Radiotherapy and Oncology

Description

Radiotherapy is the use of X-rays and other ionising radiations to treat patients who are mainly suffering from cancer. The Therapeutic Radiographer is someone who can combine technical skills with a caring attitude, has a sense of responsibility and enjoys working in a team. This modular degree will ensure students have the ability to undertake the accurate planning and delivery of treatment, the provision of a high standard of patient care, good inter-personal skills, and the ability to adapt and respond to the individual needs of the patient.

The Radiography degrees embed the Standards of Proficiency determined by the regulator, the Health Professions Council . Graduates are eligible to apply for HPC registration which is a requirement for employment in a broad range of NHS and private radiographic roles. These span from general radiography and radiotherapy to posts in research, education, advanced practice and management.

Further Information

Radiotherapy is the use of X-rays and other ionising radiations to treat patients who are mainly suffering from cancer. The therapeutic radiographer is someone who can combine technical skills with a caring attitude, has a sense of responsibility and enjoys working in a team.

This course ensures students have the ability to undertake the accurate planning and delivery of treatment, the provision of a high standard of patient care, good inter-personal skills, and the ability to adapt and respond to the individual needs of the patient.

The course is accredited by The College of Radiographers and graduates are eligible to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council.

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 9550 Year (EEA)
• EUR 12530 Year (Non-EEA)

UK/EU Fees Students starting at UCS from September 2012 will be charged £8000 for a full-time Bachelors degree or £7500 for a full-time Foundation degree. Tuition fees for full-time International Study: Classroom-based 10,500 GBP (£) Laboratory-based 12,600 GBP (£)

• English

Course Content

This course is vocational in nature, features approximately 60% clinical practice and prepares graduates to become professional Therapeutic Radiographers who are eligible to apply for registration with the regulatory body, The Health Professions Council. The course is also accredited by the professional body, The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR). Radiography is a caring yet technologically advanced profession with requires people skills and technical application of a range of skills developed over the course of 3 years.

Graduates will become valued health care professionals at the forefront of the UKs world class cancer service. This course utilises state-of-the-art clinical departments in which students are trained and educated and a wealth of campus based facilities including virtual reality (VERT) and well equipped computerised treatment planning facilities. Opportunities exist for further progression into management, research, cancer specialist roles, education and consultant level practice in the UK or abroad.

Modules are 20 or 40 credits; modules include radiotherapy practice for radiotherapy radiographers, modules joint with diagnostic radiographers and IPL (Interprofessional Learning) modules with a range of other health care professionals at UCS.

Year 1 focuses on the basic principles of physics, healthcare and radiographic practice. Year 2 builds upon this knowledge base and introduce research skills and develop skills of critique and analysis whilst enhancing clinical practice. Year 3 ensures that graduates will be prepared for the rigours of modern radiography practice which include high level clinical practice, interprofessional collaborative working, supervising and supporting others, specialist areas of radiotherapy and life-long learning / continuing professional development preparedness.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 7 CAE score : 75(Grade B) TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

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Requirements

English language requirements

All students need to be able to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English. Students whose first language is not English will need to take a recognised English Language test in advance of commencing a course at UCS and before the Confirmation of Acceptance (CAS) letter is issued for visa purposes.
UCS accepts a range of English qualifications, with the following standards required:

IELTS (academic version): 6.0 for all degrees, apart from Diagnostic Radiography,Radiotherapy and Oncology, ODP and all Pre-Registration Nursing and Midwifery courses that require 7.0. Postgraduate courses generally require between 6.5 and 7.0.
TOEFL: 550 on paper-based test; 213 on computer-based test; or 79-80 on the internet-based test for all degrees
Pearson Test of English Academic - Minimum score of 50 is required
Cambridge Proficiency Certificate: Grade C; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: Grade B
GCE O-level or GCSE English Language/Use of English: Grade C
Test in English for Educational Purposes (TEEP) International Baccalaureate English Grade B (standard level).
Hong Kong Certificate of English Education

Plus five GCSEs at grade C or above (or equivalent) to include English, Mathematics and Science.

Subject to interview and Admissions Test.

Any offer of a place will be subject to satisfactory Health check and Criminal Records Bureau check.

Subject to interview.

Students must be over the age of 18 at the beginning of the degree.

IELTS 7.0 is required where English is not the students' first language.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University Campus Suffolk.

Funding

National Scholarship Programme

As part of the new student finance system, students with households incomes under £25,000 per year will benefit from a new National Scholarship Programme. This new scheme is targeted towards students who most need financial help.
The National Scholarship is funded jointly by the Government and Universities. UCS has been awarded a number of National Scholarships which students can apply for Suffolk Access Champion Scheme
The Suffolk Access Champion Scheme will be open to eligible students currently studying at a Suffolk State Sixth form, College or Academy, and applying to study at UCS on a full-time undergraduate degree programme in 2012-13.
The Suffolk Access Champion will work over two years mentoring Year 10 and 11 students to encourage progression on to higher education.

Scholarships for international students

UCS offers a generous scholarship scheme for all undergraduate students paying international fees.
All international students that are offered and have firmly accepted a place on a full-time undergraduate Foundation or Honours degree course at UCS by the 30 September for the year of entry, will be eligible for a scholarship of £1,000 per year for the duration of their course. This scholarship will be awarded each year once annual fees have been paid in full.
Please note that any international students accepted on a course that requires a practice placement with a Primary Care Trust, for example Nursing, Midwifery or Radiography, will incur an additional £3000 fee per each year of study (this excludes all British Islands students except the Falkland Islands).