The course aims to enable midwives to develop, deliver and direct high quality midwifery services within the context of the national and international drive towards improving maternity/health outcomes for the childbearing woman and her family. The course aims to equip midwives with the knowledge and skills required to operate at senior and strategic levels in today's midwifery and healthcare services. To achieve this, the Division of Midwifery offers a learning environment that facilitates the development of reflective, analytical and critical thinking and the ability to lead and manage change. Each module has an assessment that can take a variety of forms. The MSc Midwifery has enabled individual midwives who have successfully completed the course to develop their careers, for example as clinical managers, consultant midwives, lecturers, practice development midwives, research midwives and specialist midwives.