Community Health and Nutrition Placements in Fiji

Program Costs (Indicative)

The cost will cover:

• The placement program cost (which includes accommodation, breakfast and lunch, some dinners, cultural learning events, 24/7 Think Pacific leaders plus more) is deferable to your HELP loan as a domestic student. Students will need to pay for their own flights and the placement package is approx. $4000 (plus flights). We will help organise all of this, including organising flights and applying for OS HELP loan. We need at least 12 students in order to be able to offer the program. Everyone travel's together as a group on the same flights (or at least arrive the same day). Flights and payments are organised well ahead of departure.  

The cost will not include:

• Return international flights (cost approx. $1000-$1500)
• Visa (not necessary if citizen of Australia & most other Asia & Oceania countries)
• Vaccinations/medical arrangements (please consult your topic coordinator and medical professional prior to departure for vaccination advice)
• Independent trips, shopping, and other meals

Flinders University reserves the right to alter the program cost at any time due to currency fluctuations and/or fee changes made by its partners.

All students that participate in this program will be covered by the university’s travel insurance.  Please note this cover is limited. It is advised that you read the Flinders University Travel and Insurance schedule of benefits. Before you go, know what is covered and what is not covered.

Insurance Registration required 

Ask Flinders query – room in study plan

Students who do not have any of these topics (HLTH3106, NUTD3110) available in their study-plan and listed above should submit an online enquiry via Ask Flinders (click “Request Support”) and have your study plan checked by the College before applying. Please ask the following question in your enquiry:

Do I have a 4.5 unit topic (specify topic) available that will allow me to participate in the NCP program titled “Community Health, Nutrition and Exercise Science Placements in Fiji”?

Alternatively, contact your Course Coordinator for advice on how you can fit this topic within your study plan. You can be enrolled in either availability NS1 or NS2.

Once you confirm that you have space in your program, submit an Expression of Interest by 5pm, 17 April 2026.

Bachelor Health Science undergraduate students (BHS, BHSMOT, BHSMPT)-send EOI to Louisa Matwiejczyk, Senior Lecturer louisa.matwiejczyk@flinders.edu.au

Bachelor Human Nutrition students & Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetic students – send EOI to Dr Kacie Dickinson, Lecturer E: kacie.dickinson@flinders.edu.au

Write your EOI on template (approximately 1/2 page. 1 page max.) and address the following questions:

Include - student first/last name, student ID, student email, GPA, year level, student program name (degree). Ideally, include a screenshot/copy of your study plan showing room for the relevant topic.

·         Why do you want to apply for this program?

·         How will participating in this program benefit you and your study?

·         What are some of the skills and/or personal attributes that you could bring to this program?

Please contact the relevant academic for detailed information about this program.

·         B.Health Science: Dr Louisa Matwiejczyk

louisa.matwiejczyk@flinders.edu.au

·         B. Human Nutrition or B. Nutrition & Dietetics: Dr Kacie Dickinson

kacie.dickinson@flinders.edu.au

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"I can honestly say that this trip has been one of the best experiences I have had thus far in my personal and academic career. I cannot think of a better group of girls to travel  with or a better way to start my final year placement before becoming a health practitioner. The experiences encountered in the three-week in-country trip will be ones I will notably treasure (and can’t begin to describe in one thousand words)."

_{Olivia, 2021 Master of Nutrition and Dietetics.}