This two-year MSc physiotherapy course offers you the opportunity to enter a dynamic healthcare profession that can make a difference to people's health, well-being and quality of life. The course is structured to facilitate physiotherapy professionals who are lifelong learners with a global and ethical outlook. At CCCU we champion the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion and we aim to support your personal identity and celebrate your unique contribution to the physiotherapy profession.

Nicole Hilburn
Course Director

Your Teaching Timetable

Teaching for your course will begin w.c 21 September 2026.

To help you plan your first few weeks, you can view an overview of the teaching activities for your course.

View your first semester teaching timetable.

On a mobile device, click the arrow next to “Search” at the top right of the page to view your timetable.

If your course is taught in groups, the overview will show activities for all groups. You will only need to attend sessions for your allocated group.

Once teaching begins, your individual timetable and group allocation will be available in MyTimetable provided you have completed online registration and created your computing account.

Your Trimester 1 Modules
Academic and Professional Orientation
Foundations of Physiotherapy

Welcome

We look forward to meeting you during welcome week (w.c 14 September 2026). It is important that you attend as many of the welcome sessions as you can as we will share important information with you about your course and teaching dates and timetable.

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.

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.

Occupational Health Clearance

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 Thursday 17 September 2026 in RWf07 (Rowan Williams Building, Medway Campus). Please see the below table for the exact time of your appointment:

Surname Date Time Location
A - M 17 September 26 14.30 - 14.45 RWf07
N - Z 17 September 26 14.45 - 15.00 RWf07

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. 

Getting started

Your Course

This exciting course will equip you with the skills and knowledge required to register as a physiotherapist. On completion of the degree, you will have shown that you are capable of being a clinically safe and competent practitioner able to work alone or as part of a team, able to apply professional judgement and be accountable for decisions.

You will be able to show a critical understanding of the theories and principles of Physiotherapy. You will be able to evaluate your own performance and recognise your own strengths and weaknesses and also those of others and have begun to develop skills to enable you to move into a supervisor/leadership role when appropriate.

You will be equipped with relevant skills, knowledge and abilities required to practice as a confident, competent, critical, and reflective practitioner in different settings supporting varied service user groups. The course will also equip you to practise competently, sensitively, and ethically within the complexities of contemporary social work practice, and thus promote the integration of theoretical learning, skills development, reflection, self-awareness and critical analysis. Central to this is also a commitment to develop your competence and confidence in anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive person-centred practice.

The course enables you to learn contemporary physiotherapy knowledge and skills in our world class facilities including the Anatomy Learning Centre and Simulation Suite. You will learn alongside other healthcare students, developing your resourcefulness and communication skills to build the networks and relationships necessary for working with service users and members of multidisciplinary teams.

You will enhance your knowledge of research and evaluation and through critical reflection and learn how to apply evidence-based principles in a variety of practical situations. You will be supported to foster your skills in a range of placement settings from NHS and private providers ensuring you graduate as a competent, adaptable and autonomous practitioner.

Blackboard

Throughout your studies, you will use the university’s online learning platform, Blackboard, to access:

  • Module materials and lecture slides
  • Reading lists and resources
  • Assignment information and submission links
  • Timetables and announcements
  • Discussion boards and online learning activities

Learning Skills Hub

To help you feel confident and prepared, we recommend completing some introductory skills courses available through the Learning Skills Hub before the course begins.

These resources can support your transition into postgraduate study and help develop key academic skills early on.

Your Must Do Tasks

There are some key tasks you'll need to complete to make sure you are ready to become a CCCU student. 

Some of these can't be completed until you have been invited to register but your Occupational Health and DBS check can be completed prior to this. You will be prompted via My Record to complete these so make sure you are checking your personal email regularly for this. Please complete these checks as soon as possible 

Registration invitations are sent towards the end of August. We'll send yours to the email address you used when you applied, so please check this inbox regularly to make sure you don't miss any important information.

Contact details

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