Your radiography career starts here.
A structured learning, mentoring and career-development pathway from Year 1 through qualification, preceptorship and advanced CT practice.
The pathway
One continuous pathway, five stages
Most support for radiography students is scattered across the years. RadStart follows the same person from their first anatomy lecture to their first advanced practice conversation.
- 1
Foundation
Year 1
Building the underlying knowledge and the professional habits that everything else rests on.
- Anatomy & physiology
- Radiographic physics
- Study skills
- Professional orientation
- Department culture
- Community access
- 2
Clinical Development
Year 2
Turning classroom knowledge into clinical practice, and finding your footing on placement.
- Placement readiness
- Clinical knowledge
- Professional confidence
- Preparation for final year
- 3
Qualification
Year 3
Consolidating, rehearsing and evidencing everything you need to qualify and be employable.
- Exam preparation
- OSCE preparation
- Image evaluation
- Radiation protection
- Placement survival
- Mock competency assessments
- Job preparation
- 4
Transition to Practice
Newly qualified
The first two years — autonomy, on-call, unfamiliar pressure, and the support that should surround it.
- Preceptorship
- On-call confidence
- Trauma imaging
- Clinical decision-making
- Mentoring
- CT rotation preparation
- 5
Career Progression
CT & advanced practice
Specialising, deepening technical practice and planning a deliberate career rather than a default one.
- CT specialisation
- Cross-sectional anatomy
- Protocolling foundations
- Contrast safety
- Reporting pathway orientation
- Career planning
- Advanced practice pathways
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What you get
Learning, mentoring and career development in one place
Structured courses
Programmes built around what each stage of the pathway actually demands, not a library of unrelated content.
Mentoring
Access to radiographers who have been through the same transitions, at the point you need them.
Career development
Preceptorship readiness, CT rotation preparation and deliberate planning towards advanced practice.
Community
A professional space for students and early-career radiographers to ask the questions they would rather not ask on the ward.
Course catalogue
Programmes for where you are now
Every programme maps to a stage of the pathway. Community members on Years 1 and 2 get free, limited access; the full catalogue opens from final year onwards.
CT Foundations
A structured introduction to computed tomography for radiographers preparing for, or newly entering, a CT rotation.
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Delivery
- Self-paced + live Q&A
£299
View courseTrauma Imaging Masterclass
A one-day, in-person workshop on imaging the acutely injured patient with confidence and control.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Delivery
- In-person workshop
£195
View courseExam & OSCE Prep
Focused revision and structured OSCE rehearsal for final-year diagnostic radiography students.
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Delivery
- Self-paced
£129
View courseHCPC Registration Support
One-to-one and guided support for internationally qualified radiographers working towards UK registration.
- Duration
- Flexible
- Delivery
- 1:1 + guided
£249
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Start where you are. Keep going from there.
Register once, tell us where you are in your radiography journey, and your pathway, recommended course and community access are set up around that answer.