The Regional Journalism Scholarship is being offered to 1st year or 2nd year Regional or Remote Journalism Students as part of the Regional Journalism Scholarships program, which was one of the three measures announced as part of the Government's Regional and Small Publishers Jobs and Innovation Package. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist scholarship recipients in acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary to operate effectively as journalists in a regional or remote area in the contemporary news media industry, and to be job ready at the completion of their studies.
The successful applicant will receive a stipend each semester (3 in total) to use towards study related expenses and payment for tuition. The successful applicant will be required to make the payment towards tuition from the scholarship funding and the billing type must be set to 'HECS-HELP Partial' for duration of the scholarship.
This activity received grant funding from the Australian Government.
Open from 23/Sep/2021 to 31/Oct/2021
Value
$9473
Duration
One and Half years (3 sessions)
Level of Enrolment
First Year, Second Year
Graduate Type
Undergraduate
Number Available
One (1)
Year of Scholarship
Spring 2021
Degree
Bachelor of Communication and Media
Offer Type
Scholarship
Category
Community
Broad Study Area
Media, Communications & Journalism
Faculty
Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Application Criteria
Applicants must remain enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Wollongong Campus for the duration of this scholarship;
Applicants must be enrolled in first year or second year of Bachelor of Communication and Media at the University of Wollongong
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder.
Eligible students to have resided in a regional or remote area for a total of at least three (3) of the last five (5) years, and completed their last two (2) years schooling in a high school or college in a regional or remote area. A regional or remote area is an area classified as Inner Regional, Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote by the Australian Statistical Geography standard (i.e. RA2- RA5)
Applicants must maintain a minimum Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 65
Successful applicants must provide expenditure reports at the end of each semester (a template will be provided)
Billing type must be set to 'HECS-HELP Partial' for the duration of the scholarship
