Student Equity
Professional Placement Equity Grants (PPEG)
These grants are offered twice a year at the beginning of Autumn and Spring semesters.
Applications for Semester Two (Spring) 2008 OPENED Monday 7 July 2008 and CLOSED Monday 18 August 2008. These applications are for students enrolled in a Spring Semester 2008 subjects with a compulsory Placement.
2009 Autumn Semester PPEG applications will open 16 Feburary 2009 and close 23 March 2009. (These applications will be for students enrolled in an Autumn Semester 2009 subject with a compulsory placement.)
Professional Placement Equity Grants are a CSU initiative to assist undergraduate students who must complete
a compulsory professional placement as part of their course requirement. Grants are funded up to a maximum of $1,000 ie for students who have Professional Placements of 10 weeks or more.
Students are facing increasing financial pressures as costs associated with tertiary education increase. In recognition of this, Charles Sturt University (CSU) has approved the allocation of $3.25 million over three years (2006 - 2008) for the purpose of providing equity scholarships to assist students from disadvantaged groups to study at CSU. In 2006, $780,000 was distributed as CSU Equity Scholarships, of which $30,000 supported students experiencing financial difficulty to attend compulsory professional placements via the Professional Placement Equity Grant scheme. This figure was increased to $100,000 for 2008.
Two of the key goals in the University Strategy 2007-2011 include maintaining and extending Charles Sturt University's position as a national leader in distance and flexible learning and providing excellence in practicum and clinical based learning. To that end, the University is establishing an Institute for Distance and Flexible Learning and an Institute for Practicum and Clinical Learning.
These Equity Grants are in addition to the CSU Equity Scholarship Program and the CSU Foundation Scholarships and are targeted at students who are struggling financially.
Grant benefits
- A Professional Placement Equity Grant will provide a specified amount of funds for professional placement/s, to a maximum of $1000 per student ie the maximum amount would be for students who have a Professional Placement of 10 weeks or more.
- The Professional Placement Equity Grant can only be used in the semester for which it is offered. Payments can be retrospective i.e. if the closing date for the semesters' professional placement is after the placement date, PPEG applications can still be submitted by the due date and grants still awarded. Example: if the professional placement is in June of 2008 (for a Spring (2nd) Semester enrolment) but applications for the Spring Semester 2008 PPEG don't open until July 2008, the grant will still be paid retrospectively.
Other Professional Placement Grants, Scholarships and Programs
- Australian Rural and Remote Health Professional Scholarship Scheme (ARRHPSS)
- Nursing - Edith Cavell Scholarship
- NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarships and Clinical Placement Grants
- Rural Placement Grants (Bachelor of Nursing or Bachelor of Midwifery degree)
- HealthInfoNet scholarships list (an extensive list of current scholarships for health care students and workers)
- Teaching Practicum scholarships