MIDWIFERY graduates from Bradford enjoy almost 100 per cent employability, the University has claimed amid International Day of the Midwife.
Following the annual celebration, which was yesterday, course leaders said it was due to both a national shortage of midwives and the University of Bradford’s positive reputation.
Karen Khan, Professional Lead Midwifery & Reproductive at the University of Bradford, said: “We train about 60 midwives a year and because of our reputation and the fact there is a shortage of midwives, our graduates have almost 100 per cent employability.
“However, we do need to see more applicants coming from diverse backgrounds, to better reflect the overall population in the region.”
Programme Lead, Lindsay Hobbs, added: “Midwifery is such a rewarding career, with a broad variety of career paths - graduates could go on to work in hospitals, in specialist research, in education - there are lots of opportunities.”
Bradford midwifery graduates have recently appeared in the five-part BBC mini-series Yorkshire Midwives on Call, which follows the home birth team at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The University’s midwifery degrees are approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the statutory body and regulator of nursing and midwifery healthcare professions, with 50 per cent of the course ‘on placement’.
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