Key characteristics within the programme include:

• Work-based learning model of delivery where students and employers can clearly identify the off the job and on the job learning focus for each week of the programme.
• Innovative curriculum ensuring graduates are equipped for the future working world
• Evidence-informed teaching, with the development of research skills and capabilities progressing year-on-year
• Applied learning, with clear academic underpinning and practice integration
• Professionally accredited and approved
• Application of Practice Learning embedded throughout the programme.
• Opportunities to develop strong professional reasoning which underpin the application of practical skills.
• An Inclusive Curriculum where every student can see themselves reflected in the curriculum with equality, diversity, holistic practice and allyship threaded throughout
• A strong focus on professional development
• A sustainable programme

As Physiotherapists we need to be mindful of sustainability within our practice and ensure practice can be underpinned by a focus on sustainability.  Sustainability from both a personal perspective, and from an environmental and professional perspective, is at the heart of the programme; specifically addressing the following Education for Sustainable Development goals:

• Goal 3: Good health and wellbeing- Students should facilitate positive health and wellbeing to allow the people we work with to be able to contribute to their community.
• Goal 4: Quality education- The programme aims to provide high-quality education monitored through the university quality assurance processes and those of the Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) 
• Goal 5: Gender equality- Students should practice in a non-discriminatory manner ensuring they do not disadvantage or exclude anyone with protected characteristics and that they meet their needs irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, culture, faith, or ability.
• Goal 10: Reduced inequalities- students will develop an understanding of the lived experience of the people we work with in order to reduce barriers for them in terms of health and wellbeing.
• Goal 16: Peace, justice, and strong institutions- the programme will encourage students and those we work with to positively contribute as global citizens.