University News Last updated 06 July 2009
Healthcare students studying at Birmingham City University are to be recognised for their achievements at an award ceremony.
The University will be holding its annual Healthcare Awards on Friday 10 July at the Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston. The event is an opportunity to celebrate achievements over the past 12 months and to recognise the role that placement providers play.
The awards ceremony will be attended by the Vice Chancellor, members of the Board of Governors; Professor Dame Betty Kershaw from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield will give the opening address.
Student award winners will be chosen from more than 1,300 pre-registration graduates of the University's Faculty of Health who either finished their courses earlier this year, or are due to complete this month (July).
Awards will be given for three distinct areas: Student Awards, Practice Awards and the Dean's Award. A dozen student achievement awards will recognise the greatest contribution made to each course. Also, ten practice placement awards will be given to celebrate outstanding contribution and support provided by wards, departments or individuals to students gaining real life experience and their influence on student development.
Louise Toner, Assistant Dean of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences will present each winner with a specially commissioned award, designed and made at the School of Jewellery, part of Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. Louise said: "This year's event is an excellent opportunity to recognise the achievements of our past students and highlight the support they receive in our partner organisations."
One of the largest faculties of its kind in the UK, Birmingham City University's Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences incorporates around 7,000 full and part-time students. The professions include nursing, midwifery, speech and language therapy, radiography, radiotherapy, operating department practice and the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine.
The Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences Edgbaston campus includes the largest, specialist health education library in the country as well as mock operating theatres and wards where students can hone their skills in a simulated environment.