Max Schroder Indigenous Scholarship

1. Australian Citizen/Permanent Resident: The applicant must be an Australian Citizen or permanent resident as defined by the Commonwealth

2. Student and Course Requirement: Open to new and continuing UNE students enrolled in a Bachelor degree (including Honours)

3. Academic requirement: For continuing students an average GPA of 4.0 is required in their course to date

4. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander: The applicant must identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and provide documentation according to the University’s Confirmation of Aboriginality and Torres Strait Islander Identity Procedures

5. Financial Disadvantage: Applicant must be able to demonstrate financial need (see Supporting Documentation/Required Information below)

6. Geographic Requirements: The applicant’s permanent home address is classified as regional or remote (ASGS Remoteness Areas 2-5) as defined by the Government Remoteness Tool

7. Living in college: The applicant is living or intending to live in a UNE Residential College (excluding St Albert's College) - see Conditions section of this document for specific living requirements of this scholarship

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of (in order):

Academic merit

And

Statement of case

Notes

• Preference may be shown to applicants undertaking a degree in the teaching profession. Ideally 2 of the 4 scholarships will be awarded to applicants in this field annually.
• Preference may be given to applicants not in receipt of another scholarship.
• The scholarship shall be awarded on the recommendation of the Executive Principal Student Experience and administered by the UNE Alumni Relations and Student Scholarships team.
• By applying for this scholarship you, the applicant, permit the University to give some personal details contained in your application the Donor, who may not be UNE staff. All information gathered will be treated with discretion.
• The Selection Committee’s decision is final.

The listed documents are acceptable forms of evidence in each of the following criteria:

1. Financial Need:
   1. Complete the Financial Need details section of the UNE Scholarship Application Form
   2. The applicant should attach evidence to support financial need, which may be one or more of the following (as determined in Financial Need Details section of application form):
   • Evidence of your income/expected income
   • Evidence of most recent and regular Centrelink/payments
   • Evidence of partners income
   • Evidence of parents’/guardians’ income/s

   Evidence of income can include:

   • Income Tax Returns*
   • Regular payslips
   • Centrelink Statement/s
   • A letter from an authorised person (e.g. community leader, school principal, minister of religion, accountant) that comments on your financial circumstances

   *Note: if the most recent financial year income information is not available, previous financial year income information may be used and must be accompanied with a letter from an accountant that comments on the estimated similarity/differences.

2. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander: The applicant must identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and provide documentation according to the UNE Confirmation of Aboriginality and Torres Strait Islander Identity Rule
3. Statement of Case outlining:
   1. Why are you studying your chosen course and what are your career aspirations?
   2. Tell us about your personal strengths, leadership, and community activities you are involved in. How you have used them to make a difference in the lives of others?
   3. What impact will NOT receiving the scholarship have on your studies?
   4. What special conditions or obstacles have you overcome in your path to study? e.g. financial, geographic, cultural, or other disadvantage. Tell us what you have done to address your situation, in light of the challenges you outlined.

General Conditions

1. Undergraduate/Postgraduate (coursework) scholarship recipients may not hold more than one UNE scholarship (excluding the UNE Residential Financial Assistance Scholarship and/or the Betty J Fyffe Scholarship) if the combined value is greater than six thousand dollars ($6,000) per annum
2. The scholarship is intended for the nominated course and may not be deferred or transferred.
3. The scholarship is payable into the recipient’s residential fee account in two instalments within 30 days following the Trimester 1, 2 or 3 census dates.
4. Continuation of the scholarship, if applicable, is subject to:
   1. Achieving a Trimester GPA of at least 4.0. For continuing students, results for Trimester 2 and 3 will be combined for the purpose of calculating eligibility for continuation of the scholarship in Trimester 1 in the second and subsequent years OR for Honours- Sufficient academic progress as confirmed by a representative of the relevant Faculty.
   2. The student continuing to maintain eligibility in relation to their enrolment status as stipulated by the Scholarship Terms.
   3. Full-time students are expected to complete their course in the minimum period of candidature.
   4. Submission of a brief Donor Report upon request each year reporting on progress with their studies and involvement in sporting, cultural and community activities as well as participation in university life, where applicable. In submitting this report, the recipient understands that some of the information and/or personal details contained in each report will be sent to the Donor/Trustee/Committee/School, who may not be UNE staff. All information gathered will be treated with discretion.
5. If you wish to make any significant changes to your enrolment (e.g. change of degree, study mode and/or load) you must notify the UNE Alumni Relations and Student Scholarships team prior to doing so. If you no longer satisfy the criteria and conditions of the scholarship, you may not retain it.
6. Any request to vary the terms and/or conditions of the scholarship must be made in writing and will be determined at the discretion of the Alumni Relations and Student Scholarships Committee (in consultation with relevant Donor/Trustee/Committee/School/Head of College).
7. If at any time during the scholarship term the student is found to have committed behavioural misconduct in accordance with the University’s Student Behavioural Misconduct Rules, the scholarship will be terminated and any outstanding payments to be made under the scholarship will not be paid.  You may also be required to repay any instalment already received. Students who are residential college residents are also subject to the Residential College Code of Conduct.
8. The student may be required to attend the annual scholarships donor event if they are invited to do so, and may be asked to participate in activities to promote this scholarship and other scholarships in general, including public speaking, donor liaison, media interviews and photographs.
9. Some scholarships may affect other government payments (e.g. Centrelink). It is the recipient’s responsibility to seek advice from the relevant government agency.
10. From time to time minor changes may be required to the administrative conditions of this scholarship. If this occurs recipients will be given advanced notice in writing. Donors will also be consulted where appropriate.
11. Failure to meet the requirements of these Terms and Conditions may lead to the termination of the scholarship and your being required to repay any instalment already received.

Enrolment Notes and Definitions

• Full-time is defined at UNE as an enrolment of 48 credit points in the academic year.
• Enrolment is required for Trimester 1 and 2 study periods (with Trimester 3 optional), where if there is no active enrolment in these periods and a request for a leave of absence from their scholarship is not made and approved to the UNE Alumni Relations and Student Scholarships team, the scholarship may be suspended.
• For full-time scholarships, payments will be made in Trimester 1 and 2 each year provided there is a minimum enrolment of 18 credit points in each period. If fewer than 18 credit points are undertaken in Trimester 1 and/or 2, payments will be deferred to the following Trimester.
• For 1 year duration scholarships or for continuing scholarship recipients in the final year of their scholarship, the second payment will only be made when the 48 credit points (or the last remaining units for that course) requirement for that academic year has been satisfied.
• For on campus required scholarships, students must be enrolled in all on campus units, subject to availability, not just registered in ON mode. Students unsure about this should contact the UNE Alumni Relations and Student Scholarships team to discuss their situation.
• If a problem presents in meeting the above requirements, the recipient must liaise with the Alumni Relations and Student Scholarships team to discuss their specific situation.

Scholarship Specific Conditions

1. The recipient is required to reside in one of the UNE residences (excluding St Albert's College) for the duration of the scholarship.
2. If the recipient is awarded an additional UNE Scholarship (including UNE Residential Financial Assistance Scholarship), or is receiving reduced residential fees due to holding a leadership, academic mentor or other College office, the scholarship amount may be reduced to ensure the combined scholarship payments do not exceed the College fees for that academic year.
3. It is compulsory for the recipients of the Max Schroder Indigenous Scholarship to meet on a weekly basis (face to face or via Skype or Zoom) with their allocated Max Schroder mentor (the recipient of the Max Schroder Indigenous Mentoring Scholarship) where they have been allocated one. The role of the mentor is to assist the recipients of these scholarships in their life and study at UNE. A record of attendance will be maintained by the Mentor and submitted to the Alumni Relations and Student Scholarships team. In accepting this scholarship, the recipient is agreeing to make their name, some personal details (e.g. enrolled course) and contact information available to the Max Schroder Indigenous Mentor.
4. Recipients of this scholarship are expected to utilise the services and support offered by Oorala Aboriginal Centre on campus.