Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students may be eligible to receive $319.50 per week while on placements. But experts say more help is needed.
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A new Prac Payment will assist about 68,000 eligible higher education students and more than 5,000 VET students each year.
Courses such as nursing, teaching and social work require students to complete full-time, unpaid work experience to graduate. This often means they have to give up paid work.
Students doing a “sandwich degree” can spend a year between their second and final years at university in employment.
A new survey has found the financial burden of work placements on students can be crippling.
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Professor of Social Work, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
