Chapter 4 – Academic and research focus

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 approximately 2,000 students enrolled in undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses. The Faculty operates at Kuring-gai campus at Lindfield on Sydney's North Shore and in newly-renovated premises at City campus, Broadway.

The Faculty provides higher education aimed at enhancing professional practice and contributing to the creation, application and extension of knowledge for the enhancement of the health of local and international communities. The Faculty is student-focused in its processes and values exemplary teaching and clinical practice within a learning environment that is culturally inclusive and supportive. The Faculty is committed to collaboration with the professions, health care providers, government and the wider community in the provision of health-related scholarship, research, continuing professional education and consultancy.

The Faculty offers its highly regarded Bachelor of Nursing program which prepares graduates for registration in New South Wales. In 2005, the Faculty introduced the first Bachelor of Midwifery in New South Wales which leads to registration as a midwife in New South Wales. The Faculty also offers a combined Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Arts in International Studies degree with the Institute for International Studies.

The Faculty has a strong reputation for the clinical nature of its studies. It provides a comprehensive range of postgraduate courses that accommodate the needs of nursing and related professions. The graduate courses cover the areas of clinical practice, professional studies, midwifery and health-related studies.

The Faculty also has a strong and expanding research profile, encompassing a broad range of disciplinary areas and methodological approaches in the research strength of Health Services and Practice. The work includes the research and practice activities of the Faculty's large clinical professoriate (based in health service organisations), faculty centres (Health Services Management; Midwifery, Child and Family Health; and Health Economics Research and Evaluation), as well as professorial, academic staff and research degree students.

The Faculty's broad research themes include:

Inquiries

Office of the Dean
Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
KG05.3, Kuring-gai campus
telephone +61 2 9514 5043
fax +61 2 9514 5049
https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
http://www.nmh.uts.edu.au

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