Tertiary Music Scholarship
$5,000
1
24 February 2024
Scholarship details
Donor
VariousEstablishment
These scholarships provide financial incentive for gifted students that are facing educational disadvantage to study at the University of Newcastle. These scholarships are open to any music student - instrumentalist, vocalist, composer or creative production major.
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 any year of a Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts with University of Newcastle.
- Be enrolled full-time.
- Demonstrate academic progress either by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) or equivalent required for entry for commencing students, or a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0 for continuing students.
- 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
This scholarship provides $5,000, paid after the semester one census date.
Selection
Selection is a competitive process and will be based on assessment of the scholarship application and any required supporting documents.
The scholar must demonstrate a high standard in performance at audition, if shortlisted and if required.
College
College of Human and Social Futures
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
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