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Message from your RCN student adviser - Gill Robertson
March 2010
Firstly, may I take this opportunity to thank Adele Bird for all her input to the student agenda over the last year. It has been much appreciated and I am sure we would all like to wish Adele well on her return to the RCN's Yorkshire & the Humber region.
This is a busy time for students and the student team:
Four members of your RCN Students executive committee attended the post-launch event of the Prime Minister's Commission report. They had the opportunity to discuss student issues, including jobs for learning disability nurses and the bursary with Ann Keen, Minister for Healt,h and Christine Beasley, Chief Nurse for England. Copies of the report are available from the Department of Health website or by phoning 0300 123 1002.
The consultation on pre-registration is now out for comment and nobody is better placed to comment than you, who are working through the curriculum at the moment. You will find the consultation on the NMC website.
We are looking forward to seeing you at RCN Congress 2010 in Bournemouth. For more details go to the Students' Day web page. You can now register for Congress and there is still the opportunity to enter our competition to send five students to Congress.
The RCN bus is now in the the West of Scotland and next week heads to London. You can find out more on the RCN Student Bus pages and follow us on Twitter, Blogger and Flickr. Just search for rcnstudentbus.
Following the announcement that all students in England will be entered on to a degree course from 2013 many students have been in touch with us concerned about the implications for them. May we reassure all those currently studying that this does not affect your current courses and you will find further information under our news section or on the NMC website.
We are always glad to hear from you so do get in touch with any good or bad news.
Take care,
Gill
RCN Student Adviser
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