Shaping Futures Postgraduate Scholarship- The University of Newcastle Australia
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Shaping Futures Postgraduate Scholarship- The University of Newcastle Australia
From 2021, the Shaping Futures Postgraduate Scholarship will support postgraduate coursework students, alongside our undergraduate students supported by the Shaping Futures Scholarship, to overcome adversity and educational disadvantage.
These scholarships support students who are academically capable but managing studies alongside educational disadvantages such as:
- Career responsibilities
- English language difficulty
- Financial hardship
- Long term medical condition/ disability or ongoing effects of abuse
- Regional or remote disadvantage
- Sole parent responsibilities
- Out of home care experience
- Additional attributes such as Indigenous Australian or having Refugee status.
The following named scholarships are included within the Shaping Futures Postgraduate Scholarship:
- Central Coast Campus Union Postgraduate Shaping Futures Scholarship (2)
- Judy Kennedy Shaping Futures Postgraduate Indigenous Health Scholarship (1)
- Professor Alan Roberts Shaping Futures Postgraduate Scholarships in Engineering (2).