Prospectus for Undergraduate, postgraduate & degree-level courses

Undergraduate, Postgraduate & degree-level Established 1880

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DECIDED TO JOIN US? Here’s how to apply for a course, in 5 simple steps.

If you have any problems uploading qualification evidence, please contact MIS@UCM.ac.im.

How to apply If you get an unconditional offer, you will be invited to enrol at UCM by email

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Visit UCM.ac.im/courses/higher-education and find your course.

Apply online: you’ll need to upload your personal statement, copies of any existing qualifications (or input your predicted grades if you’re still studying) and any other supporting documentation Keep an eye on your emails – if you receive an offer it will be emailed to you If you are waiting for results, upload a copy of them as soon as they are received

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10 REASONS TO STUDY A DEGREE, DEGREE-LEVEL OR POSTGRADUATE COURSE AT UCM

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Face-to-face lectures

Smaller class sizes to ensure you have an incredibly high level of support You’re assigned a tutor for personalised, 1-1 support

Every degree course offered at UCM includes off-Island study opportunities

Lecturers have experienced industry backgrounds

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Research and employability placement opportunities

Staying on-Island ensures you can juggle personal life and study commitments more affordably than UK universities.

Live locally and keep in touch with friends and loved ones

91% of students gain graduate level employment upon or before graduation.

87% of students gain a top grade (1st or 2:1) compared to 79% of UK graduates who achieved the same grades (Higher Education Statistics Agency 2019/20).

DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT…

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“I already have a masters from the University of Nottingham, but the level of professional and academic reflection, and challenge that has come from this course at UCM has been life changing.” – Graduate

“The lecturers are phenomenal and the mode of delivery is excellent. I’ve genuinely really enjoyed my time at UCM.” – Graduate

Your Student Experience Our Student Services Centre is located on the ground floor of our Homefield Road campus. The team provides information, advice and guidance on all UCM related issues, whether that relates to financial questions, worries about your studies or your overall personal wellbeing. studentservices@ucm.ac.im 648300 GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE Represent your peers as a Student Academic Representative (STAR), join the Student Council member or become a Student Ambassador. Within each of these roles you could play a vital part in promoting UCM across campus and in the community via our open events and sharing experiences through social media content, on our website and in the local press as well as representing UCM when visiting schools.

By representing UCM, you not only have opportunities to develop employability skills, whick look great on your CV and on UCM or UCAS applications, it’s also a great chance for you to build your profile on the Island and gain valuable industry contacts whilst boosting future employment prospects.

HOW WE CAN HELP YOU PREPARE FOR EMPLOYMENT At UCM we pride ourselves on having strong links with local industry - you will meet with the Island’s leading employers and develop employability skills through a range or exciting work placement opportunities.

Employability skills enable you to work well with others, apply knowledge to solve problems and adapt to different tasks and environments.

Our Employability Skills Coordinator can support you with job searches, building a CV, writing a cover letter and provide volunteering opportunities.

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THE HIVE ‘The HIVE’, our recently refurbished library and work space, can be found on the first floor of Homefield Road and includes a variety of different working areas, including; silent and quiet working zones and a dedicated Higher Education study room exclusively for degree level students only. You can use the HIVE computers to access a range of helpful HE e-resources, and private study rooms can also be booked at the front desk.

If you’re in a hurry to return your books, they can be dropped to our mobile book depository located just outside reception.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT If you’re looking for some extra support with your work, our friendly team in the Academic Support Centre (ASC) are here to help. They offer flexible one-to-one or small group support that can help with areas such as essay planning and research techniques.

Sessions take place in a relaxed study environment, located at Homefield Road.

Email asc@ucm.ac.im for further details.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT If you have additional needs, we’re here to help. Support could include any / all of the following: • • • • •

Transition support Access to welfare / well-being support Small group / 1-1 support in the Academic Support Centre Assistive technology tutorial / support Access to Exam Access Arrangements

For more information visit www.ucm.ac.im/student-experience/support-for-additionaleducation-needs/.

RESEARCH FESTIVAL At the beginning of the academic year, UCM hosts its annual ‘Research Festival’ event with the aim of facilitating collaboration between researchers, on and off-Island whilst promoting the reputation of Island-based research and education.

The event offers students, independent researchers and guests the opportunity to listen to presentations, participate in research workshops and network over coffee and lunch at our impressive Nunnery campus. So, if you’re feeling brave enough and have some research you would like to share, we would love to see you put yourself forward.

You can find clips and recordings from previous research events on our website.

Our Campuses We have six campuses in Douglas – all with facilities specific to different courses.

Homefield Road

The Homefield Road campus is often referred to as ‘the main college building’ as this is the largest of all our sites. Here you will find the newly refurbished ‘#2’ cafeteria, as well as the Annie Gill student run coffee shop and Oastan training restaurant.

Hills Meadow

Due to its ideal location, just a quick 5-minute walk from the National Sports Centre, Hills Meadow is used as the base for our expanding sport-related qualifications. It also hosts our manufacturing engineering courses, complemented by modern workshops that contain industry standard machinery.

Elmwood House

Just a two-minute walk from the Homefield Road campus, degree programmes such as Cybersecurity, Public Health and History are delivered here. There is a large lecturer theatre and a common room with a small kitchenette and snack vending machine available.

William Kennish

Located half way up Greenfield Road, this campus is home to our Engineering department and includes world-class equipment and training areas for general engineering courses.

The site also contains a motor vehicle workshop and is just a short 2-minute walk to our main Homefield Road campus.

The Nunnery

Located within walking distance to Douglas town centre, the Nunnery campus is our base for most Degree, Degree-Level and Post Graduate courses, with lectures being delivered over three floors of the main building, including a large lecture theatre.

Students are welcome to use the kitchen facilities (fridge, kettle, microwave & filtered water machines) and can make use of the vending machines for snacks and hot drinks.

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Art & Design BA (Hons) Creative Visual Practice

Studying Creative Visual Practice will enable you to establish and refine your own individual creative approach to contemporary practice through risk taking, experimentation, critical thinking and practical skills.

Explore creative and original ways to communicate a message to any given audience and work with a range of creative media including graphics, contemporary art, illustration, crafts, fashion, animation, multimedia, website designing, advertising, film, video and photography, as well as traditional media.

Throughout the course you will specialise in your preferred creative area while also developing broader skills by enabling you to experience artistic disciplines. The degree is a well-rounded qualification that gives you transferable skills to boost your job prospects and help you stand out from the crowd.

Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: Homefield Road

Jac Cannon’s Success Story

Before Jac Cannon joined the team at Greenlight TV as a Production Technician and Editor, he studied a BA (Hons) degree in Visual Communications at UCM. “Remaining on-Island to study a degree was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. The opportunity to save money whilst staying at home where I’m comfortable and being able to network with local industry, really helped me get a foot in the door after graduating and I’m so grateful for my time at UCM”.

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Business, finance & administration BA (Hons) Business Management

Business management focuses on the organising, planning and analysing of business activities that are required to efficiently manage and run a business.

Delve into the fast-paced and constantly evolving world of business and entrepreneurship, and learn all about the workings of businesses and the environment in which they function.

Upon successful completion of the first year, you can then specialise their studies by selecting modules relevant to their academic interests.

Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: The Nunnery

BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance

Over the course of this three-year degree, you will enhance and develop your abilities in the field of finance, working towards gaining the key skill requirements to secure yourself a challenging, yet rewarding career in the accounting and finance industry. Our lecturers are members of the professional bodies for their specialist subject and have extensive industry experience both on and off-Island – so it’s safe to say, you’re in good hands.

The degree includes a number of professional accountancy exemptions which prepare you to kickstart your career in the sector shortly after graduating. Did you know that graduate accountants will also be able to move into management positions?

Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: The Nunnery

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Education and Quality Assurance Certificate of Education in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector

This course is designed for teachers, tutors and trainers who are teaching, or intend to teach, their specialist subject in adult (post 16) education and training – this can include public, private and/or voluntary settings.

This award is recognised by employers as the qualification of choice for a wide variety of teaching and training roles in the public and private sectors.

The first module can be undertaken as a stand-alone award for those who want a practical introduction to teaching adults, resulting in the award of ‘Introduction to Education and Training’ (IET) 20 credits at Level 4 – which is taught over a 13-week period at the Nunnery and also available in the evening.

Duration: 2 Years Study Mode: Part Time Campus: The Nunnery

City & Guilds Assessments Quality & Assurance

These qualifications, at Level 3 and 4, are open to people carrying out assessments and quality assurance in most learning environments including 16+ (Further Education), Adult Continuing Learning, Employers and the Third Sector. They are designed for anyone carrying out quality assurance in all occupational sectors, accredited learning and non-accredited learning qualifications.

Duration: 1 Year Study Mode: Part Time Campus: The Nunnery

Laura Matthews’ Success Story

Nursing can be a challenging yet rewarding career, however, for BN (Hons) Mental Health perfect pathway, and even led her to write a novel to support children who are struggling

“I knew I wanted to work with people, and the Health & Social Care course had such a bro explore. I was able to work with children, older people and mental health experts, and tha and so I went on to pursue a degree.”

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Health & Social Care BA (Hons) Health & Social Care

Equip yourself with the knowledge, skills and experience for a career in health & social care. Work-related experience combined with academic study; this practical and fascinating degree explores fundamental concepts for practice within this rewarding sector.

Upon successful completion of the first year (Level 4), you can then choose to select modules of interest to specialise their studies in the second and third years, enabling them to tailor their degree to suit the career pathway they wish to pursue.

Pathways include: • Children & Young People • End of Life Care • Mental Health Studies • Public Health Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: Elmwood House

Level 6 top up – Foundation degree in Health and Society

If you wish to obtain the full BSc award in Public Health can apply for direct entry upon successful completion of the Foundation Degree in Health and Society.

Alternatively, students with relevant qualifications at Level 5 or with experience within the sector can be considered via the accreditation process for prior learning. If you’re applying to join the Level 6 programme you must also hold GCSEs in English and Maths (C or above) on application.

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Nursing Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) in Mental Health or Adult Nursing

Challenge yourself and make a difference in the demanding yet incredibly rewarding fields of either Mental Health or Adult Nursing.

If you are an empathetic, patient and determined individual, then nursing might be the perfect pathway for you. Helping people back to mental health is every bit valuable and satisfying as caring for those with a physical illness, and with excellent employment prospects. Equally, developing the care, compassion and communication skills to care for some of society’s most vulnerable adults, is incredibly rewarding.

The nursing programme aims to provide professional nurse education which takes account of all the relevant professional and academic benchmarks, producing future nurses who must act first and foremost to care for and safeguard the public.

Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: Keyll Darree

Computing & Digital technologies BSc (Hons) Applied Computing, BSc (Hons) Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Cybersecurity

Explore this dynamic and rapidly growing area that has become an integral part of the world that we live in today. After you have completed your first year of study, you can tailor your modules and decide to pursue either a ‘Computer Science’, ‘Applied Computing’ or ‘Cybersecurity’ degree.

Having a degree in the field of IT will give you a deep understanding of theories and emerging technologies, and will provide you with the skills needed to achieve a successful career in this fast-paced and very relevant sector.

Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: Homefield Road

Engineering BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Engineering (General Engineering)

Engineering is an exciting and varied subject to study – with former students now working for Formula One racing teams, Aerospace Engineering firms and successful local organisations, there are many career possibilities.

This course is perfect for people with a genuine interest in engineering and those wishing to continue with their studies to HND/degree level and beyond – we will support you in whatever you decide.

Duration: 1 Year Study Mode: Full Time Campus: William Kennish

Savannha Gunnell’s Success Story

Former engineering student, Savannha Gunnell, is leading the way for young, female engineers in a field which is often popular among men. Completing her first Engineering qualification with UCM in 2017, Savannha worked at Ronaldsway Aicraft Company gaining key industry experience, whilst progressing though through Level 4 and 5 studies with distinction.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time as a student at UCM and would encourage anyone who’s considering studying engineering, to give it a go. I am now excited to be returning to UCM as a lecturer, and utilising the six plus years of industry experience and knowledge I have acquired.”

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History BA (Hons) History & Heritage

Step back in time and explore this wide-ranging degree which covers aspects of local and international history and heritage, from ancient times to the present. You will also have access to personalised tours of the Island’s most treasured historical sites!

The skills gained by history graduates are highly valued and transferable to the workplace, with graduates finding employment in business management, law, politics and the media, due to their outstanding research and analysis skills.

Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: Elmwood House

Sports BSc (Hons) Sport

Fuel your passion for sport and develop the skills needed to kickstart your career. Upon successful completion of first year (Level 4), students can specialise their studies in second and third year by selecting modules relevant to them in either of the following pathways: Sports Leadership & Development Our Sport Leadership and Development degree gives you the skills and know-how to implement and manage local, national and international sports programmes and events.

Gain a broad understanding of the principles and application of sports leadership and development in addition to hands-on experience with some of our partners and other employers on and off campus. Follow your passion and make a real difference to people’s lives and the effective operations of organisations.

Sports Science for Sport Performance Immerse yourself in the science of sport to help develop the high-performance athletes of today and tomorrow. Your studies will allow you to develop the essential knowledge and skills required to pursue a wide range of careers in sport and sports performance such as a performance analyst, strength and conditioning coach or sport and exercise scientist.

You can also choose to develop your expertise further with a master’s programme in an aligned professional discipline for example, Chartered Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Strength and Conditioning, Psychology or even Physiology.

Duration: 3 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: The Nunnery

Work Based and Integrative Studies (WBIS) WHAT IS WORK BASED AND INTEGRATIVE STUDIES? (WBIS) WBIS is a higher education framework that enables you to study at degree level through academic recognition of learning, undertaken primarily in the workplace.

Our WBIS course is ideal for part-time learners who want to learn in and through their workplace, with support from tutors and supplemented with taugth modules .

Why Study WBIS

WBIS is a flexible framework, so it’s possible to progress within the programme from Certificate to Postgraduate.

You can negotiate your learning pathway to reflect your professional ambition, meaning you can exit with a Foundation, Honours or Postgraduate degree relevant to you.

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Work Based and Integrative Studies (WBIS) Courses MA/MSc Business Entrepreneurship (WBIS)

This innovative course is designed for recent graduates who are keen to begin their career whilst continuing their studies at Masters Level. It is an 18-month work placement-based, action-learning programme that combines advanced business practice and theory development. You would spend the first twelve months either in lectures or on two 20-week placements, followed by six months which are available for you to write your thesis’.

Duration: 2 Years Study Mode: Full Time Campus: The Nunnery

Masters in Business Administration (WBIS)

Studying this degree will continue to advance your knowledge of business whilst opening up doors to help you progress in your career. Your learning pathway will include the universally recognised MBA topic areas including customers, finance, marketing and leadership & management to name but a few.

Duration: Up to 6 Years Study Mode: Flexible Learning Campus: The Nunnery

Emma Sayle’s Success Story

Emma Sayle recently graduated from UCM with a Masters’ in Business and Sustainable Practice which she completed through the Work Based integrative Studies (WBIS) programme that allowed her to work and gain industry experience whilst studying towards her degree.

“I’m passionate about promoting sustainability both in the community and within local organisations, and UCM’s WBIS programme has allowed me to have full control over my study pathway. I have been able to continue my studies into sustainable practice, whilst working flexibly and building relationships with UNESCO Biosphere and local businesses.”

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Transferring to UCM We understand that life doesn’t always go to plan. We also know that, although sometimes necessary, change can be a little daunting… but we are here to help!

If you are considering transferring your studies to University College Isle of Man, we ask that you please upload evidence of your academic qualifications/relevant credits when applying for a specific course on our website. Our friendly admissions team can help you through that process, so that it is seamless and as simple as possible.

Please be aware that acceptance on to your chosen course will be subject to an appropriate programme match.

International Students We are proud to be a modern University College which embraces, respects and celebrates students from all cultures and backgrounds.

We deliver a range of learning opportunities to both local and visiting students – please be aware as UCM is an associate college of the University of Chester (UoC), if you are an international applicant to either our undergraduate or postgraduate courses that are validated by the UoC and your first language is not English, you must provide evidence that you meet the English language requirements stated by Chester University - these are in addition to the academic and/or vocational entry requirements of your respective course.

Please visit www.ucm.ac.im/courses/info-for-international-students for further information.

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Fees and Funding You will find all information regarding fees and funding on our website ucm.ac.im/ about/fees-regulations-policies/ and can find specific details about course cost on the course’s online fact file.

Staff in the Student Services Team are available to offer information, advice and guidance about a number of fees and funding issues related to University study - this includes information about whether or not you have to pay course fees and how you go about accessing a grant from the Isle of Man Government.

Further grants information can be obtained by visiting the Isle of Man Government’s Student Awards https://www.gov.im/student-grants.

We are proud to be an Associate College of the University of Chester, which accredits and awards our degrees. This means that you will have access to the wide range of resources available for UoC students, including: • Learning and Information Services: You will have access to UoC’s online systems, including Chester Portal (university intranet), Moodle (virtual learning environment), network accounts, Office 365, e-resources and more!

• Online self-help student support & guidance: This includes materials that can help you with a range of issues including information on managing money and budgeting, as well as self-help resources relating to student wellbeing, compiled by our Student Counselling Service.

• Chester Student Union (CSU): Aims to ensure that as a UoC student, your views and opinions are voiced at all university meetings. They provide professional, independent and confidential support, information and guidance, but also have information on the range of student discounts that you can access.

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At the end of each year, UCM holds an annual Graduates’ Ceremony at the Villa Marina to congratulate and highlight the achievements of students who have completed a degree, degree-level or postgraduate qualification.

The ceremony is an opportunity for family, friends, tutors, dignitaries and special guests, to gather and celebrate your achievements – we look forward to seeing you there one day!

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NEED MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR A DEGREE? We offer Access to Higher Education courses to give you the relevant qualifications, skills and knowledge to enable you to progress to higher education.

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