Brit University has started training nurses in Malta

With a global reputation for high quality Nursing degrees, Northumbria University, Newcastle has started training more nurses in Malta to help the country’s national nursing shortage.

Supported by the Maltese Government, Malta Enterprise and the Maltese Union of Midwives and Nurses, Northumbria is delivering a new full time three year BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies degree programme in Malta, in collaboration with Malta College of Arts Science and Technology (MCAST).

The new programme has 30 students on the course and have now started their first placements in a range of Maltese healthcare settings.

The first year of the programme is being taught at MCAST main campus, until work to build a state-of-the art clinical skills teaching facility at the St Luke’s Medical site are completed.

Lisa Bray, from Malta, is one of the students who is studying the new BSc Nursing course. She said: “Although we are still in our early days in this course I feel that I have learnt a lot thanks to the wide range of high quality resources and the professional lecturing team.

“I am certain that this Nursing course will help me improve my professional, as well as interpersonal skills, as with the help of our strong support system we are given individualised attention, as well as professional practical and academic training, preparing us for the world of work, with state-of-the-art equipment.”