A campaign to provide nursing students with financial support while they carry out compulsory practical placements in hospitals is winning public support. An online petition calling on the NSW Government to help the student cover costs has secured more than 25,000 signatures. Nursing students are required to complete up to 30 weeks of placement in NSW hospitals. The students claim the 40-hour weeks limit their chances to find part-time paid work, and they want the government to step in to help. UOW nursing student Hayley Chandler competed her placement at Liverpool Hospital, and considered deferring her studies so she could save enough money to…
Author: Lauren Robinson
The University of Wollongong (UOW) will launch the Eastern University Games (EUG) on Friday, ahead of more than 3000 TAFE and university students converging on the city in July. Students will do battle in seven sports, including badminton, indoor cricket and OzTag. UOW OzTag captain Zachary Ellul said OzTag was the sport to watch at this year’s games. “It’s one of the fastest growing sports, in our area it’s extremely popular. Especially south coast Illawarra, we’ve got a lot of teams who are winning at State Cup,” he said. “I think this is our strongest team on paper yet, so hopefully we can produce that…