HeMS 2025 summer placements

All placements require a non-refundable student deposit of £350

£350

Spend 28 days experiencing health care in a different context

28 days

Click on the locations to find out more information about our partially funded Summer Placement Opportunities!

2024/5 Summer Placements HeMS

Partially funded

Students can receive up to £905 to fund their travel and up to £588 to support cost of living whilst in country

Summer elective

All elective placements will travel between 29th July and 31st August 2025

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Application closing date 13th December 2024

Sri Lanka Nursing and midwifery students can apply for Sri Lanka, you will be in IIHS. In 2023 4 BSc Midwifery students completed their placement at IIHS. Watch the video below to learn more about the placement. Find out more about IIHS from the video below:

View the map to see where Yogyakarta is

Silvana travelled to Yogyakarta in Summer 2024 watch her TikTok below

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

This is a nursing placement, you will have time on numerous wards with some exposure to maternity facilities. Midwives can apply for this placement, although you will spend time on non-maternity wards.Your placement will be part of Universitas Gurdjah Mata (UGM) you will spend time with their students and go on placement together.You will have the opportunity to spend time with the community nurses and visit local villages to experience rural health care.This placement would be great for you if you want to meet students from Indonesia and have time to explore the area independently at the weekends.

Dr Robert talks below about his experiences with UGM

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Would you like to talk to someone before you apply?Click here to add your email to the comms team and we will be in touch

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This placement is provided by Kaya Travel.We have partnered with them to offer you an incredibly unique experience.This opportunity is open to all HeMS students.This will be the most supported placement on offer. If you would prefer to pay more and have more support in the pre-departure preparation and day to day activities, this placement is for you.Click this link to download the Ecudaor brochure with information on costs and programme itineraryClick this link to see photos from the Ecuador placement

Ecuador

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Watch this video to see what you can do on this placement

Amazonian Ancestral Medicine, Midwifery

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Sri LankaWP student

IndonesiaNon-WP student

The student will receive a total of £1493 towards the cost of the placement

How much Turing funding will I receive?Travel grant is available to WP students ONLY and will go towards the cost of your flight.

• India £745
• Sri Lanka £905
• Indonesia £905
• Ecuador £905

Living allowance is available for all students.

• Non WP student £17 per day (£476 for 28 days)
• WP student £21 per day (£588 for 28 days)

The student will receive a total of £476 towards the cost of the placement

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How much will my placement cost?How much your placement will cost will depend on you.You will need to pay:

• £350 non-refundable deposit
• A visa (expected this to be around USD100)
• Individual travel insurance if you plan to do tourist trips at the weekend
• Vaccinations
• Any extra cost of your flight or accomodation not covered by the Turing funding. If you choose an expensive flight or more luxury accomodation you will need to pay for this
• Programme fee (USD150 for Indonesia, £1850 for Ecuador, no programme fee for Sri Lanka)

Once you have completed your placement you can apply to the NHS to reimburse some of these additional costs.

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Funding eligibility Students who fall into the below criteria are eligible for:

• A travel grant (to partially fund the cost of travel) and
• A living grant (to partially fund accommodation etc.).

Students who do not meet these criteria will be eligible for a smaller living grant only

• Someone with an annual household income of £25,000 or less
• Someone who receives Universal Credit or income-related benefits because they are financially supporting:
• themselves
• themselves and someone who is dependent on them, such as a child or partner
• Someone with experience of being in care or who is a care leaver – including anyone who is or has been in care, or from a looked after background, at any stage of their life
• a carer, meaning anyone who both:
• looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, and cannot cope without their support
• is not paid for this care
• Someone who is estranged – including anyone who has had no contact with their biological or adoptive parents for 12 months or more, or the relationship with their parents has broken down within the last 12 months
• A refugee or an asylum seeker
• Students in receipt of the ARU Bursary
• Students on the ARU Widening Access to Medicine Scheme (WAMS) scheme

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- Will they speak English on placement?

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- Will I do clinical prodecures on placement?

- Am I eligible for funding?

- How much will it cost in total?

- Why do we need to go for 4 weeks when we only have 3 weeks annual leave?

The government funded Turing scheme stipulates you need to be in country for 28 days. You will need to use some of your annual leave for this funded placement. Don't worry, you will get plenty of free time- always Friday, Saturday and Sunday for your leisure.

- How much will I receive?

- I have more questions/ queries before I apply, who can I talk to?