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Completing the Ulster Graduate Award offers you the opportunity to engage in a wide range of activities, including those available to all students and those more focused on specific courses and specialisms.
Students studying Law courses can engage in a range of additional, subject specific activities, co-ordinated by the School of Law that will support the development of applied knowledge skills and confidence.
Immediate Life Support Course
The addition of these skills and this qualification enhances students’ employability potential by having a nationally recognised certified qualification in core skills that are desirable for a wide range of healthcare professionals. Successful completion of the course provides the student with a certificate of achievement issued by the Resuscitation Council (UK) that is valid for a period of one year.
Community Resilience Exercise
Starting with an introduction to the threat of disasters world-wide, students will be asked to consider disaster risks in their own community and\ or region and relate this to selected disasters in the developed and developing world. Liaison with emergency planners and local councils and other public health bodies will provide an up-to-date analysis of community need in relation to local disaster risk reduction.
Participation in a community disaster simulation event will form part of an educational experience that will help students increase global awareness and gain insight into the life threatening and health effects of disasters on individuals and communities worldwide.
Men in Nursing
Men represent a small percentage of the nursing workforce and this activity aims to challenge the stigma and inspire males to consider Nursing as a positive career choice.
This project aimed to address the stereotypical view of nursing as a female only profession and in doing increase boy's knowledge and awareness about nursing and to influence perceptions so that they would consider nursing as a viable option in the future.
Participants will demonstrate key nursing skills as part of this initiative including Basic Life Support, Handwashing and Blood pressure/pulses, trauma and wound dressing and much more.
Upskilling for the Nursing Profession
Nursing students undertake a range of additional preparation, education and training throughout the programme which is not directly linked to module assessment. Participants will
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of personal development planning and reflection in relation to academic, professional qualities
- Understand the relevance of learning experiences and the application of knowledge, skills and professional development to nursing
- Advance their self-confidence in a variety of academic and clinical skills
- Develop their clinical nursing skills and relate the importance of evidence informed practice in nursing and medicine.
Key contacts for Nursing activities
Majella Doran
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
