Grants available for midwifery postgraduate education
The main purpose of the grants funding is to subsidise the cost of the student fees.
This postgraduate education may consist of a midwifery Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma; Masters or PHD qualification – or any single midwifery postgraduate paper.
The New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM) will be managing the application and selection processes on behalf of HWNZ.
Applications for grants for midwifery academic education undertaken in the period 1 July 2009 to 30 December 2010[1] should be submitted to NZCOM no later than 14 June 2010.
If you wish to apply for funding for the second semester of 2010 you will need to contact the education provider to find out about enrolment dates, entry criteria and the cost of student fees, as soon as possible.
Further information and the application form will shortly be posted on both the HWNZ and the NZCOM websites. If you have any questions please email NZCOM at nzcom@nzcom.org.nz or phone (03) 377 2732.
The education providers offering midwifery postgraduate papers are:
Otago Polytechnic
Contact the Midwifery School
Jasmin Lamorie – jasmine.lamorie@op.ac.nz, or
Jean Patterson – jean.patterson@op.ac.nz
http://www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz/schools-departments/midwifery.html
VictoriaUniversity
Contact the Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Abbey McDonald – abbey.mcdonald@vuw.ac.nz
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/nmh/
MasseyUniversity
Contact the School of Health and Social Services
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/calendar/degree-diploma-and-certificate-regulations/college-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/bachelor-of-midwifery.cfm
AucklandUniversity of Technology
Contact the Department of Midwifery
Stephanie Gregory – sgregory@aut.ac.nz
http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/healthsciences/midwifery/postgraduate-study
[1] This includes three academic semesters:- the second semester of 2009 and the first and second semesters of 2010
