This scholarship is to honour the life of Mrs Edna Campbell. The scholarship is to support women who originate from the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Local Health District (Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama or Shoalhaven Local Government Areas) who are the first in their family to attend University and may be facing disadvantage.
Applicants must submit an application via UAC Equity as well as a UOW Scholarship application to be considered for this scholarship.
Open from 21/Jun/2024 to 06/Dec/2024
Value
$2,500 per annum
Duration
Three (3) years
Level of Enrolment
First Year
Graduate Type
Undergraduate
Number Available
One (1)
Year of Scholarship
2025
Degree
Any undergraduate degree
Offer Type
Scholarship
Category
Community Equity
Broad Study Area
Arts & International Studies, Business, Creative Arts, Education, Engineering, Health & Medicine, Information & Communications Technology, Law, Mathematics & Statistics, Media, Communications & Journalism, Physics, Psychology, Science
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Application Criteria
Applicants must be enrolling in their 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Wollongong in 2025;
Applicants must demonstrate financial and/or educational challenges. Educational challenges and attributes include but are not limited to; low income family background, carer responsibilities; English language difficulty; long-term medical condition/disability or ongoing effects of abuse; living in a rural or isolated region; sole parent responsibilities; refugee status and Indigenous Australians.
Applicants must be female;
Applicants must originate from either the Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama or Shoalhaven Local Government Area and still consider this region to be their home;
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder.
Successful applicants must remain enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Wollongong for the duration of this scholarship.
Applicants must submit an application via UOW Scholarship and UAC Equity to be considered for this scholarship.
Applicants must submit a resume and a one-page statement outlining their connection to the Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama or Shoalhaven Local Government Areas and how you consider it to still be your home
