, CertHE or DipHE qualification who want to study for an undergraduate degree.<br/><br/>As part of your course, you will have the opportunity to study clinical and professional practice-related inquiry methods in order to engage in clinical and practice development.<br/><br/>Although you will be in current employment, successfully completing this programme will rapidly expand your career opportunities. Youll be able to take on specialist and leadership roles, as well as undertake further postgraduate studies. Previous graduates have gone on to work as a research midwife and clinical managers among other roles.<br/><br/>**Get the support you need**<br/>Our personalised approach gives you the support you need to succeed as a student. While youre on the programme youll have a Personal Tutor directly related to your course. If you need support with academic writing, numeracy and library skills, well be sure to provide it.<br/><br/>**Course highlights**<br/>You’ll have the opportunity to study clinical and professional practice-related inquiry methods in order to engage in clinical and practice development<br/>Expand your career opportunities and take on specialist and leadership roles, as well as undertake further postgraduate studies. Previous graduates have gone on to work as a research nurse and clinical managers among others.<br/><br/>**Dedicated support throughout your studies where you’ll have a Personal Tutor**<br/>This course is based in our modern facilities at StoneX Stadium, a centre of excellence for the London Sport Institute and Health Faculty in the London Borough of Barnet. You’ll have access to the brand new £23 million re-development project of the West Stand, offering state-of-the-art facilities as a top educational and high-performance centre for teaching and research excellence. With some of the most advanced equipment in the UK, you will be able to utilise the new specialist spaces, stimulation suites, specialist labs and much more that can aid you with your learning.<br/><br/>**Introducing our new Learning Framework**<br/>After working with our students to gather feedback on what they love most about our courses, we’re making some changes to how we structure and teach our programmes for the start of the 2024/25 academic year. You can find more information about how this course is affected by viewing the relevant course information sheet on our Learning Framework page: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/study/learning-framework/