International Foundation Year in Health Science (2 Semesters), Leading to Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Learning Disability Nursing

Study Group - University of Huddersfield International Study Centre

UK,England

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 15,900/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Sep 2025

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UK, England

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1992

Total Students: 17,300 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, United Kingdom

International Foundation Year in Health Science (2 Semesters), Leading to Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Learning Disability Nursing

Program Overview

International Foundation Year in Health Science

The International Foundation Year in Health Science is a preparatory academic programme designed for international students aspiring to pursue undergraduate degrees in a field of health science.

This foundation year equips students with essential knowledge and skills in subjects such as biology, mathematics, and English for academic purposes. You will study core modules, which are general skills subjects, and specialised modules tailored to your chosen area of study, all of which are important for your academic development.

Why study Health Science at Huddersfield?

  • Degrees typically include placements, such as clinical practice in local hospitals and NHS trusts, to gain practical experience in a real-world setting.
  • Access a range of specialist facilities, including a new £250m National Health Innovation Campus, a biomechanics laboratory, simulated children’s ward and physiotherapy practical rooms. 

Leading to: Learning Disability Nursing BSc (Hons)

Learning disability nurses are qualified to work with individuals with learning disabilities at all ages, from childhood through to end of life. They work in a person-centred way and are passionate about rights, choice, inclusion, and equality.

On this course, you’ll discover that working with individuals with learning disabilities is enjoyable, creative, enriching, and inspiring. The career opportunities of a Learning Disability nurse are varied, too. You could secure a role within community teams, specialist behaviour teams, nursing care, autism services, children’s services, assessment and treatment services, mental health, and palliative care.

The course is designed to help you become a competent, caring, and compassionate nurse. You’ll also develop your communication and interpersonal skills, become confident in person-centred approaches, leadership and management, evidence-based decision making and teamworking.

Why study Learning Disability Nursing BSc (Hons)

  • Regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), this course could lead to a potentially life-enriching career as a learning disability nurse. Throughout your studies, you’ll be supported by a team who are learning disability nurses first and foremost, with extensive and varied practice experience and diverse interests in the field of learning disabilities. Individuals with learning disabilities are involved in the development of teaching materials, too, and will work with you in the classroom. You’ll also spend 50 per cent of your learning undertaking placement opportunities in a wide range of clinical practice settings, providing care and support for both children and adults.
  • You’ll learn in our state-of-the-art labs, which will help you develop your clinical skills, including personal care, life support, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) assessment, venepuncture, and wound care. You’ll have the opportunity to undertake interprofessional learning opportunities with other professional groups, such as social workers and speech and language therapists.
  • The University’s new Daphne Steele Building is now open on the site of the National Health Innovation campus, enabling our Learning Disability Nursing students to benefit from specialist clinical teaching facilities and world-leading research facilities.

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