title: Student bursary shake-up.
abstract: The Department of Health launched its consultation on the future of funding for healthcare students. Lyn Karstadt discusses how the consultation should see an end to the long-running disparity between nursing diploma students, who receive non-means-tested bursaries, and nursing degree students, who are means-tested.
authors: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Hertfordshire, UK.
authors: Lyn
authors: L
authors: Karstadt
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000191:economics*; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000191:economics*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014146:Training Support / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom