**Start your nursing career at the University of Leeds.**At Leeds, we offer an innovative curriculum, delivered by experts who translate their research into active clinical practice.Ranked 2nd in Yorkshire and the Humber for nursing and midwifery, we'll provide you with the outstanding education you need to grow and develop as a nurse.Our nursing course is child-focused and family-centred, and we need people who want to keep children healthy and safe, and who are caring, courageous and compassionate. Throughout your degree, we’ll help you develop the qualities that define a Leeds child nurse – intuitive, empathetic communicators who are committed advocates for children, young people, and families.We’re proud to have an innovative team with a range of clinical, academic and research interests, who deliver an exciting and engaging degree.Studying at Leeds means you’ll experience our first-rate clinical skills facilities with a dedicated children’s ward to prepare you for rewarding placements in some of the best teaching hospitals in Europe, including St James’s University Hospital and on our doorstep, Leeds Children’s Hospital at Leeds General Infirmary, in areas such as neonates, oncology, neurology and children’s A&E.We’re also a research intensive school, meaning you’ll have access to internationally-regarded research before it’s in the wider domain, giving you a distinctive advantage in your professional life.

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