Professional/Short course Evidencing Work Based Learning (EWBL)

Entry year: 2025/26
Course code: UZWSPD153
Application: University
Level: Professional/Short Course
School: School of Health and Social Wellbeing
Campus: Glenside
Duration: Flexible
Delivery: Nursing and midwifery
Course Director: Clive Warn

Introduction

EWBL modules are available at 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 and 60 credits and can be undertaken in Adult Nursing, Mental Health/Learning Difficulties, Maternal and Child, Allied Health Professions and Health Care Professions.

Evidencing Work Based Learning (EWBL) modules recognise that we all learn for work, at work and from work.

The modules provide a framework so that this learning can be structured, enhanced and accredited. In partnership with employers and UWE Bristol academic supervisors, you negotiate what learning you need to undertake and how it is to be evidenced.

Please refer to the Content section below to find out more details.

Careers / Further study

EWBL modules can contribute to:

Level 6 (undergraduate level)

Postgraduate Diploma Professional Development
Graduate Diploma Professional Development
BSc Health and Social Care
BSc(Hons) Professional Development

Level 7 (Masters level)

MSc Advanced Practice
MSc Public Health
MSc Professional Development

Structure

Content

Many work based learning ideas and initiatives evolve from discussions that individuals have with managers or supervisors during appraisals or team meetings. Developing or implementing these ideas in practice can then form part of a personal development plan.

You will negotiate a learning contract with the support of your manager, a mentor at work, and an identified academic at UWE Bristol. Learning is very firmly student-led, and while there will be support and guidance when needed, the learning journey is your own responsibility. This will involve the development and implementation of various actions and learning opportunities and the presentation of the evidence of learning.

What sort of learning can be used?

Almost anything. EWBL is not about the University telling you what you need to know or what skills you need to do your job. You and you manager know that much better. UWE Bristol's role in the arrangement is to provide the support and facilities you need to undertake the learning that you have identified. It could be a work project, for example:

Creating new roles
Evaluating roles
Service improvement work
Audits
The creation of education programmes
Or it could be learning more directed to your own development.

How is work based learning delivered?

The short answer is flexibly, depending on the nature of your learning and your individual circumstances. However, you will need to go through a number of stages:

Identify the learning required in discussion with your manager
Negotiate individual learning outcomes for the module, adapted from generic learning outcomes. This is what you are going to learn.
Negotiate a learning contract with the UWE Bristol academic and your manager. This is how you are going to learn, and can be revisited as you progress through your learning journey. As part of the contract, you will also need to agree how your learning is to be assessed, and a date for submission. This is the evidence of learning.
Implement the contract, renegotiating as necessary, and seeking support along the way.
Complete the learning and submit the agreed evidence for assessment.

Features

Study facilities

Find out more about UWE Bristol's facilities and resources.

Take a personalised virtual tour of the Health Professions facilities and experience what a typical day could look like here for you.

Prices and dates

Supplementary fee information

Please visit full fee information to see the price brackets for our modules.

Funding may be available to support your learning. Please contact your Trust Education Lead. If you work in the Private, Independent and Voluntary Sector, please contact your employer who will advise you.

How to apply

EWBL modules can be started at any time of the year. However, there are three submission dates per year to choose from, and these are listed in the tables below.

Please complete the EWBL project proposal form (DOCX) with your chosen submission date, then email the completed form to Clive Warn (clive.warn@uwe.ac.uk).

Submission	16 April 2024	27 August 2024	3 December 2024	15 April 2026	26 August 2025
Board	June 2024	October 2024	February 2025	June 2025	October 2025
Resubmission	16 September 2024	7 January 2025	22 April 2025	16 September 2025	6 January 2026 (TBC)
Board	October 2024	February 2025	June 2025	October 2025	February 2026

Extra information

If the course you are applying for is fully online or blended learning, please note that you are expected to provide your own headsets/microphones.

For further information

Email: pd@uwe.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 81158

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