Nov 12, 2018 | Latest News, Supporting Regional Students
A university training hub will be established in East Gippsland to provide tertiary education opportunities for students to study locally via distance education. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester announced $595,000 from the Federal Government to establish a...
Oct 21, 2018 | Improving Rural Health, Latest News, Supporting Regional Students
The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says Gippsland students are missing out on the chance to study medicine because Monash University is not committed to the region. Mr Chester has called on Monash University to make a long-term commitment to training...
Oct 10, 2018 | Improving Rural Health, Latest News, Supporting Regional Students
The Nationals Member for Gippsland was a special guest at Maffra Secondary College recently. Hosted by school captains Adelle O’Doherty and Michael Airey, Mr Chester was taken for a tour of the school before meeting the student leaders. Mr Chester took part in a...
Sep 13, 2018 | Latest News, Supporting Regional Students
The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has announced Bairnsdale’s Nagle College as state runner-up in the secondary school category of this year’s Anzac Day Schools’ Awards. Mr Chester said Nagle College would receive $500 and a...
Sep 11, 2018 | Latest News, Supporting Regional Students
Newly accredited nurses celebrated their graduation at a ceremony hosted by Partners in Training in Sale. Most of the 40 have already found employment, after completing two years part-time study. They have undertaken placements within Gippsland and across the state,...
Sep 7, 2018 | Latest News, Supporting Regional Students
Federal MP Darren Chester has congratulated Gippsland Rotarians for providing scholarship funding to local medical students. Speaking at a Rotary Club of Sale dinner in Maffra this week, Mr Chester highlighted the need for more regional students to have a pathway for...
