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**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/><br/><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/>This foundation year course is for those who dont meet the entry requirements for our BSc (Hons) course, or would like extra preparation before starting degree-level study. <br/><br/>**How you learn**<br/><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/>**Applied learning**<br/><br/>**Work placements**<br/><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.
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
22/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
BB17
Institution Code
S21
Points of Entry
Foundation
UCAS Tariff64 This must include at least 24 (Grade D) from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. For example: DDE at A Level, MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma, Pass overall from a T level qualification with D or E from core, or a combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels and EPQ. Access to HE DiplomaAn Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course in a science based subject. Normally we require 15 credits at level 2 and 45 at level 3. GCSE/National 4/National 5Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents, Maths at grade C or 4 or equivalents, and English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents. |
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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 |