Jayce and Seamus Fagan Enabling Program Scholarship

Scholarship details

Donor

Establishment

Seamus Fagan was the Director of the English Language and Foundation Studies Centre at the University of Newcastle for 16 years, until his retirement in 2018. In this role, Seamus was responsible for overseeing and managing a large portfolio of English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students and enabling education programs. Jayce and Seamus Fagan are committed to supporting students who wish to transform their lives by engaging in tertiary education.

This scholarship has been established to support a student in an enabling program with the hope that this financial support will ensure they can concentrate on their studies and achieve the results to gain entry into an undergraduate degree.

For more information on this scholarship, please review the full Terms and Conditions.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you will need to:

• Be enrolled in an enabling program (Open Foundation or Yapug) with the University of Newcastle.
• Demonstrate the impact of educational disadvantage such as carer and sole parent responsibilities, financial hardship, long-term medical condition, a disability, the ongoing effects of abuse, regional/remote disadvantage, English language difficulty.
• Equity scholarships will also consider applicant attributes such as being an Indigenous Australian, having a Refugee background, or placement with an Out-of-Home Care provider.
• Not be the recipient of another University of Newcastle donor-funded or sponsored scholarship concurrently.

Required Documentation

Required documents will be listed on the ‘Your Documents’ page of your application. The application portal accepts PDF only. A maximum of 3 PDF smaller than 5 MB can be added per document type upload field.

• A personal statement (approx. 1 A4 page) outlining your academic achievements, career aspirations in the relevant area of study, and how this scholarship would assist you. This statement will cover all scholarships you are submitting for.

• You may be required to provide documents to support your educational disadvantage claims. These will be identified when you apply based on your individual application responses.

Benefit

The scholarship provides a benefit of $5,000, to be paid as lump sums of $2,500 after the first and second semester census date.

Selection

Selection is a competitive process and will be based on assessment of the scholarship application and any required supporting documents.

Contact Details

Admissions and Scholarships
Student and Academic Services
University of Newcastle
University Drive
CALLAGHAN NSW 2308

Phone: +61 2 4921 5000
Email: scholarships@newcastle.edu.au