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Message from your RCN Student Adviser
August 2010
Just a few more days to vote for your student member of RCN Council and depending on your region also for your local ANS committee representative and Board member. These are the people that will represent you and ensure that the student voice is heard throughout the organisation and beyond, so do take time to read their manifestos and to use your vote. Voting commenced on 28 June and closes on midday on 27 August.
At a time when we are hearing a lot of about efficiencies in the health service potentially leading to cuts we are are also very interested in finding out what's happening in education.
Some of you have been on the website to join our Frontline First campaign. The campaign is currently collecting information on cuts in student numbers, jobs for newly qualifed nurses and lecturer jobs being frozen or lost. If you can add any information about your own area then do please visit the Frontline First website or visit the nurse education page.
As you will be aware, we have not yet been in a position to announce a decision on the future of NHS student support arrangements (the bursary) in England. The new administration needs to consider the proposals and we will provide an update via this website as soon as we are clear on how this work will be taken forward.
However, given the timescales involved, it is unlikely that it will be possible to implement any changes to NHS student support from 2011 and 2012 is now a more realistic timeframe. Meetings with the government have now comenced again and RCN staff and students are involved in this work.
For those of you who are student information officers (SIOs), you should have received an invite to join your own wiki where you will be able to take part in discussions and receive all the nursing and RCN news to share with your colleagues. if you have not received your invite do let us know.
For those of you who are not SIOs, do have a look at the SIO pages and see if it is something you might want to be invovled in - it's a great way to keep up to date quickly and easily with all that is going on in the RCN.
The RCN Bus continues on its way around the countries - South West region from 23 August for two weeks and then to East Midlands followed by the RCN Bulletin Jobs Fair in Islington on 15 and 16 September - great place to visit for those of you who are newly qualified.
It would be good to see you if you are in these areas. You can find out more on the RCN Student Bus pages and follow us on Twitter, Blogger and Flickr. Just search for rcnstudentbus.
We are always glad to hear from you so do get in touch with any good or bad news.
Latest news
- Florence Nightingale Exhibition in the RCN HQ Library
- New Learning Zone resource on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Newly qualified nurse wins trip on the Orient Express
- RCN students celebrate diversity at London Pride
- Nominations for ANS Executive Committee Closed
- Simulation in nursing education conference
- Nurses' Day fundraising - a reflection
- Student information officer feedback required
- Free places available to attend the international history of nursing conference
- Student Bus visitors reach 3000
What's new?
Moved house? Changed your mobile? Update your details online with MyRCN
You can also now join the RCN online
Do you have a story to tell?
Are there things happening in your university which you would like to share - maybe some very good practice or maybe a problem that you have managed to solve so that everyone benefits?
If so, Gill Robertson, the RCN's student adviser, would like to hear from you. Tel: 07711 808509 or email: gill.robertson@rcn.org.uk. Get the most from your community.