Alex Mitchell Scholarship

Scholarship Details

 Provider Name:  Macquarie University

 Scholarship Name:  Alex Mitchell Scholarship

 Description:  The purpose of the scholarship is to assist the holder to pursue a full-time program of study leading to a Bachelor degree majoring in the Faculty of Arts.

 Study Level:  Bachelor Degree (Pass)

 Study Fields:  Creative Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Language & Literature

 Support Type:  Equity Scholarship, Scholarship

 Offer Frequency:  Annual

 Annual Amount:  $2,500

 Annual Comment:  The scholarship will be valued at $2,500 per annum and is renewable for 3 years (subject to meeting ongoing eligibility criteria). The recipient will receive $1,250 in each session.

 Length:  3 year(s)

 Gender:  Co-Ed

 Eligibility:  Applicants must: be Australian citizens or permanent residents; have received an offer to study at Macquarie University for the first time in 2015 in an Arts related course (this must be a course that has a significant amount of units within the Faculty of Arts); demonstrate sufficient academic merit; demonstrate commitment to social issues and community service; demonstrate commitment to study at Macquarie University; and show capacity to triumph over hardship (financial disadvantage, sole parent or carer responsibilities, non- English speaking or Indigenous background, effects of trauma and/or abuse, long-term medical condition or disability or coming from a rural or remote area).

 Target Group:  Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, Educational disadvantage, Non-English speaking background, Physical, medical, psychological or learning difficulties, Rural and isolated area resident

 Study Location:  Australia – NSW: Sydney Metropolitan

 Closing Date:  1 February

 Other Details:  The scholarship may be shared equally between 2 recipients in exceptional circumstances. In that instance, the recipients will in total receive $3,750 each over 3 years.


Scholarship Contact Details

 Contact Title:  Coursework Scholarships and Prizes Unit

 Contact Phone:  61 2 98507337

 Contact Email:  csap@mq.edu.au

Provider Details

 Provider Name:  Macquarie University

 Provider Phone:  61 2 98507337

 Provider Website:  http://www.mq.edu.au/scholarships (opens in new window)