University · Worcester, West Midlands

Allied health courses at University of Worcester

University of Worcester runs 10 approved pre-registration allied health courses, training occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, diagnostic radiographers, dietitians and paramedics, based in Worcester, West Midlands. Below: every course, the route and award each one leads to, the entry requirements where the university has published them, and how the offer compares with neighbouring providers.

UndergraduatePre-reg master’sApprenticeship
10 Approved courses Pre-registration, leading to registration
6 Professions taught Allied health only
3 years Shortest course
7 of 10 Entry requirements published Courses with a typical offer in the open data

What you can study here

University of Worcester teaches 6 allied health professions at pre-registration level, training occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, diagnostic radiographers, dietitians and paramedics. Every course listed on this page is approved by its regulator, which is what makes it count: finishing an approved course is what entitles you to apply for registration, and registration is what lets you hold the protected title and be appointed to the job.

Two ways in run side by side here. The undergraduate degree is the standard entry route from school or college; the pre-registration master’s is the accelerated route for people who already hold a relevant degree, and it compresses the same regulated content — including the placement hours — into a shorter, harder programme. There is also an apprenticeship route. That one works in the opposite order to everything else: you need an employer to take you on and sponsor the training first, and the university place follows from the job rather than the other way round.

A typical offer is published for 7 of the 10 courses here and not for the 3 others, so those rows are left blank rather than filled in with a guess. Where an offer is published, treat it as the shape of the offer rather than a guarantee — these courses are interviewed, and they carry DBS and occupational health requirements on top of the grades. 6 courses carry a UCAS code, so they are applied for through the central system rather than direct to the university.

Location
Worcester
Region
West Midlands
Nation
England
Approved courses
10
Professions taught
6
Routes offered
undergraduate degree, degree apprenticeship and pre-registration master’s
Campus locations
Worcester

Every allied health course at University of Worcester

Side by side, so you can see where the routes and the course lengths actually differ.

Occupational therapist at University of Worcester

Occupational therapists help people do the everyday activities that matter to them when illness, injury, disability or ageing gets in the way.

Occupational therapist entry requirements at University of Worcester · All occupational therapists courses in the UK · How to become an occupational therapist

Operating department practitioner at University of Worcester

Operating department practitioners are perioperative specialists who look after patients through the three phases of surgery.

Operating department practitioner entry requirements at University of Worcester · All operating department practitioners courses in the UK · How to become an operating department practitioner

Physiotherapist at University of Worcester

Physiotherapists assess and treat problems with movement and function caused by injury, illness, disability or ageing.

Physiotherapist entry requirements at University of Worcester · All physiotherapists courses in the UK · How to become a physiotherapist

Diagnostic radiographer at University of Worcester

Diagnostic radiographers produce and interpret the medical images that let clinicians see inside the body.

Diagnostic radiographer entry requirements at University of Worcester · All diagnostic radiographers courses in the UK · How to become a diagnostic radiographer

Dietitian at University of Worcester

Dietitians assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems, translating nutritional science into practical advice and clinical treatment.

Dietitian entry requirements at University of Worcester · All dietitians courses in the UK · How to become a dietitian

Paramedic at University of Worcester

Paramedics are autonomous practitioners who assess and treat patients in urgent and emergency settings, usually outside hospital.

Paramedic entry requirements at University of Worcester · All paramedics courses in the UK · How to become a paramedic

Paying for it in England

Student support for allied health courses is set nation by nation, so what applies here is decided by the fact that University of Worcester is in England — not by the university.

Other universities in West Midlands

Applicants normally hold several offers at once, and the realistic alternatives are the providers whose placement circuits cover the same patch.

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