Northumbria Nursing Interview Questions & Tips

Northumbria emphasise that they use a ‘concept-based approach.’ You should see this as an integrated learning model that will use different elements – lectures, seminars, practicals – to build your knowledge in one domain, and that these domains may continue throughout the year, or even years. Therefore, consider your learning style, and reflect on whether your learning will match this course structure.

There is also a strong emphasis on electronic learning and the use of innovative technology, with all lectures being delivered electronically. You should therefore show an awareness of the use of technology in learning, and ideally have examples of how you have developed your own learning through the use of technology. Digital technology will have an ever greater role within healthcare, so acknowledging this fact will advertise you as someone that understands the overall trends in the field of Nursing, and is willing to keep up to date.
 
You should be ready to actively take part in research, and to develop your research skills. Consider examples of research that you have taken part in at school, and reflect on these ready for your interview. Northumbria prides itself on its ‘research-rich learning,’ with research embedded throughout the curriculum, which is taught by a team that includes a number of prominent researchers within their respective fields. In your final year you will have the chance to write a research-led dissertation – the perfect introduction and preparation for becoming involved in research further down the line in your nursing career. Consider if this is something you are interested in; if it is, then Northumbria will be a good fit for you.