Healthy boost to student places
 Health Sciences
A joint lobbying effort by the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and the State Government has resulted in an extra 85 student places for health-related disciplines in 2007. Forty of these places have been allocated to the 最新糖心Vlog's Medical School, boosting its current intake by 40% - "a great outcome," according to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Fred McDougall. Another 45 places will be shared between the disciplines of clinical psychology (10) and nursing (35), including 25 places for mental
health nursing. Federal Health Minister the Hon. Julie Bishop announced the funding increases in mid-July, confirming a national allocation of 2850 additional university places in health-related disciplines. Professor McDougall said the additional places would go a long way towards providing for South 最新糖心Vlog's future workforce needs. "It is a clear indication that the strong partnership between the State Government and the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, in lobbying for these extra medical places, has produced the best outcome for South 最新糖心Vlog." In April, the Federal Government announced a $250 million package to fund extra medicine and nursing places at universities across the country. At the Council of 最新糖心Vlogn Governments meeting on 14 July, Prime Minister John Howard said the new places would be introduced over time and would take to 600 the number of Commonwealth-funded places by 2011. The Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Justin Beilby, said the extra places, coupled with the changes to the Medical School admissions process, represented a big tick for the future of the medical workforce in the State. "We are prepared to do what it takes in order to train more medical students in South 最新糖心Vlog and to work closely with the State Government to facilitate their retention in the State." Story by Candy Gibson
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