Nafeesa Khan is a Year 2 student on the BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) course at Manchester. Here, she takes us through a typical day studying on the course. Studying audiology at the University is very exciting. Here, you get the best of both worlds, the one-to-one contact with lecturers at university and then placement during … More A Day in the Life of an Audiology Student at University: Nafeesa
Nafeesa Khan is a Year 2 student on the BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) course at Manchester. Here, she takes us through a typical day on a placement on the course. 8:30am The day begins with me arriving at placement at 8:30am. This gives me time to prepare for the patients and to carry out … More A Day in the Life of an Audiology Student on Placement: Nafeesa
As part of our FBMH Stories feature on Instagram, we spoke to Vimbai, a final year Midwifery student. Why did you choose to study Midwifery? I realised that I had a passion for women’s health, and after a hospital placement abroad, I realised it was specifically maternity I was interested in. The opportunity to be with … More FBMH Stories: Vimbai Tagarira
Current student Alice takes us through a typical day in the life of a Midwifery student. 6:30am My alarm goes off and I get ready for a day on placement. I am on my community placement at the moment so I wear my full uniform. I travel by bus and meet my mentor in the community … More A Day in the Life of a Midwifery Student: Alice
Alice Coltman is a community adult Speech and Language Therapist at Bridgewater Community NHS Foundation Trust. Here, she reveals why and how she went into speech and language therapy, and gives advice to anyone considering a similar career path. Why I chose speech and language therapy During sixth form, I shadowed my mum’s friend, who … More How I became a speech and language therapist
Conducted as part of an undergraduate placement year project at The University of Manchester, a study published in the journal Behavioural Ecology has shown that male domestic fowl are less aggressive towards related males than they are to unrelated males when competing for mates. Recently-graduated BSc Biology with Industrial/Professional Experience student, Charlotte Rosher, was interested in evolutionary biology … More My undergraduate research: why blood is thicker than water for mating roosters
What is a typical week as a student on our Midwifery (BMidwif) course like? Current student Phoebe-Jane reveals what she gets up to over a week on the course. Monday Guided independent study today means the University has set me work to do from home. This flexibility means I can decide when to do it, and completing … More A Week in the Life of a Midwifery Student: Phoebe-Jane
