Radiotherapy and Oncology BSc (Hons)

**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/>- Learn essential practical skills, including radiation safety and patient care.<br/><br/><br/>- Consider new care models that integrate health and social care.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop your communication, research and health promotion skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Understand the impact of environmental factors on cancer patients.<br/><br/><br/>This challenging and supportive course has been developed in partnership with employers and professional bodies. When you graduate, you’ll be eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).<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/>While specialising in radiotherapy, you’ll have opportunities to learn with, from and about students from other health and social care courses. This will enable you to develop an in-depth understanding of person-centred care and patient journeys.<br/><br/>You learn through<br/><br/><br/>- seminars and workshops<br/><br/><br/>- self-directed study<br/><br/><br/>- practice-based learning<br/><br/><br/>- tutorials<br/><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 radiotherapy and oncology professions. So by the end of your course, you’ll have the opportunity to show that you meet the requirements to register as a radiotherapist or oncologist. <br/><br/>**Future careers**<br/><br/>This course prepares you for a career in<br/><br/><br/>- therapeutic radiography roles<br/><br/><br/>- the NHS<br/><br/><br/>- the independent health sector<br/><br/><br/>- Allied Health Profession (AHP) roles<br/><br/><br/>Previous graduates have gone on to work in<br/><br/><br/>- the charity sector<br/><br/><br/>- research<br/><br/><br/>- the teaching and training of radiotherapy<br/><br/><br/>- software and equipment development<br/><br/><br/>- treatment review<br/><br/><br/>- information and support services<br/><br/><br/>- palliative care<br/><br/><br/>- technical practice<br/><br/><br/>- oncology roles<br/><br/><br/>**Equipment and facilities**<br/><br/>On this course you work with<br/><br/><br/>- specialist radiotherapy equipment – primarily Linear Accelerators<br/><br/><br/>- Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training (VERT) equipment<br/><br/><br/>- dedicated computer terminals with the latest software (Eclipse treatment planning and Aria verification)<br/><br/><br/>We’ve invested over £100m in new facilities to help you study how and when you want. This means 24-hour libraries and study spaces designed by our students.