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Our specialist Health Sciences facilities are designed with your future career in mind, enabling you to gain practical experiences as part of your degree.

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Allied Clinical Health Hub

The new Allied Clinical Health Hub at Llandaff campus is designed for authentic interprofessional education (IPE). This high-tech space enables health professions to collaborate, combining simulation-based learning with student-led clinical services for the community.

Students gain sector-leading experience by working in real outpatient-style facilities alongside multidisciplinary teams, developing the skills needed to become competent practitioners who provide top-quality patient care.

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Biomedical Science Laboratories

The biomedical science teaching laboratories are large, modern, and well-equipped, allowing students to develop key competencies aligned with accreditation requirements. Practical sessions cover microbiology, immunology, blood sciences, molecular biology, and genetics. Media screens and audio setups enable interactive learning between staff and students, ensuring an excellent learning experience in all lab sessions.

Dental Technology Laboratories

The dental laboratories provide hands-on training in fixed and removable prosthodontics and orthodontics. Each student has an individual lab bench equipped with essential tools like a micromotor, overhead lamp, and induction heater. A dedicated plaster room houses additional equipment, while a fully functional CAD/CAM suite with dental scanners and 3D printers supports modern dental techniques.

Food Industry Centre

The industry facilities within ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre are available for use by students in support of our Food Science, Nutrition, Dietetics, Biomedical Science and Environmental Students. These include a consumer sensory suite, 4 pilot sized plants, a development kitchen and a consumer research kitchen.

Health Assessment Suite

The Health Assessment Suite focuses on physiological assessments using advanced techniques like blood pressure measurement, arterial stiffness analysis, pulse oximetry, ultrasound imaging, spirometry, and exercise testing. Research here specializes in vascular health, enriching the teaching experience for students.

Podiatry Clinic (Ground Floor)

Students have access to a large clinical facility with a multi-chair clinic, gait laboratory, orthosis manufacturing labs, and an anatomy & physiology lab. A simulation suite supports pre-clinical diagnostic and treatment skill development.

Podiatry Clinic (First Floor)

Students have access to a large clinical facility with a multi-chair clinic, gait laboratory, orthosis manufacturing labs, and an anatomy & physiology lab. A simulation suite supports pre-clinical diagnostic and treatment skill development.

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Psychology Labs

Psychology facilities include individual testing rooms for behavioural experiments and a range of specialist equipment including a Tobii eye tracker, Biosemi EEG, and Noldus face reader. We also have a teaching laboratory stocked with an array of commercially available PCs and several BIOPAC MP46 units for teaching principles of psychophysiology.

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Speech & Language Therapy Clinic

There are two purpose-built clinics for adult and paediatric speech and language therapy, run with NHS services, offer specialist equipment and resources for high-quality student placements. SLT students train in the Allied Clinical Health Hub, a simulated environment with a mock hospital ward, interactive manikins, kitchen areas, and outpatient settings, with live-streamed simulations for lectures.

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