Tweed health students offered financial leg-up to pay for tertiary study
Tweed Shire healthcare students are being given a serious shot in the arm by way of a financial boost to help with their studies – but it comes with a catch.
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Tweed Shire healthcare students are being given a serious shot in the arm by way of a financial boost to help with their studies – but it comes with a catch.
Up to $12,000 is available for a range of healthcare and allied health professions.
The next round of applications for the Tertiary Health Study Subsidies Program opened this week, with students in the Tweed encouraged to apply.
In 2025, the package will be available for up to 850 nursing students, 400 medical students and 150 midwifery students.
The program provides financial support to students studying an eligible health qualification, with the payments in place to assist with fees, technology requirements, travel among other costs.
While the program offers a leg-up, it does come with a catch.
Successful students must be willing to make a five-year commitment to working in the NSW public health system.
If so, those successful in their application and beginning their degrees will receive subsidies of $4,000 per year over a three-year period.
Current students will receive a one-off payment of $8000 after acceptance of employment for a position within NSW Health.
“This is a fantastic opportunity for healthcare students from Tweed to take up this fantastic initiative, which will support them during their studies,” Emily Suvaal MLC, Labor Spokesperson for Tweed said.
“Thousands of students from across NSW have already benefitted, and I’d encourage students of nursing, midwifery, medicine, dentistry or allied health from Tweed to apply.”
“I’m proud to be part of a government which is supporting a number of important programs like this one, which is aimed at enticing people to take up a very rewarding career in our health system.”
There are a limited number of subsidies available, and applications will remain open until all subsidies are awarded.
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