BSc (Hons) Health & Wellbeing (Top-Up)*

The BSc (Hons) Health & Wellbeing (Top-Up) course is ideal for students who want to advance their studies in order to gain a degree-level understanding of health and healthcare provision. 

The School of Nursing teaching team will support you to do research on equality and inclusion. You will also look at the concepts of sustainability, critical assessment, practice development, and factors that affect health studies and examining ideas of partnership working.

The work of visiting industry experts and citizen involvement will play a critical role in shaping the curriculum of the course - this will ensure that the knowledge you gain is applicable to real-world settings and meets the needs of experienced care recipients. On the strength of this degree, graduates can easily get jobs in the private, local, government and statutory healthcare suppliers.

This course is being delivered in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton!

*Subject to validation

All classes in the BSc (Hons) Health & Wellbeing (Top-Up) course are only two days a week and lasts for one academic year. It is classified as a full-time course, with classroom-based delivery.  

Below are the potential units you may study in September 2024.

Structure of the Programme for the Academic Year (Top-Up)

To be eligible for entry onto this course, you must have achieved 120 credits at Level 4 and 120 credits at Level 5 that are appropriate to this course.

This will be a relevant HND (Level 5) qualification or a Foundation Degree in the areas of Health and Social Care (or similar subject) with 240 credits.

If you have other qualifications not mentioned or relevant work experience, please contact our friendly Admissions Team!

Tel: 0121 455 7964

Email: admissions@city-college.co.uk

Tuition Fee loan and Maintenance Loan for living costs are available for this course.

What is a Tuition Fee loan?
A Tuition Fee Loan helps you to pay for your course. New full-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan of up to £9,250 to cover the cost of tuition fees. The amount you can get doesn’t depend on your household income.

You’ll be able to apply for the same Maintenance Loan as other full-time students.

The tuition fee for the BSc (Hons) Health & Wellbeing (Top-Up) course is £9250.

If you do not wish to pay your tuition fees through Student Finance, please contact us.

What is a Maintenance Loan?
A Maintenance Loan helps towards your living costs, such as food, rent and books.

The amount you can borrow depends on your household income, your course and where you live and study.

Maintenance Loan per Academic Season
The Maintenance Loan is paid directly into your bank account at the start of each term. Please see the table below to see how much you could receive. When you earn over a certain threshold, you will have to start paying the loan back. For more information on when you will be paying it back, please see here: www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan/when-you-start-repaying

If you’re 60 or over on the first day of the first academic year of your course you can apply for up to £4,221 in 2023/2024 academic year or £4,327 in 2024/2025 academic year.

Repayments

Repayments are based on your future income, not what you borrow. You won’t repay your loan until you’ve left university and your income is over a certain amount.

The conditions for Student Finance repayments have changed slightly, and they have introduced a new plan. To find out what plan you are on (or will be on) please click on this link
www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan/which-repayment-plan-you-are-on

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TUITION FEE AND MAINTENANCE LOAN CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/new-fulltime-students

If you have any queries about the course please contact us!