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Why Edge Hill?

We believe that when it's done well, education has a ripple effect.

It grows knowledge. Improves skills. Creates opportunity. Changes lives. It helps you to make a positive impact on new people in new places, every day of your life.

Which is why we give you the space to achieve everything you want to achieve.

To help you inspire others. To be a catalyst. To shape the future.

Expand your opportunities with Edge Hill

I’ve really enjoyed experimenting with different techniques. It’s great that you get to test the waters to find your personal style and what you enjoy most.

Caoimhe Rocks

BA (Hons) Animation

The first time I attended a cardiac arrest, and we saved the person’s life, was the most incredible moment.

Stephanie Hall

BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice

There’s a real focus on personal development on the degree – you get to learn a lot about yourself. I think it’s amazing that your growth as a person is an integral part of the course.

Christina Searson

BSc (Hons) Critical Approaches to Counselling & Psychotherapy

Being at Edge Hill has opened my eyes and given me the confidence to believe I am capable. It can be hard but it’s worth persevering – you never know where it will take you.

Megan Eastwood

BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice

Edge Hill has very close links to local Police forces and we’ve had the opportunity to meet and learn directly from several senior officers during the course.

Luke Tomlinson

BSc (Hons) Professional Policing

As talking about mental health becomes more and more accepted, the skills you learn on this course are going to be in demand for a whole range of jobs in the future.

Emily Taggart

BSc (Hons) Child & Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing

I can do things now that I would never have imagined before. As a busy mum, I thought I’d struggle, but I’ve found I can sit down and put my mind to things. It’s really changed my life.

Tracy Twist

I’ve learned a lot about my own values, attitudes and opinions since starting at Edge Hill. I’ve had the opportunity to learn about things I’d never even thought about before. I’m like a different person.

Brittney Scott

BA (Hons) Social Work

I feel like I haven’t just developed academically over the last three years, I’ve also changed as a person.

Lucy Hume

BA (Hons) Education and Religion

The course has made me think about areas of Psychology that I hadn’t considered before. It’s a great basis for your future career.

Leah Lakin-Cairns

BSc (Hons) Psychology

I’m fascinated with what we put in our bodies and why. On this course you don’t just study the biochemical aspects of nutrition but the psychosocial aspects as well.

Lia Thorpe

BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Health

Nursing is a unique role – you get to be part of the best and worst times of people’s lives.

Michael Dobson

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult)

I was quite a shy person before I came to university but I’ve really come out of my shell. I almost don’t recognise myself.

Sophie Ash

BSc (Hons) Midwifery

Elderly people often get forgotten about – I chose this course so that I could help make social care better for them.

Chloe Webb

BA (Hons) Health & Social Wellbeing

Artificial Intelligence can only grow in the future as it becomes more and more a part of our lives. There will be an increasing demand for people with skills and understanding of robotics and AI.

Lucie Jones

BSc (Hons) Robotics & Artificial Intelligence

Everything we learn is transferable to the workplace, I had no idea the course would be as practical and hands-on as it is.

Holly Brock

BSc (Hons) Marketing

I felt like a different person after the Ullapool field trip. It felt like the defining moment of my degree.

Caroline Binns

BSc (Hons) Geography & Geology

This degree has taught me so much and set me on a path which I’d never expected to follow.

Rebecca Holderness

BA (Hons) Creative Writing

I’m fascinated by the media and the power it has to affect so many people.

Balve Bains

BA (Hons) Media

At A-Level you have to tick certain boxes to achieve good marks, but here you’re encouraged to develop your own personal writing style.

Rebecca Hodge

BA (Hons) English Language

I didn’t think I would be making props out of recycled materials or dyeing costumes with onions. Sustainable theatre was something I’d never had the chance to explore before.

Kate-Elizabeth Carey

BA (Hons) Drama

For me, helping people is the most meaningful thing I can imagine being able to do as a career.

Shaun Oliver

BSc (Hons) Psychology

I never imagined that one day I’d be sitting in one of the country’s most famous studios, with a producer who had worked with Paul McCartney, mixing a track that I’d written in my bedroom!

Thomas Armstrong

BA (Hons) Music Production

When I started the course, I never dreamed I’d have two job offers lined up on graduation.

Daniel Hook

BSc (Hons) Accountancy

University helps you discover who you really are and what you really believe in.

Nathan Ryding

BA (Hons) Politics and Criminology

I’m set on paediatrics at the moment but, in four years’ time, I might decide I want to be a diabetes specialist or something else. I want to keep my options open and take all the opportunities I can.

Bilal Razaq

MBChB Medicine with Foundation Year

The part of being an Edge Hill Law student that has surprised me is the amount of opportunities there are to get hands-on experience.

Jaime-Louise Penaluna

LLB (Hons) Law

Every time I go to a lecture I learn something new - your mind just opens up and the world becomes a bit bigger.

Mollie Myers

BA (Hons) Criminology

Not many students get the opportunity to go and work in another country straight out of university but, thanks to the opportunities at Edge Hill, I’m ready for it.

Calvin Chiu

BSc (Hons) Computing (Networking, Security and Forensics)

Studying at Edge Hill has opened my eyes and my mind to a whole range of experiences and ideas that I didn’t expect.

Maryam Survery

BA (Hons) Childhood & Youth Studies

We learned to climb trees safely with a canopy cameraman who had worked on several of David Attenborough’s programmes!

Megan Quail

BSc (Hons) Biology

While studying in Denmark has definitely been the highlight of this degree, I have found the whole of my university experience to be very positive.

Chloe Grundy

BA (Hons) Childhood & Youth Studies

The course has a very practical focus. You start from scratch, learning every aspect of production from the admin side to writing and camerawork.

Amelia Cornett

BA (Hons) Television

I decided to do an industrial placement to get some experience and enhance my CV - I never imagined it would lead to a trip to Malawi to build a school.

Emma Hall

BSc (Hons) Business and Management

It was fascinating to get first-hand experience of local history in the North West and feel connected to the community.

Ben White

BA (Hons) History

Edge Hill has amazing links and connections with schools and sports organisations that can really help you as a student with your future career.

Louise Mansell

BA (Hons) Physical Education and School Sport

That moment when a child understands a concept for the first time, it’s the most rewarding thing.

Hannah Baskeyfield

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

Everyone that teaches on the course has been in a professional teaching role at some point in their career and their expertise makes them more relatable and the course more valid.

Freddie Berry

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

I’ve never met a disabled doctor before, but being at Edge Hill has helped me to think that, not only can I do it, but I deserve to be there.

Tony Kemp

MBChB Medicine with Foundation Year

The campus has so many industry-standard facilities, a lot of which are available 24 hours, and everything is really accessible, with lovely people to help if you need it.

Amanda Hughes

BSc (Hons) Geology with Geography

The world is massive and there’s lots to discover, but since joining Edge Hill, I’ve realised there’s just as much to discover about yourself.

Peter Bradley

BA (Hons) Children and Young People's Learning and Development

I thought I was just coming to Edge Hill to get a degree. Sometimes I wake up and I can’t believe it hasn’t all been a dream!

Evie Askew

BA (Hons) Musical Theatre

You feel like the lecturers are not just there to deliver a degree, and you’re not just there to get one. There’s so much more to being at Edge Hill than that.

Tonika Stephenson

LLB (Hons) Law

My advice would be: don’t let fear stop you from taking all the opportunities you can. You’re probably more capable than you think you are.

Lucy Barrett

BA (Hons) Creative Writing and English Literature

I have met so many inspiring people, been exposed to so much and been offered so many opportunities that will shape my future as a dance artist.

Maria Mortimer

BA (Hons) Dance

Studying at Edge Hill has given me the opportunity to use my skills as an animator to raise awareness of mental health issues, on campus and beyond.”

Chris Nutton

BA (Hons) Animation

Edge Hill offers constant support for students no matter what the problem is, which is something I found very helpful in my first year.

Alice Featherstone

BA (Hons) Education and English

I feel as though Edge Hill has helped shape me as an individual. It helps you recognise qualities in yourself that you never knew you had.

India Middlebrook

BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Science

I’ve gained so much self-confidence and resilience since I’ve been at Edge Hill. I’ve proved to myself that I CAN do it and I am so proud of my achievements.

Caitlyn Randles

MBChB Medicine with Foundation Year

Since I’ve been at Edge Hill I’ve discovered a confidence I didn’t know I had and I feel more inspired.

Lydia Powner

BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Health

I’ve got international footballers as friends on Facebook now – I never expected that when I started my course!

Rohan Williams

BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Psychology

I never expected that I would make such good friends in such a short space of time. I already know they will be lifelong friendships.

Faith Wood

BSc (Hons) Business and Management

Meet our students

It begins with gold-rated teaching

It begins on our beautiful campus

It begins with an opportunity

It begins with your potential

Edge Hill University shortlisted for University of the Year (Times Higher Education Awards 2020).

Edge Hill University holds the TEF Gold award for its consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for students.

95.8% of students employed or in further study within 15 months of graduation (Graduate Outcomes 2017/18)

Top 5 UK university campus (Student Crowd 2018)

Best value for money accommodation (National Student Housing Awards 2019)

Top in the North West for learning resources (National Student Survey 2020)