Maisie Fawcett Scholarships
The Maisie Fawcett Scholarships have been established as part of a collaborative agreement between the University of Melbourne and Victoria University (VU) with the purpose of facilitating pathways for VU graduates to access courses not offered at Victoria University. Maisie Fawcett (1912-1988), a graduate of the University of Melbourne and a distinguished botanist, exemplifies why such a pathway is desirable, as well as the historical links between the western suburbs and the University of Melbourne. Maisie’s early research was in the ecology of the High Country of Victoria. One of these areas has been monitored by scientists continuously, and is one of the longest running plant ecology experiments in Australia. Later in her career she collaborated with her husband Professor D.J.Carr to undertake extensive and comprehensive research, resulting in two volumes of Eucalyptus and to edit and write two volumes of historical essays on Australian botany, People and Plants in Australia, and Plants and Man in Australia.
Number
Benefits
Eligibility
Selection
Application Process
Timeline
Outcome
More information
Number
Up to 5
Benefits
Allowance |
Duration |
$5,000 one-off payment |
in the first year of enrolment |
Eligibility
Eligible students must:
- be a local student
- belong to one or more of the following categories:
- Recognition as an Indigenous Australian
- Previous status as a refugee or current holder of a Humanitarian Visa
- Rural or isolated background
- Disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances
- Disability or chronic medical condition
- Personal difficulties
- have completed an undergraduate degree at Victoria University (priority will be given to students enrolling immediately following undergraduate studies)
- have demonstrated the capacity to successfully undertake the professional entry graduate degree of your choice; and
- apply for a Commonwealth supported place in a professional entry graduate degree.
Professional entry graduate degrees are
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Master of Management (Accounting)
Master of Construction Management
Master of Educational Psychology
Master of Education (Special Education, Inclusion & Early Intervention)
Master of Education (Language Intervention and Hearing Impairment)
Master of Education
(Specific Learning Difficulties)Master of Forest Ecosystem Science
Master of Landscape Architecture
The Melbourne JD (Juris Doctor)
Master of Music Therapy (by coursework)
Master of Professional Accounting
Master of Science (Biotechnology)
Master of Science (Nanotechnology)
Master of Science (Management Science)
Selection
Selection is based on academic merit and the documented disadvantage associated with one or more of the six equity categories listed above.
Application process
No scholarship application is required. All Victoria University graduates accepted into the Graduate Access Program will automatically be considered by their graduate school. For information on the Graduate Access Program visit: www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/grad/gradaccess/
Timeline
Selection will take place in December/January.
Outcome
Successful candidates will be notified by email from mid-January.
For further information
If you have any questions, please send an email from: www.undergradschols.unimelb.edu.au/query