Chapter 3 – International activities

Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

This information is current as at January 2008. The latest information is available from the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health.

The Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health has an enduring commitment to expanding its well-established internationalisation portfolio.

The Faculty continues to maintain its international student numbers, with over 300 international students enrolled to undertake either the Bachelor of Nursing program, which leads to registration, or postgraduate programs, which cover the areas of nursing education, nursing management and health services management. Some students undertake research degrees which are available in the areas of nursing, midwifery and health services management.

The Faculty draws its international students predominantly from China, Korea and India. In 2007, the Faculty continued to develop relationships around provision consultancy and curriculum development, and pursue entry pathways to the Bachelor of Nursing. The Faculty has a number of agreements in place, and continues to progress others, in Hong Kong, India, the United Arab Emirates, China and Thailand.

Staff of the Faculty have been actively involved in a range of projects within the Asia–Pacific region, namely in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and the Pacific Islands, including ongoing collaboration with the World Health Organisation. In November 2006, the Faculty hosted a Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Summit: Building Leadership Capacity and Disease Prevention in the Western Pacific Region which brought together 34 Chief Nursing Officers and six World Health Organisation collaborating centres.

The Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health has been actively involved in a number of research, consultancy and aid projects in South-East Asia and the South Pacific. The Centre for Health Services Management is undertaking collaborative research with colleagues from Canada and the United States. A major research focus is the nursing workforce, including issues such as skill mix, turnover and nurses' career paths. The international activities of the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation include collaborations with distinguished visitors from countries including the United Kingdom and Canada and contributions to international forums in the United States, Germany and Canada.

Inquiries

Student Office
Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
KG05.3, Kuring-gai campus
telephone +61 2 9514 5021
https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
http://www.nmh.uts.edu.au

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