School of Health and Life Sciences

Our Biomedical Science programme at Leeds Trinity University is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS).

IBMS degree accreditation guarantees that a degree programme meets the academic requirements of the standards of proficiency set by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for biomedical scientists. This ensures that students receive a comprehensive, research-based scientific education and gain practical skills and experience that are highly valued by employers.

Our Nursing courses are approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). On successful completion of our Nursing courses, graduates are eligible to apply to register with the NMC.

Our School works with several NHS Trusts, including hospitals and community, as well organisations in the private, independent and voluntary sectors. This ensures nursing students receive a diverse range of placement experiences while they study with us.

The Biomedical Science programme has been co-created with regional employers including NHS Biomedical Scientists, Industry stakeholders and recent graduates from IBMS accredited Biomedical Science programmes to ensure the teaching will result in high levels of student satisfaction and graduates who are highly employable, practically trained problem-solvers.

Through both the Biomed’s Employer Liaison Group and Visiting Lecturer network we have many links with local NHS trusts such as Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Barnsley Hospital NHS Trust and Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. As well as local biotech industries such as LabCorp, Aptamer Group, Lhasa, or Abbingdon Health.

Our Biomedical Science facilities include:

• A teaching laboratory, filled with brand-new specialist scientific equipment
• 2 class II safety cabinets
• A fluorescent microplate reader
• Thermal cyclers
• A fluorescent inverted microscope
• Premium gel documentation systems, alongside a range of gel electrophoresis,
• Centrifuge and incubator equipment.

This collection of instruments will allow students to gain the key laboratory skills required to prepare for roles as lab-based or non-lab-based scientists. Our laboratory also features provisions for students with accessibility requirements, such as a specially designed height-adjustable benchtop and sink, as well as a designated area conducive to teaching and collaborative group work.

Biomedical Science lab

Working in a class II safety cabinet performing cell passage

Gel documentation units and inverted microscope, with incubator at the far right

Manual pipette (Gilson) carousel

Loading a carousel into a spectrophotometer

Pipetting into cuvettes

Placements are an integral part of our Biomedical Science and Nursing degrees. Whichever degree you're studying, you will be supported by the academic staff throughout your placement blocks.

Biomedical Science placements

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Biomedical Science placements

In your second year you'll spend five weeks taking part in a Biomedical Science Employer-Led Challenge or on an external work placement, designed with support from our academic team, so you'll gain degree-relevant experience, sector knowledge, and valuable references and contacts to help guide your career decisions.

Our unique, on-campus Biomedical Science Employer-Led Challenge aims to enhance your employability skills by taking part in a real-life challenge provided by  local employers from the Biomedical Science sector. As well as developing your problem-solving skills, the challenge will see you experience full-time working conditions, so you'll also develop professional skills in areas such as time management, working to achieve aims and objectives and professional ethics.

Please note that our BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science degree does not include a work placement year, and any professional work placement experience accumulated during your studies will not count towards completion of the IBMS portfolio.

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Digital Nursing placements

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Digital Nursing placements

Our Nursing students undertake a four-week digital placement, where they learn all about how digital healthcare supports the NHS and clinical practice. This placement is a great experience to start finding your feet with your electronic portfolio, understand the connections between how care can be delivered in our modern world, and start to work with our Experts by Experience. 

Our Experts by Experience are a group of people who have their own personal experiences of healthcare and accessing health support. They work with the teaching team, to develop the programme, offer advice and share their experiences in some of the modules.

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Digital placements

Simulated Practice Learning Week

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Simulated Practice Learning Week

The Experts by Experience also get involved in our Simulated Practice Learning weeks. These happen every year, each year group will have a week spent in our simulation suite, which is made up of a clinical hospital ward setting, a skills lab, a high-dependency room, and a simulated flat environment.  So, we can focus on hospital and community situations. 

These weeks are great experiences for staff and students and this time adds to the number of hours you need to clock up in placement. You will get to interact with our patient manikins and simulators, start to learn and practice your clinical skills, and work as a team.

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Simulated Practice