Recovery Camp delivers award-winning shared-learning programs to health students and people living with mental illness. For nursing students, Recovery Camp provides a supported, firsthand clinical experience of the recovery-oriented settings where students learn about the theoretical components of their courses.
Since 2013 Recovery Camp has provided over 72,000 hours of clinical placement experience for students of nursing, psychology, exercise science, and nutrition and dietetics.
The Recovery Camp Nursing Scholarship supports a first year nursing student with $1000 per year, over 3 years of their degree. The scholarship also includes the opportunity to attend Recovery Camp as part of nursing clincial placement requirements (pending School approval), with the student’s program expenses covered.
To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must also submit a UAC Equity application in addition to the UOW Scholarship application.
Open from 12/Mar/2024 to 26/Apr/2024
Value
$1,000 per annum
Duration
Three (3) Years
Level of Enrolment
First Year
Graduate Type
Undergraduate
Number Available
One (1)
Year of Scholarship
2024
Degree
Bachelor of Nursing
Offer Type
Scholarship
Category
Community Equity
Broad Study Area
Health & Medicine
Faculty
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Application Criteria
Applicants must remain enrolled as a full-time student as the University of Wollongong for the duration of this scholarship
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder.
Applicants must submit an application via UOW Scholarship and UAC Equity to be considered for this scholarship
Applicants must demonstrate their interest and commitment to working well with people with lived experience of mental illness
Applicants must demonstrate financial need. UOW also takes into consideration the following forms of educational disadvantage and applicant attributes when awarding equity scholarships: carer responsibilities; English language difficulty; long-term medical condition/disability or ongoing effects of abuse; regional or remote disadvantage; sole parent responsibilities; refugee status and Indigenous Australians.
Applicants must maintain a minimum Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 50
Applicants must be enrolled in their first (1st) year of a Bachelor of Nursing and maintain enrolment in this course for the duration of the scholarship.
