A UNIVERSITY lecturer will be awarding students in Zambia for completing a nursing course.

Jill Durrant, university of Brighton senior lecturer in the School of Health Sciences, will be taking the 31 certificates to the students who have completed Advanced Diplomas from the Lusaka School of Nursing.

The course was developed by the University of Brighton's partners in Zambia with support of the university's School of Health Sciences and with funding from the Tropical Health Education Trust and the Brighton-Lusaka Health Link charity.