BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science Bachelor's degree at East London

Gain essential skills to boost your career prospects, particularly for roles connected to health and wellbeing fields. You'll engage with digital platforms, industry-led workshops, and real-world tasks to build confidence in communication, research, and digital professionalism. Throughout, you'll map your career aspirations, develop a strong online presence, and learn to identify the skills employers seek. With support from academic staff and career coaches, you'll reflect on your personal stren

Prepare for success in higher education by developing the academic, personal, and professional skills needed for your studies and beyond. You'll learn effective time management, research strategies, digital proficiency, and academic writing techniques, with a strong focus on reflective learning and goal setting. Through interactive workshops, group discussions, and guided independent study, you'll gain confidence in using university systems, working collaboratively, and responding to feedback. T

Practical maths skills are essential across health and education careers. You'll explore statistics, probability, and basic financial numeracy, learning how to apply them to real workplace scenarios. Workshops, tutorials, and digital practice sessions will build your ability to analyse data accurately and confidently. Special emphasis is placed on using tools like spreadsheets and calculators within healthcare and education settings. As you sharpen your mathematical reasoning, you'll prepare for

Essential communication skills underpin success at university and beyond. This module focuses on developing your oral, written, and interpersonal abilities, preparing you to adapt your communication style to different academic and professional contexts. You'll explore contemporary issues in media and communication, build your active listening skills, and learn how to structure persuasive arguments. Group work and interactive workshops provide a supportive environment to practise and refine your

Solid foundations in chemistry and biology underpin success in biosciences. You'll study atomic structures, bonding, organic molecules, cell biology, genetics, metabolism, and physiological systems, combining theoretical knowledge with practical laboratory experience. Careful attention is given to data analysis, scientific reporting, and laboratory safety. By applying scientific methods to real experiments, you'll develop critical thinking and lab skills that are essential for both higher-level

This module will introduce you to the different approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in a Higher Education setting focusing on core skills required for the bioscience and chemistry programmes. This will support you in your 'transition' from school, college or the work place towards degree level study. The module will have at its core the key academic, employability and transferable skills of English for academic writing, ICT, numeracy in biological and chemical sciences, statistics, b

This module aims to enable you to consolidate and develop a knowledge and understanding of the basic principles underpinning the chemistry of biological molecules and the basic analytical techniques that are encountered in bioscience.

Within this module you will develop a working knowledge, definitions concepts and practical skills that support the understanding of the structure and function of the dynamic cell. This includes topics in cell architecture, organelles, cell cycle, division, intra and extracellular signalling events, differentiation and specialisation of cells and the evolution of cell structures.

This module will give you a working knowledge of the definitions, terms and concepts used in biochemistry and molecular biology, and some of the main processes that occur in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Areas of study will include chemical principles relevant to biological systems, the structure and function of biological molecules (RNA, DNA, proteins etc.), the processes underpinning cellular metabolism and its control. You will develop and demonstrate your competence in a variety of pract

This module will enable you to consolidate your competence in specified areas of human anatomy and physiology including the structure, function, neurological and hormonal control of the human body, its component parts and major systems (musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, renal, urogenital, nervous, endocrine) and their relationship to each other. You will also be introduced to basic laboratory techniques and methods of functional assessment for physiological processes in human

Within this module, you will learn about the structure, physiology, biochemistry, identification, classification and control of microorganisms, including the roles of normal flora found associated with humans. You will also develop the basic practical skills required for the safe handling, identification and quantification of different microbes.

This module is designed to give you an opportunity to develop professional skills and experience within the workplace. It will also help you to establish a range of professional contacts that have the potential to be useful both for project work and assisting in finding employment after graduation.

Within this module, you will explore different clinical laboratory specialities in an integrated approach where the study of disease, its diagnosis and treatment are linked, to help you develop a deeper understanding of and competencies in carrying out activities as a biomedical scientist working in a clinical setting. The module will also focus on the practical side of clinical and diagnostic procedures used to identify and understand disease. These include compliance with health and safety pol

Within this module, you will be introduced to elements of genetics, genomics, human variation and organismal development. In particular, you will examine the structure and function of genes, control of gene expression, the principles of inheritance, genetic disorders with particular biomedical significance, introduction to recombinant DNA technology, evolution and population biology. You will also examine topics such as organismal development, the human life cycles, ageing, stem cells, regenerat

This module will provide you with a basic understanding of selected topics in medical microbiology, immunology, epidemiology and disease prevention. In the first part of the module the microbes and the consequences of microbial infection on their hosts will be explored. In the second part, the development, structure and mechanisms of action of the components of the immune system; innate, acquired immunity, immune effector functions and vaccines will be explored. Theoretical concepts are reinforc

Within this module, you will build on your knowledge and understanding of the fundamental biochemical, and metabolic pathways and processes found within cells and organisms. This will include the investigation of protein structure and function and enzyme activity and control. You will learn and practice purification techniques for macromolecules. You will also examine theoretical and practical aspects of enzyme function and enzymology. Important exemplars in metabolic pathways such as the TCA an

The module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the physiological and pathological states of the cellular components of blood, and the science dictating usage of blood and plasma derivatives for the