Our Student Midwife Conference!
Last month, my fellow Student Midwives and I had the privilege to plan and host a midwifery conference, something that all final year student midwives are required to do. It was titled ‘Enabling Vulnerable Women’, […]
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4 reasons why I am thankful to Staffs!
It feels like yesterday that I moved to Stafford and embarked on the journey to become a midwife. I was nervous yet excited and didn’t know what university would bring. Little did 18 year-old me […]
Florence Nightingale Foundation Day 2017
I was lucky enough to be chosen to represent Staffordshire University, alongside Natalie Brown who is an adult nurse, at the Florence Nightingale Foundation Day in London. The morning session was held at St Thomas’ […]
International Day of the Midwife 2017!
Today we are celebrating International Day of the Midwife, with the theme being ‘Midwives, Mothers and Families: Partners for life!’ Lectures and student midwives are celebrating it by inviting women and their families that students […]
IPE Day – Student Midwives and Paramedics
Recently, the third student midwives here at Staffordshire University had the opportunity to work with and teach the student paramedics various ways to deal with pregnancy related emergencies. This is something that our lecturers had […]
Day in the Life of a Student Midwife – Delivery Suite Placement
I am currently on my last ever placement as a student midwife! I am on delivery suite, or labour ward, which is basically where pregnant women who have more complex needs come to receive care […]
Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Midwifery Degree
If you are about to the a student midwife, an aspiring one, or are already on the course, in this post I’ll be sharing some things I really wish I knew before I started my […]
Annrose’s Summer in Amsterdam
So, summer seems like it was a lifetime ago, but I thought it would be nice to reminisce on mine by sharing it in the form of a vlog. I visit Amsterdam quite regularly and […]
3 Reasons Why Work Experience Is Important
Whether you’re currently at school or at university, you might hear the words ‘work experience’ quite a lot. Believe me, it’s not just a couple of weeks working somewhere to waste your time, but it […]
Student Midwife Conference
A couple of weeks ago, the current third years hosted and presented a conference called ‘Expect the Unexpected’ for student midwives here who are studying or will be starting here at Staffordshire University. It was an […]