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‘We can no longer justify unpaid labour’: why uni s...
February 28, 2024
Mandatory work placements are a vital part of many university degrees. This includes some of the most important degrees in our society, such as nursing, teaching, social work, psychology and the allied health professions. The time these require varies but is always significant. For example, for social work and occupational therapy programs it is 1,000…
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‘We can no longer justify unpaid labour’: why uni s...
February 28, 2024
Mandatory work placements are a vital part of many university degrees. This includes some of…
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Didn’t get a new grad offer? Here’s what you ca...
October 18, 2023
Not every nursing and midwifery students gets an offer into a new grad program. Some…
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NSW government must do better to retain nurses and midw...
August 29, 2022
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has urged the NSW government to follow Victoria’s…
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AVCAT Scholarships
August 19, 2022
Applications for AVCAT scholarships are now open, including the Long Tan Bursary. The AVCAT tertiary scholarships are…
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New grads must sink or swim
August 4, 2022
The plight of new graduate nurses “thrown in at the deep end” with insufficient training…
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Sector can’t draw student nurses
June 1, 2022
A leading nurse educator has told the Fair Work Commission that low pay and an…
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Southern Cross University student awarded prestigious E...
April 28, 2022
Mikaela Simmons has been awarded the Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship for 2022. Simmons, a final…
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Student nursing placements
December 1, 2021
The University of Sydney Nursing School is committed to producing excellent graduates who have met…
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Pandemic sows chaos in nursing education
October 5, 2021
Thousands of final year nursing students may not graduate this year as placements are cancelled…