We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course. Apart from a small number of online-only courses, most of our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.
Practical skills sessions, lab work seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group working and demonstrations. We also operate virtual labs and Simulated Learning Environments which will facilitate greater access to training opportunities in the future. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.
Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and other students and to ask questions. Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, to revise for assessments and to enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in Canvas, such as videos, slides and quizzes enabling further flexible study.
We assess your learning through a variety of methods including essays, presentations, examinations and portfolios of practical skill.
You will have the chance to put your academic learning into practice with 50% academic study and 50% practical work placements.
Over the three years, your total direct contact time at University will be around 850 hours. This will include lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work, laboratory and clinical simulation work.
You will attend 50 weeks of placement before graduating. Work placements normally run from 9 am until 5 pm, Monday to Friday, with a half-day to study each week. This totals about 1,600 hours over the three years.
This course may offer some modules taught through the medium of Welsh or
bilingually for students who consider themselves to be fluent Welsh speakers.
For more details on the provision available see the Welsh Provision expander
below.