COVID-19 update
Find out about how we'll be delivering our courses in 2020.
CIPPET offers part-time postgraduate programmes to prepare nurses to practise as both independent and supplementary prescribers and to meet the standards set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The programme comprises teaching and learning, which include taught days, self-directed study time, assessment and workplace-based learning (the 78 hours of learning in practice).
Details of our accreditation can be found at NMC accreditation. From January 2020, this programme is approved against the new NMC programme standards.
Nurses studying the programme can be assessed at either level 6 (undergraduate), leading to a Graduate Certificate, or level 7 (postgraduate), leading to a Postgraduate Certificate. Both programmes award 60 academic credits.
Applicants can choose between studying one day a week (Thursday) or on our intensive weekend programme for those who want a more flexible study arrangement.
Upcoming cohort enrolment options:
January 2021
Start date: 16 January 2021
Study our intensive programme at weekends over six to ten months.
Application information
Applications to the January 2021 programme are expected to open Monday 5 October 2020. If you have any questions, please email cippet@reading.ac.uk.
Dates for interviews: 8/9 December 2020 (via Microsoft Teams)
Enrolment timetable: The study days for this cohort are:
- Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 Jan 2021
- Saturday 30 January 2021
- Saturday 27 February 2021
- Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 March 2021
- Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May 2021
- Saturday 26 June 2021
- Saturday 3 July 2021
Deadline for applications: Thursday 3 December 2020
Required documents to be submitted with application are found in the 'Entry requirements' tab, along with information about how to apply online.
If you are interested in applying after the deadline, please contact cippet@reading.ac.uk - sometimes we can operate a waiting list in case other applicants withdraw at the last minute.
May 2021
Start date: 6 May 2021
Study for one day a week (Thursdays) over six to ten months
Application information
Applications to the May 2021 programme are expected to open Monday 18 January 2021. If you have any questions, please email cippet@reading.ac.uk.
Dates for interviews: appointments for interviews via MS Teams will be offered
Enrolment timetable: to be made available after 18 Jan 2021
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 24 March
The required documents to be submitted with your application are found in the 'Entry requirements' tab, along with information about how to apply online.
If you are interested in applying after the deadline, please contact cippet@reading.ac.uk - sometimes we can operate a waiting list in case applicants withdraw at the last minute.