STUDENT MATT SAYS COVID-19 TAUGHT HIM WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A NURSE Matt was awarded ‘Most Inspirational Student Nurse of the Year’ in the prestigious Nursing Times (2020 Awards).
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Swansea University was founded in 1920 to respond to the needs of our local and wider community, through research, through innovation: making a difference has been part of our culture for over 100 years. The global pandemic has had a significant impact on us all, but we believe there is much we have learnt from our situation, resulting in many positive outcomes. We have discovered that we are able to adapt – not just sufficiently, but incredibly well – to new ways of studying, working, and living. We are excited to see what the future holds, and we are entirely committed to making the Swansea University experience a positive and rewarding one for all our students.
Over 1,000 students from the Medical School and the School of Health and Social Care volunteered to help health service colleagues during the pandemic: • Final year medical students were inducted as doctors after the General Medical Council offered early provisional registration • 662 nursing students were placed within health boards • The entire third year of the
University’s midwifery degree assisted qualified midwives
• At least 101 paramedic students signed up to work with the Welsh Ambulance Service
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