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Yindyamarra – create a world worth living in
We recognise the importance of First Nations people working in health professions. They play a vital role in encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access health services and are essential in helping close the gap in health outcomes and life expectancy.
Charles Sturt University offers many services and supports to First Nations students on their academic journey to becoming successful health professionals. The university has a First Nations Success team that can help you build a secure support network. This network will help you with your studies to become a future health professional.
Your journey into a health career is only one deadly step away.
We recognise the importance of First Nations people working in health professions and the vital role they play in encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access health services.
Charles Sturt University offers many services and supports to First Nations students on their academic journey to becoming successful health professionals. Together, we can help ‘close the gap’ and achieve better health outcomes for First Nations communities.
This empowering short film aims to inspire prospective First Nations students to consider studies and careers in health.
Filmed on Wiradjuri country in Wagga Wagga, NSW, the video showcases the stories of First Nations students, health professionals, and Elders. The contributors share how they have overcome healthcare struggles, societal determinants, and barriers towards their studies and daily lives.
This video was proudly funded by the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Program.
Connections is a five-day entry program that helps you prepare for study with Charles Sturt University. Successful completion of this program will provide you with guaranteed entry into a broad range of our bachelor's degrees.
The good news is Charles Sturt and Three Rivers DRH have a variety of scholarships, loans, subsidies and schemes to help you out.
There is a wide variety of scholarships and grants across a range of disciplines available to students. Our team can help you find the scholarship that’s right for you. Browse the scholarship database.
Study Link at Charles Sturt offers short, online subjects that prepare you for success in your degree, wherever you choose to study. Whether you’re just considering uni studies, starting uni or continuing in a later year, there’s a Study Link subject to help you. The best news is it's free!
Study Link subjects are designed to boost university studies by giving you:
View the free subject list.
We offer support to students studying towards a health profession in the following disciplines: nursing, midwifery, dentistry, oral health, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, speech pathology, pharmacy, paramedicine, medical radiation science, mental health (First Nations), psychology, social work, exercise physiology and pathology.
Nursing is a very rewarding career and there are plenty of opportunities. Three Rivers sponsored me to attend a career development conference which was an amazing opportunity to meet up with other Indigenous nurses and be inspired by the mark they are making on the health industry.
Charles Sturt University can help you with all aspects of your academic journey, as well as social, cultural and personal support.