The first intake for learners registering with the OU and our partners will be February\u00a02021, subject to NMC approval. Upon successful completion of the programme, learners will be eligible to register with the Nursing & Midwifery Council as an Adult Nurse.<\/p>\n
Jan Webb<\/a>, Associate Head of School \u2013 Professional Programmes at the OU, said:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Open University is very excited to be part of this high-profile innovative approach to nurse education.\u00a0 We are delighted to be working with our partners, Middlesex University and the University of the West of England, to deliver a unique programme that will enable wider access to nursing whilst equipping the future nurse with the skills required to deliver high quality care in the technological environment of the 21st<\/sup> Century. We are truly delighted to be part of this initiative\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Find out more about the programme on the\u00a0HEE website<\/a>.<\/p>\n This HEE partnership initiative is available\u00a0in addition to our\u00a0BSc (Hons) Nursing<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship<\/a>\u00a0programmes, available in the four fields of nursing practice; Adult, Children and Young People, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Nursing, which are also delivered in a blended way via online distance learning.<\/p>\n From February 2021\u00a0the Open University (OU) will be delivering a new blended nursing programme in the London and the South\/South West region in partnership with Middlesex University, London and University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) (Subject to NMC Approval). It is anticipated that the application process for this new, innovative and exciting degree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[862,1525,1640,2403],"class_list":["post-15975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-languages-health","category-health","tag-faculty-of-wels","tag-news-home","tag-ou-home","tag-wels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Work-Photo-Colour-226x300.jpg\")
Lauren Robinson<\/strong> is part of the Strategic External Engagement Team within the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at the OU. Specialising in B2B communications management, she is responsible for employer and partner communications within the Faculty. Lauren has completed her Bachelor of Laws (Hons) with the OU and is currently studying towards her MBA. She is a keen reader and enjoys travel and cooking.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"