50 new places for mental health nursing

The Peninsula campus has recently secured 50 new Commonwealth Supported Places to be directed to mental health education in the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Thirty of the new places will be allocated to a new double degree, the Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Psychology, while 20 of the places will go to Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Mental Health), which is already offered at the campus.

Local Federal MP for Dunkley Bruce Billson visited the campus to announce the 50 new university places to commence in 2007. Overall, Monash will receive 120 new places across all campuses.

Mr Billson said he was thrilled that Monash Peninsula has won funding for these new places. "They will help ensure that the Peninsula campus continues to develop as a cutting edge education facility for students in a variety of disciplines but critically in mental health areas as well."

Professor Steele added that the additional places represent yet another step forward in building a bright future for the Peninsula campus and for the local community which will benefit from the developing portfolio of health and wellbeing teaching and research undertaken at the campus.

Mr Billson met with School of Nursing and Midwifery Deputy Head, Associate Professor Glenice Ives, Peninsula Campus Academic Director Professor Phillip Steele, Dr Susan Lee from the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Monash Vice Chancellor, Professor Richard Larkins at the Peninsula campus.