Student competition

The HCPC student competition 2026 is now open!

Student competition 2026: Design a learning session on scope of practice

Scope of practice is a vital part of safe and effective practice in health and care. As a HCPC registrant, you'll need to make sure you're staying within your scope to ensure you're practising safely, lawfully and effectively. 

We invite students who are enrolled in a HCPC-approved pre-registration programme to create a learning session for fellow students that explores:

• What 'scope of practice' is and why it is important
• How they might define their scope of practice
• The practice scenarios in which a registrant would need to consider their scope and the scope of other practitioners
  
  

The winning entry will be awarded a £300 voucher prize.

This is a chance to show off your talents! We’re looking for sessions that are accurate and informative, as well as attention-grabbing, engaging and creative. It's about illustrating best practice and potential pitfalls, and above all it's about helping others understand scope of practice and why it matters.

What we're looking for

A learning session of no more than 30 minutes that explores scope of practice for HCPC-registered health and care professionals. 

Your learning session can be in any format - like a narrated presentation, video, quiz, online workshop or anything interesting and engaging.

You should create a clear plan for your session. This should be detailed enough for us to understand how the session would run, what would be covered and what the learning objectives are. Detail any slides, media or other resources you would use in the session.

Please do not include your name or your education provider's name in any of your session materials. You should only include this in the entry form.

Resources you might find useful:

• The standards of conduct, performance and ethics relating to scope of practice
• HCPC's guidance on scope of practice and delegation
• Our #myHCPCstandards webinar on scope of practice
• The student hub, which provides guidance and help for students including on scope of practice

You can enter the competition on your own or in a team of up to six students. 

Prizes

The winning entry will be awarded a £300 high street voucher and two runner-up entries will be awarded a £150 high street voucher.

The winning and runner-up entries will be published on the HCPC website and shared with HCPC approved programmes as a teaching resource. We will also promote the top entries across our social media channels.

See the winning entries from previous years

Criteria

We will consider the following when shortlisting and judging your entry:

• Does the entry comply with the terms and conditions for entry?
• Does the entry accurately reflect the competition brief?
• Are all learning materials that are needed to deliver the session included?
• Do the learning resources accurately present HCPC standards and guidance relating to scope of practice and delegation?
• Does the content accurately identify:
  - What 'scope of practice' means
  - Why scope of practice is important
  - How to determine one's own scope of practice
  - Practice scenarios in which one should consider their own scope
  - Practice scenarios in which one should consider another practitioner's scope
• Are the learning objectives clear for participants and met by the session? 
• Does the session demonstrate the ability to produce materials that are engaging and creative for students?
  
  

Questions and alternative formats

If you have any questions, please contact us on studentcompetition@hcpc-uk.org.

If you'd like to receive this information in an alternative format, or require reasonable adjustments to enter, please let us know at studentcompetition@hcpc-uk.org.

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