Get into Nursing
What will I learn?
On this course, you will be supported by a dynamic and experienced academic team who will cover vital study skills such as:
- How to write in an academic style
- Maintaining personal wellbeing and developing resilience whilst studying
- Balancing a healthy study/life balance
- Recognising and building on transferable skills acquired from previous education, employment and lived experiences
You will also learn about and experience the unparalleled university resources and support services available to help you during your studies
Ensuring that you are not just university ready, not just work ready, but that you are World Ready!
Teaching and assessment
The course has 30 hours of taught material over four weeks and an optional fifth week, for a one-to-one tutorial. This will be a blend of in-person learning at University Centre Warrington, University Centre Birkenhead, or Chester (Wheeler), and online learning via the University’s virtual learning environment.
The assessment is the completion of a learning portfolio, which is made up of weekly, tutor-assigned tasks that are linked to the learning outcomes of the course.
There will also be a final, short written task that will be assessed using the Level 3 assessment criteria (equivalent to A Level).
The University is currently collating bookings for the course to be delivered at either the Chester, Birkenhead, or Warrington campus to best suit course participants. We aim to start this short course on a date selected by participants and would kindly like to ask that participants write their two options for a preferred date in the Personal Statement section within their online application please. The course has often started on either Tuesday or Thursday.
Entry Requirements and How to Apply
Get into Nursing aims to attract individuals who may not have normally considered higher education due to a lack of confidence or the right qualifications. All prospective learners would need a reasonable level of English and entitlement to study in the UK to apply for the Get Into Nursing course.
The next intake for the Get into Nursing short course starts 6th May 2027 at our University Centre Birkenhead site. It may be offered at other locations, subject to demand. (Please indicate in your personal statement if you would be interested in studying at either our Chester or Warrington site).
For further information, including entry requirements, please contact our Health and Social Care admissions team hscadmissions@chester.ac.uk.
What does the course lead to?
Once you have completed the course you can make a choice about how you would like to progress, either through our direct entry route to university or through our apprenticeship route. This does not affect the course application process or the content for the course; your learning will be the same.
Get into Nursing: Direct Entry
Upon successful completion of this course, if you do have the formal qualifications required for a typical degree, and are using this course as an opportunity to build your confidence before applying, you can go on to apply (dependent on meeting the entry requirements of the degree) for any of our Nursing or Midwifery courses If you have attended this course because you have an interest in a nursing career and to apply for a Degree Apprenticeship, upon successful completion, if you have the formal qualification required for a typical degree and an employer ready to support you through an apprenticeship, you can go on to apply for the Registered Nurse (Degree Apprenticeship) BN
"This is a really exciting opportunity for an individual to consider a higher education course and gives a taster of what study is like at university. It’s also great if you need your confidence building and if you are successful, it allows you to progress into a Nursing course."
— Professor Vicky Ridgway