Nursing, UTS or UOW? (1 Viewer)

[ashllis92]

Next year I'm thinking of studying nursing but I'm torn between UTS and UOW...
So I've heard how fantastic the nursing faculty at UTS is and that they offer the best degree in the southern hemisphere yadda yadda yadda
I've also heard that the nursing degree at UOW is really good, probably not as good as UTS but still damn good.
My problem is that it would be easier, cheaper and less stressful for me to move to Wollongong rather than Sydney (I live on the South Coast) so is losing a bit of degree quality and prestige worth a far simpler transition to uni? Will it negatively affect my job prospects because apparently nursing has one of the highest graduate employment rates for all uni's...
Any other suggestions are most welcome!

 

[alex09hsc]

NO the career prospects of completing a nursing degree at uow is gooood

 

[ashllis92]

The thing for me is that it would be impossible for me to commute to either uni, at least 3 hours by public transport to UOW and I'm not paying for that amount of petrol to drive, it would be closer to 5 hours to go to UTS, and that's just one way.
I didn't realise that you could specialise within nursing, I thought that was done as part of a Masters or something....
I'm not the type to "cruise through a degree", that would bore me I want to go to uni to get a great education rather than have fun although some fun would be nice!
I'm starting to lean towards UTS so I spose I'll rosy on over to their open day on tuesday...

 

[mystiques4]

Well it sounds like you need to move to Sydney or Wollongong either way, you might as well just go the step further and go to UTS.

 

[ashllis92]

Well it sounds like you need to move to Sydney or Wollongong either way, you might as well just go the step further and go to UTS.

I just know HEAPS of people in wollongong who i could get into a share house with...

I'm from ulladulla so there is virtually no public transport here, 50 mins from a train station and one bus a day to sydney...

 

[twistedrebel]

Move to wollongong then travel to UTS everyday, alot of people travel between wollongong and Sydney daily.

 

[msh]

Nursing seem to be an industry that is always in demand.. So the 'prestige' factor may not be SO important. But I guess, a nursing degree from UTS would be better than getting one from a regional university.

 

[ashllis92]

Nursing seem to be an industry that is always in demand.. So the 'prestige' factor may not be SO important. But I guess, a nursing degree from UTS would be better than getting one from a regional university.

This is basically my original train of thought but I like to really push myself and know that I'll get bored with a run of the mill type course persay... I know nursing isn't an incredibly 'academic' type of endeavour as opposed to science or something but I'd still like to be challenged to an extent academically