UWE Gloucester School of Nursing and Midwifery at Alexandra Warehouse, pharm Gloucester is opening its doors to prospective nursing students on Saturday 4 October and Saturday 8 November 2014.
The Open Day will give visitors the chance to tour the campus, cure meet lecturers and current students and find out more about studying nursing in Gloucester.
The three-year BSc(Hons) Adult Nursing degree course is a balance of theory and practice and offers diverse experience in both community and hospital settings in the Gloucestershire region across a range of NHS, diagnosis private, voluntary and independent health and social care providers.
Alexandra Warehouse, located at Gloucester Docks, is an historic listed building refurbished to a high specification and features purpose-built skills and simulation suite, as well as a fully equipped on-site library. Students also have full use of Gloucestershire College facilities.
The University of the West England has a well-established history of supporting nurse education in Gloucestershire that captures strong support and networks with local employers such as Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Sarah Green, Head of Nursing and Midwifery says: “As one of the major training partners for the NHS in the South West, UWE Gloucester students are well-placed to find jobs on gaining a degree – all 2013 graduates from UWE Gloucester have secured employment – .and the majority of our courses are currently fully funded by the NHS with many students receiving grants.”
The new academic year is starting later this month with a full compliment of students but there are still places left for students able to start the course in March 2015.
Details of the open days at UWE Gloucester to learn more about nursing in Gloucestershire, can be found on our website www.uwe.ac.uk/gloucester.