Sydney Nursing School is proud to educate nurses and midwives for communities near and far. We offer a vibrant faculty with engaged enquiry of the highest quality and impact; one which emphasises the indivisibility of nursing and midwifery research, education, practice and policy. Our reputation is confirmed by the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rankings in 2012 indicating our research to be "well above world class" and a Vice-Chancellor's Award in 2013 in the category Systems that Achieve Collective Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Latest news

• Future of aged care under a microscope – 21 June 2013

  

  An estimated 35.6 million people with dementia exist worldwide. This symposium addresses the health challenges we face as an ageing population. Read more

• Cyclists benefit from wearing helmets – 6 May 2013

  

  Sydney University research shows cyclists without helmets are 5.6 times more likely to suffer any head injury than cyclists wearing helmets. Read more

• Identifying childhood injuries and helping parents – 2 May 2013

  

  A major Australian first study will examine the incidence of severe paediatric trauma and how to prevent serious injuries to children. Read more

• Sydney Nursing School Newsletter – April 2013

  

  In this issue, funding for child injury study in Vietnam, midwifery and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, first graduates of Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner). Read more

• Tonga's first DPhil (Nursing) graduate – 14 December 2012

  

  Doctor Amelia Latu Afuha'amango Tu'ipulotu graduates from the University of Sydney, attended by dignitaries of the small Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga. Read more

• Our research recognised by ERA – 6 December 2012

  

  Sydney Nursing School's research highlighted as an area of exceptional improvement in this year's ERA assessment. Read more