Community Engagement Equity Scholarship Blacktown Campus
Opens 1 Aug 2024 08:00 AM (AEST)
Deadline 1 Mar 2025 11:59 PM (AEDT)
$4,000
Description

About this scholarship

This scholarship supports undergraduate students at ACU’s Blacktown campus, who have demonstrated commitment to community service and/or community engagement.   


Scholarship type

Equity  


Value

  • This scholarship is valued at $4,000, to be paid in one lump sum. 
  • There is one scholarship available.

 

Student type

Future, Commencing or Current Students

 

Eligibility

This scholarship is open to applicants who meet all of the following criteria: 

  • Course: any ACU undergraduate degree
  • Campus: Blacktown
  • Study load: full-time in Semester 1, 2025
  • Contribution to community service and/or community engagement
  • Faced hardships or barriers in accessing higher education 

 

Application process

Applicants are required to provide the following as part of the application: 

  • A written statement* of approximately 400 words outlining: 
    • your contributions to community service; 
    • any hardships or barriers you have faced and the impact they have had on your path to higher education. This may include but is not limited to; excessive family or carer responsibilities, illness, financial hardship, English language difficulty, refugee background, disabilityor coming from a rural, regional or remote location.
  • Evidence to support the hardship/s outlined in your written statement. This may include but is not limited to; a Centrelink statement, letter from a medical professional, visa documentHealth Care Cardor a statutory declaration.  
  • Two letters of recommendation, these can be from any of the following:  community engagement leader, principal, religious leader, teacher

* Statements are assessed on content, not language skills. If you access assistance from advisors, tutors or AI technology to complete your personal statement, please ensure that your submission accurately reflects your personal situation with regards to the criteria.


Selection criteria

Applications are assessed based on the strength of the following criteria: 

  • Written statement
  • Contribution to community service and/or community engagement
  • Hardship/s faced in accessing higher education

 

Selection process

Applicants will be shortlisted by the Scholarships Office and the recipients selected by a panel consisting of Father Anthony Casamento (Vice President ACU), Valentine Mukuria (Campus Dean, Blacktown) and Caroline Allen (Senior Community Engagement Officer).  

 

Other

Recipients will be requested to submit an Impact Statement for the donor explaining how the scholarship has assisted them. This should be submitted to the ACU Scholarships Office no later than 1 October in the year the scholarship is awarded.

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Community Engagement Equity Scholarship Blacktown Campus


About this scholarship

This scholarship supports undergraduate students at ACU’s Blacktown campus, who have demonstrated commitment to community service and/or community engagement.   


Scholarship type

Equity  


Value

  • This scholarship is valued at $4,000, to be paid in one lump sum. 
  • There is one scholarship available.

 

Student type

Future, Commencing or Current Students

 

Eligibility

This scholarship is open to applicants who meet all of the following criteria: 

  • Course: any ACU undergraduate degree
  • Campus: Blacktown
  • Study load: full-time in Semester 1, 2025
  • Contribution to community service and/or community engagement
  • Faced hardships or barriers in accessing higher education 

 

Application process

Applicants are required to provide the following as part of the application: 

  • A written statement* of approximately 400 words outlining: 
    • your contributions to community service; 
    • any hardships or barriers you have faced and the impact they have had on your path to higher education. This may include but is not limited to; excessive family or carer responsibilities, illness, financial hardship, English language difficulty, refugee background, disabilityor coming from a rural, regional or remote location.
  • Evidence to support the hardship/s outlined in your written statement. This may include but is not limited to; a Centrelink statement, letter from a medical professional, visa documentHealth Care Cardor a statutory declaration.  
  • Two letters of recommendation, these can be from any of the following:  community engagement leader, principal, religious leader, teacher

* Statements are assessed on content, not language skills. If you access assistance from advisors, tutors or AI technology to complete your personal statement, please ensure that your submission accurately reflects your personal situation with regards to the criteria.


Selection criteria

Applications are assessed based on the strength of the following criteria: 

  • Written statement
  • Contribution to community service and/or community engagement
  • Hardship/s faced in accessing higher education

 

Selection process

Applicants will be shortlisted by the Scholarships Office and the recipients selected by a panel consisting of Father Anthony Casamento (Vice President ACU), Valentine Mukuria (Campus Dean, Blacktown) and Caroline Allen (Senior Community Engagement Officer).  

 

Other

Recipients will be requested to submit an Impact Statement for the donor explaining how the scholarship has assisted them. This should be submitted to the ACU Scholarships Office no later than 1 October in the year the scholarship is awarded.

Value

$4,000

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Opens
1 Aug 2024 08:00 AM (AEST)
Deadline
1 Mar 2025 11:59 PM (AEDT)