Keele,
United Kingdom
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) in Keele United Kingdom | Keele University
Keele University
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Keele United Kingdom
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP
16,600
(c. USD22,180.42)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
Are you ready to make a significant difference in mental health nursing? Discover a rewarding career path with diverse opportunities in this vital field. Today's society recognizes mental wellbeing as equally crucial as physical health. Our program equips you with the expertise, practical abilities, and compassionate understanding needed to become a skilled mental health nurse. Through comprehensive nursing education and hands-on training in our advanced simulation labs and clinical placements, you'll learn to collaborate effectively with patients, their families, and community networks. Mental health nurses provide essential support to individuals facing psychological challenges, playing a transformative role in improving lives. Our curriculum emphasizes personalized care approaches that respect each person's unique physical, emotional, social, and cultural requirements. Since serious mental health conditions can impact physical wellbeing, health education and promotion form fundamental components of your future nursing responsibilities. Our program develops self-aware, thoughtful practitioners who exemplify professionalism through resilience and empathy. You'll learn to apply your skills in educating and assisting individuals throughout their lifespan, with particular focus on early intervention for youth mental health and understanding how childhood experiences shape long-term psychological wellbeing. With dementia cases projected to exceed one million in the UK by 2025 (Alzheimer's Society 2019), mental health nurses will be essential in detecting, assessing, and managing cognitive decline. Clinical Placements Through our established relationships with NHS providers, private organizations, and voluntary groups, you'll gain invaluable real-world experience across various healthcare environments. These mental health placements bridge classroom learning with practical application, strengthening your professional values, clinical capabilities, and career prospects while building confidence in your nursing competencies. Half your program duration involves hands-on practice in diverse care settings. Foundation Year Option Our Foundation Year offers an alternative pathway to Keele University, giving you additional preparation for your degree studies while guaranteeing progression upon successful completion. This preparatory year enhances academic skills, deepens subject knowledge, familiarizes you with university-level education, and most importantly, boosts your self-assurance before beginning your undergraduate program. Career Prospects An impressive 95% of Keele graduates secure employment or continue education within 15 months of completing their studies (HESA Graduate Outcomes, 2019-20). The varied clinical experiences throughout your training will provide the essential knowledge and professional mindset for a successful career in contemporary mental health nursing.
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Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
A Level BBC in three A Levels, Contextual Offer CCC in three A Levels. You will also need 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification, Access to HE Diploma 112 UCAS points in any Access to HE Diploma including Distinction in at least 15 Level 3 credits. BTEC Extended Diploma / National Extended Diploma: DMM in any BTEC Extended Diploma / National Extended Diploma, Contextual Offer: MMM in any BTEC Extended Diploma / National Extended Diploma. BTEC National Diploma / Diploma: Distinction and Merit in any BTEC National Diploma / Diploma and C in one A Level, or Merit and Merit in BTEC Diploma and A in one A Level. BTEC National Extended Certificate / Subsidiary Diploma: Distinction in any BTEC National Extended Certificate / Subsidiary Diploma and CC in two A Levels, or Merit in any BTEC National Extended Certificate / Subsidiary Diploma and BB in two A Levels. T Level: Merit in any T Level. In addition to our typical qualifications for entry, we will also consider the following: DMM in a CTEC in a Health or Science subject; B in an NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma / Extended Diploma / Technical Diploma in Health and Social Care, Childcare and Education, or for the Children and Young People’s Workforce; Pass the 60 credit Open University Module K101 or K102 (Introduction to Health and Social Care).  Transfers into the second year of a programme from other UK nursing programmes will be considered. You need to have achieved 120 credits and passed practice.  In all cases, you will also need a 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below). We will also consider applicants with previous degrees, HNDs, Foundation Degrees, and other health related higher education qualifications. All of our courses require an English language qualification or test. For most students, this requirement can be met with a 4 or C in GCSE English, A level English Language or Literature D, AS level English Language or Literature C, IB Diploma English (any except ab initio) SL 4 or HL 4. IELTS Academic and IELTS Indicator 7.0 with 7.0 in reading, listening and speaking and 6.5 in writing, TOEFL IBT (including Home) 95 with 22 (writing) and 25 (listening, reading and speaking).
Tuition
GBP
16,600