Refugee and Asylum Seeker Scholarships were established by the University of Melbourne with the aim of assisting refugees and asylum seekers with the cost of tertiary education.
Benefits
- Full fee remission and an annual allowance.
- The amount of the allowance will be determined by the selection committee, according to the level of assistance needed, up to a maximum of $10,000 per annum.
Number
- At least two new scholarships are available in 2008.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be in receipt of an Australian Bridging visa or Temporary Protection visa, and be a new or currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate coursework student in 2008.
Selection
- Scholarships will be awarded by the Undergraduate and Graduate Coursework Scholarships Sub-Committee based on financial need and academic merit.
Application
In order to be considered for the award of a Refugee and Asylum Seeker Scholarship, applicants must:
- submit an application for their preferred course(s). Course applications may be subject to different closing dates. For further details please contact International Admissions: Telephone: +61 3 8344 4505
- submit an application for the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Scholarship (PDF : 50KB) by 5:00 pm Friday 1 February 2008.
- For more information, please contact the Manager, Undergraduate and Graduate Coursework Scholarships: Telephone +61 3 8344 4677.
Offers
- Succesful applicants will be notified of the scholarship offer by mail.
zarfi says
dear sir, l am srilankan refugee student doing my bsc plantscience @india l want to do my pg with your scholorship awiting for your favourable reply
Aden Ali Iftin says
Dear sir/madam.
RE – THE PLIGHT OF A REFUGEE STUDENT IN NAIROBI KENYA
Kindly permit me to solicit for a little bit of your time to read this letter.
Iam ADEN ALI IFTIN.arefugee from Dadaab, Kenya. I came to this country precisely 18 years ago, at the onset things weren’t so difficult as it’s these days because before I was a student and having completed secondary school, these is where one finds it quit uneasy to get employed because of lack of jobs in the country and a large number of secondary graduates in the camps create a room for competition of jobs and survival for the fittest.
One morning I have decided to go and look for a job outside the camps and the nearest possible area for getting employment opportunity. So I went Nairobi Kenya to meet the family sustenance since there is no father and the rest of my families’ lives below the poverty line. I have worked hard day and night and have managed to send little money back home for my little brother and sisters’ to buy school stationeries to pursue their vision.
Shortly afterward one thought swiftly came into my mind that I could perhaps, be much more in better position to help my family and my community as well if I could study more to obtain higher academic level because during my childhood my lovely mother use to persuade me that Education is the knowledge of putting one’s potentials to maximum use. One can safely say that a human being is not in the proper sense till he is educated And told me that The first is that the training of a human mind is not complete without education.
Education makes man a right thinker. It tells man how to think and how to make decision. And finally man is enabled to receive information from the external world; to acquaint himself with past history and receive all necessary information regarding the present. Without education, man is as though in a closed room and with education he finds himself in a room with all its windows open towards outside world. And from ageniuing point of view Education has an immense impact on the human society. One can safely assume that a person is not in the proper sense till he is educated. It trains the human mind to think and take the right decision. In other words, man becomes a rational animal when he is educated. In this juncture I do here by appeal fro your support to revive this vision.
Looking forward to hear from you.
Thanks and GOD bless you.
Best regard;
Aden Ali Iftin
East Leigh Nairobi Kenya
Phone number: +254721463240
saud says
I graduated last year and I am a genius and thinker, educator and artist in poetry, music, literature, good at writing and persuasion and discourse and other
But I am poor and unable to do anything .. I can not find money to study
So please please please
Can you help me
Please !!!!????
I am Burman refugees, held in Makkah
Please help me????
m.s-7-a.t @ hotmail.com
Waiting ..
Ghebrengus says
I am Eritrean refigee living in sudan ,graduate of nurse-midwife with advanced diploma looking for scholarship.I would like to thank for the help you can give me .
I am looking forward to hearing from you .
aitzaz ali khan says
dear sir i m looking for any financial assistance because all the means and resources has been destroyed in swat.my email is aitezaz88@yahoo.com