Inclusivity and Widening Access to Healthcare

The purpose of your personal statement is your first opportunity to tell us why you want to study your chosen course and what motivates you to pursue your chosen clinical career.

Your personal statement will be unique to you covering your experiences and underlining the things that drive you, however our admissions team will be looking for the following: 

• Something about you, your personal story
• Aspects of the course which are attractive to you
• Your motivation to study your chosen course
• Your understanding of the career role you are applying to join 
• The personal qualities, skills and experience which demonstrates you are suited to the study and the career
• Your Academic Potential 

Your personal statement should reflect and be specific to the course you are applying for. Applicants are strongly advised to avoid generic healthcare personal statements (i.e. a personal statement for nursing and paramedic science). If you are applying to more than one healthcare course with us please submit a specific personal statement for each course, one via UCAS and the rest by emailing admissions a paper copy of your personal statement.

The aim of the interview process is to ascertain your suitability for the course, we look for a number of qualities which will help you succeed on your chosen course and have a successful and rewarding career in healthcare. 

The aim of the interview process is to ascertain your:

• academic potential
• awareness of your chosen programme and its demands
• communication skills: verbal and non-verbal
• motivation for a career in your intended health profession
• awareness of current issues in health
• personal integrity- honesty, trustworthiness, reliability, punctuality
• caring attitude in dealing with the public

Please be assured that interviewers are not trying to catch you out; if you do not understand any of the questions just ask for them to be repeated. This is an opportunity for us to find out about you and for you to find out about us. At the end of the selection process you will be given the chance to ask any questions you may have. You are most welcome to prepare these in advance and write them down.

All interviews will be held remotely online by an interview panel consisting of lecturer, clinical professional and service user (lay interviewer). You will receive an invite to interview by email, this will outline the date and time of your interview and contain your unique link to access the interview online. 

The interview will last approximately 30minutes, and we ask that all interviewees bring an official proof of ID such as passport or driving licence.  

Prior to interview you may be asked to provide a number of scanned copies of documents such as examination certificates, please provide these promptly and return them via email. 

Welsh Medium Interviews

If you would like to conduct your interview through the medium of Welsh please contact the admissions team via email. Please note all interviewees are treated equally and there is no inherent advantage or disadvantage in the language you choose to conduct your interview in. We want all candidates to be able to express themselves in the language they are most comfortable, whether Welsh or English, in order to perform best at interview. 

Special Needs

If you have any special needs for the interview day then you may wish to contact admissions by email as soon as possible prior to your interview in order that appropriate arrangements can be made. We are happy to support any reasonable request but may find this difficult to accommodate on the day without prior notice.