**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.**
**Home fee-paying students can access a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year. You may also be eligible for additional financial support based on your circumstances. Learn more at www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/health-and-social-care/fees-and-funding**
**Course summary**
- Combine theory with practice to meet the challenges of integrated patient care.
- Learn to assess, stabilise, treat and manage patients in an accident or emergency.
**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.** <br/><br/>**Home fee-paying students can access a non-repayable maintenance grant of at least £5,000 per year. You may also be eligible for additional financial support based on your circumstances. Learn more at www.shu.ac.uk/study-here/health-and-social-care/fees-and-funding**<br/><br/>**Course summary**<br/>- Combine theory with practice to meet the challenges of integrated patient care.<br/><br/><br/>- Learn to assess, stabilise, treat and manage patients in an accident or emergency.<br/><br/><br/>- Meet the future healthcare agenda through digital competence.<br/><br/><br/>- Study an integrated curriculum with other healthcare professions.<br/><br/><br/>- Apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).<br/><br/><br/>Paramedics work in a range of settings – dealing with all aspects of emergency, urgent and social care. On this course you’ll learn how to respond to a variety of conditions. When you graduate, you’ll have the skills and knowledge you need to enter a challenging and rewarding profession.<br/><br/>**How you learn**<br/>All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.<br/><br/>Throughout the course you’ll collaborate with students from other disciplines – learning with, from and about areas of healthcare that are relevant to your future profession. Working in collaboration to solve real-world problems, you’ll be able to transform the lives of individuals and communities. You’ll be challenged, you’ll develop your skills and you’ll enhance your employability.<br/><br/>As well as undertaking academic modules at our Collegiate Campus, you’ll gain experience in a variety of service provider locations on placement.<br/><br/>You learn through <br/>- lectures<br/><br/><br/>- self-directed study<br/><br/><br/>- practical sessions<br/><br/><br/>- simulation<br/><br/><br/>- group exercises<br/><br/><br/>- practice placement<br/><br/><br/>- interprofessional collaboration<br/><br/><br/>You will be supported in your learning journey towards highly skilled, graduate level employment through a number of key areas.<br/>These include<br/>- access to our unique student support triangle to help with your personal, academic and career development<br/><br/><br/>- access to our Skills Centre with one to ones, webinars and online resources, where you can get help with planning and structuring your assignments<br/><br/><br/>- industry-specific employability activities such as live projects, learning in simulated environments and networking opportunities<br/><br/><br/>**Applied learning**<br/>**Work placements**<br/>You’ll apply the theory you study to practice-based learning experiences. Here you’ll develop critical and ethical approaches to your practice – preparing you to become a life-long, competent professional. The experiences you’re provided with are compulsory to achieve the course’s practice-based learning outcomes.<br/><br/>These experiences will help you build your skills, confidence, creativity, resilience, integrity, and curiosity. They’ll take place in different practice-based learning environments – reflecting the range of ways services are currently delivered. This might include simulated learning and virtual placements, alongside real-world experience of services delivered face to face to service users. <br/><br/>We’ll ensure the practice-based learning element of your course complies with the requirements of the Professional and Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB) which governs the paramedic profession. So by the end of your course, you’ll have the opportunity to show that you meet the requirements to register as a paramedic. <br/><br/>**Equipment and facilities**<br/>On this course you work with <br/><br/><br/>- simulated environments<br/><br/><br/>- high fidelity simulation equipment<br/><br/><br/>- cutting-edge pre-hospital equipment<br/><br/><br/>- specialist manikins<br/><br/><br/>- an extensive specialist visiting lecturer pool<br/><br/><br/>- a dedicated learning and teaching support librarian<br/><br/><br/>- a specialist health and wellbeing learning resource centre<br/>
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
22/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
B780
Institution Code
S21
Points of Entry
Year 1
UCAS Tariff128 From A levels which must include at least 32 points from either a natural science subject, such as Biology, Chemistry or Physics, or equivalent BTEC National qualifications which includes natural modules. We do not accept AS levels or general studies. For example: ABB at A Level including relevant subject(s) DDM in BTEC Extended Diploma Distinction overall from a T level qualification A combination of qualifications including relevant subject(s) Access to HE DiplomaD:15,P:30 Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course in health studies, health science, nursing or another science-based course. Normally we require 15 of the level 3 credits to be graded at distinction with 9 of these distinctions from natural science units. GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSEs (single or double) in Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents Maths at grade C or 4 or equivalents English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents GCSE Science equivalents OCR Science level 2 Science units gained on a level 3 BTEC or ASNot Accepted Extended ProjectNot Accepted |
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £16,655 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |