Midwifery, BSc (Canterbury)

We look forward to meeting you during Welcome Week. Welcome Week is an introduction to your midwifery course, where you’ll have an opportunity to get to the course team and each other.

We will be walking you through the timetable, the structure of the course, your clinical placements, the virtual learning environment and much, much more. You’ll also meet your Personal Academic Tutor and colleagues from clinical practice. It’s important to attend so you don’t miss out!​ 

Occupational Health, DBS & Placement Preparation

Please ensure that you engage with all Occupational Health, DBS or Placement planning activities required by the Admissions Team. Failure to complete this by the time you register on the course may result in you not being able to proceed with your studies.

We are proud to be an inclusive University that supports a diverse community of students. Please note that if you have a disability or would like to learn more about the support that we can offer to students, please visit the Disability and Mental Health website.

Occupational Health

Students need to obtain occupational health clearance to ensure they are fit to practice. You will be prompted via your ‘MyRecord’ to complete a clearance check and directed to an online health questionnaire.

Once you have submitted your questionnaire, you are required to attend an occupational health vaccination appointment appropriate to your placement requirements. We use an external company called OH Works for this. Ahead of your appointment, please gather any vaccination documentation (paper or electronic) from your GP or workplace to take to your occupational health appointment.

Your OH vaccination appointment will take place on Monday 14 September 2026 in Ag54 (Anselm Building, Canterbury Campus). Please see the below table for the exact time of your appointment:

Surname	Date	Time	Location
A - F	14 September 26	09:30 - 09:45	Ag54
G - L	14 September 26	09:45 - 10:00	Ag54
M - R	14 September 26	10:00 - 10:15	Ag54
S - Z	14 September 26	10:15 - 10:30	Ag54

For enquiries about your occupational health clearance please email cccustudents@ohworks.co.uk or phone 01227 286288.

Uniform

On placement, you will be required to wear a uniform as part of your Readiness for Practice. Important information regarding your uniform can be found on the uniform policy.

Your uniform is provided to you free of charge and is expected to last you the duration of your course.

You do not need to order your placement uniform before you start your course.

Uniform ordering is staggered by course. This means that students on different courses will be invited to order their uniform at different times. If you hear that students on another course have already been invited, please don't worry – you will be contacted when it is your course's turn.

The Placement Management Team will email you with instructions on how to order your uniform in plenty of time before your first placement.

These instructions will be sent to your CCCU email account. Towards the end of August, once you have been invited to register for your course, we will email you with information on how to set up your CCCU email account.

Please note that you will not be able to order your uniform until you have completed all of your registration tasks.

Placement Badge

On placement you will be required to wear a placement badge, which will have your course title and preferred first name obtained from your MyRecord account. This placement badge is provided to you free of charge. You will be supplied with your placement badge once you have started your course. Please note, this is not your student ID card. 

Placement Information

InPlace

Once your first placement has been allocated, you will automatically receive an email with instructions on how to sign in to InPlace and access your placement information.

ePAD

Before your first placement, you will attend an ePAD training session delivered by your course team. During this session, you will learn how to sign in to ePAD and use the system to complete your placement documentation.

 

Your Course

In your first semester you’ll study the following modules:

Being A Professional Midwife – this module introduces you to the professional, legal and ethical aspects of midwifery care and is an important introduction to the rest of the course.

Universal Care: the Heart of Midwifery – here you’ll learn the fundamentals of clinical midwifery care for women, birthing people, newborns and families

Participation in Practice – this is your clinical practice module where you’ll learn practical hands-on skills and take part in simulated practice sessions

Student Success modules – you’ll take 3 online modules that will introduce you to the university, to using digital tools and a third module of your choice

Most teaching takes place as on-campus seminars, with some practical sessions in the simulation suite, plus, of course, 750 hours of midwifery practice placement in this first year

You’ll spend the first nine weeks of the course learning theory and undertaking simulated practice sessions on campus, then you will undertake a 5-week full-time midwifery clinical placement in your allocated NHS Trust

To help you prepare

This is the link to the Learning Skills hub for the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied and Public Health

You may want to consider undertaking one or two of the recommended modules at the bottom of the page. They will help you to prepare for the learning, teaching and assessment on your course

You don’t need to bring any special equipment to start the course, but we would strongly recommend a notebook and pen, or laptop from Day 1!

The CCCU Library has lots of great resources so don't worry about buying lots of books before you start. However, it can be useful to have one all-purpose midwifery textbook for reference, and we recommend either:

• ​Macdonald, S. and Johnson, G. (eds.) (2024) Mayes' Midwifery. 16th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier
• ​Marshall, J.E. and Raynor, M.D. (2025) Myles Textbook for Midwives. 18th edn. London: Elsevier

​You might also consider:

• ​Bowen, R. and Taylor, W., 2021. Skills for Midwifery Practice E-Book: Skills for Midwifery Practice E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences.
• ​Carpenter, J. and Hunter, L. eds., 2025. The Anatomy and Physiology Textbook for Midwives. Routledge.
• ​Medforth, J., Ball, L., Walker, A., Battersby, S. and Stables, S. eds., 2017. Oxford handbook of midwifery. Oxford University Press. (new edition available November 2026)
• ​Tiran, D., 2012. Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary E-Book: Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences