Graduate Entry Nursing (GEN): Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing
Fact File
- UCAS code: 3010 (Adult), 3310 (Child) and 3110 (Mental Health)
- Type and duration: two years full-time
- Required subjects: honours degree (2:2 or above) plus a minimum of five GCSEs including maths and English at grade C or above
- Course places: 40
- Campus: Derby Education Centre
- Further information Nursing
Course overview
The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Studies: Graduate Entry Nursing is an accelerated course for graduate entrants. This two year full-time programme leads to nursing registration in either Care of the Adult, Care of the Child or Care of the Person with Mental Health Problems. There is an option to progress to a Masters award following a short period of post-registration nursing experience.
The new Graduate Entry Nursing programme is offered at our Derby Centre. The programme will have aspects of shared learning with other disciplines and professions..
There are no tuition fees and a non-means tested bursary is available to students who meet the NHS Student Bursaries eligibility criteria (see: www.nhspa.gov.uk/sgu for details). The bursary is currently £6,701 per year. An additional sum may be paid dependent upon personal circumstances.
Years one and two
Students undertake the six-month Common Foundation Programme and then study either the Adult, Child or Mental Health nursing branch programmes (18 months). There are seven weeks of holidays each year of the course, with the expectation that students will be actively engaged in study for 45 weeks each year. Following the successful completion of the course and some work experience, students have the opportunity to study part-time for the MSc Nursing Studies through a clinical or academic dissertation.
The programme follows a modular structure. Each module is integrated with clinical placements and is assessed independently, so there are no final examinations. Students spend 50 percent of their time in University and 50 percent on clinical placements. Assignment submission dates are spread throughout the academic year. The modules are designed to complement each other and to build sequentially upon earlier course content. All assignments require students to integrate theoretical and research-based knowledge with critical reflection upon nursing practice.