Western Sydney Midwifery Students receive NaMO scholarship to attend Australian College of Midwives NSW Conference

Six students from the Bachelor of Midwifery at Western Sydney University were successful in gaining a NaMO scholarship  to attend the Australian College of Midwives,  NSW Branch Conference which was held in Leura NSW on the 29th and 30th of July 2016.  The successful students were: Sharee Addison, Louise Timbs, Manal Zarour , Christine Foote, Hei Yee Tang and Christie Taylor. Congratulations to you all.

Western Sydney University was well represented at the NSW conference with other B Mid  students also attending the conference  along with members of the Midwifery teaching team and Midwifery Higher Degree Research students.   Two Western Sydney University Midwifery HDR students, Hazel Keedle and Jacqui Wood gave really interesting and engaging presentations, showcasing their amazing research work. Hazel's presentation was entitled 'Climbing the mountain together: Privately practicing midwives supporting women who have a VBAC at home. Jacqui's presentation was about working with incarcerated pregnant women and was entitled 'Knocked up in Lock-up: mountain views from a prison cell.

WSU Midwifery students at ACM State Conference 

The picture above shows the six successful B Mid scholarship winners with Associate Professor Athena Sheehan on the far left and Dr Holly Priddis on the far right. 

Athena Sheehan, Sharee Addison, Christie Taylor, Louise Timbs, Manal Zarour , Christine Foote, Hei Yee ( Amy) Tang, Holly Priddis

Ends

9 August 2016