ANNOUNCEMENTS
ABORIGINAL STUDY GRANTS S C H E M E
Students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islands descent who are undertaking university courses may b e eligible for either full-time or part-time awards under the Aboriginal Study Grants Scheme.
Further information and application forms may b e obtained from:
T h e Director, Victorian State Office, Commonwealth Department of Education, 450 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, V i c , 3004; Telephone: 267 2988.
AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY O F ACCOUNTANTS L E C T U R E
The Australian Society of Accountants has endowed an annual lecture in the University with the object of "stimulating research in accountancy and to encourage original contributions to accountancy thought". T h e endowment has been accepted by the University Council on the conditions set out in the following resolution:
( 1 ) T h e lecture is t o b e known as the "Australian Society of Accountants Annual Research Lecture."
( 2 ) T h e terms of the endowment allow for the lecturer to be reimbursed for his travelling, accommodation and incidental expenses) only. The incidental expenses m a y cover any exceptional expenditure incurred by him in the preparation of the lecture, such as the cost of statistical computations.
( 3 ) T h e Council will control the lecture on the advice of a joint committee comprising three representatives of the Society.
( 4 ) T h e Council, on t h e recommendation of the joint committee, will—
( a ) administer t h e fund available for the lecture, ( b ) decide whether a lecture should be given in any year,
( c ) appoint a lecturer for each year in which a lecture is to b e given.
( 5 ) T h e Council shall have the right of publishing the lectures, b u t the Society shall b e at liberty to publish the lectures in its journal or otherwise as it thinks fit.
The lecture was founded by the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants and has been continued under similar circumstances since the liquidation of that Insti- tute and the formation of the Australian Society of Accountants. The yearly grant has been increased from $60 to $100 from 1954.
BARRENGER OVERSEAS VETERINARY SCHOLARSHIPS
Mrs Jessie Margory Barrenger who died on June 24th 1970 bequeathed the sum of $28,000 to be held upon Trust in perpetuity by her trustees, the Trustees Executors and Agency Co. Ltd, and Mr D . A. Craven to provide for the promotion and encouragement of post-graduate studies overseas in Veterinary Science, the income of the fund to be applied in maintaining scholarships to be called the
"Barrenger Overseas Veterinary Scholarships".
The scholarships are open to any graduates in Veterinary Science from a university or university college in Victoria. They will be awarded generally for one year but the Scholarship Committee may at its discretion extend this term for such period it thinks fit. Applicants should direct their enquiries to T h e Secretary, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052.
BRITISH C O U N C I L TRAVEL GRANTS COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY INTERCHANGE SCHEME
To facilitate interchange between universities in different parts of the Com- monwealth, a number of grants towards the cost of travel will be available for award to persons in the following three categories:
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Category A: University Teachers or Officers on recognized study leave.
T h e majority of grants will be made to persons in this category. Preference will be given to university teachers or officers of at least five years' standing.
Category B : Distinguished Scholars, actively engaged in academic work, invited by universities for short visits.
Category C : Post-graduate Research Workers holding research grants.
Grants in this category will be strictiy limited in number. T h e grants are intended for research workers (including younger university teachers) who have obtained financial support which would enable them to undertake research at a university institution in another Commonwealth country, but who require additional assistance to meet the cost of travel.
T h e value of grants in Categories A and C is £ 5 1 5 stg. for a return passage between Australia and the United Kingdom, Grants may be made towards the cost of a single forward journey only. In Category B passages will normally be arranged and paid for by the British Council.
Applicants for travel grants in Categories A and C should lodge their applications with the Registrar by 19th November (for Category A) or by 1st March (for Category C ) . Applications in Category B are made by the University issuing the invitation.
CAMPBELL PRETTY PRIZE
Commencing in 1976 an annual prize of $200.00, to be known as the Campbell Pretty Prize in H u m a n Behaviour in Administration, will b e awarded to the best student in that subject, a preliminary year subject for the Degree of Master of Business Administration. Enquiries should be directed to the Secretary, Faculty of Economics and Commerce.
C L E N D I N N E N JUNIOR RESEARCH F E L L O W S H I P
T h e Carlton and United Breweries Ltd. have undertaken to provide $3,600 per annum until further notice to finance a Junior Research Fellowship honouring the memory of F . W . J. Clendinnen whose contributions to die science of brewing were outstanding.
T h e Fellowship is open to graduates of any University recognized by the University of Melbourne, who are nominally residents of Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory or Fiji, and who are qualified for acceptance as Ph.D. candidates in the School of Chemistry, in the University of Melbourne, in a Department of which the Junior Fellow must carry out research in the field of "Natural Product Chemistry".
T h e period of tenure will normally b e two years during which time the success- ful applicant will proceed towards the degree of Ph.D. but this period may b e extended for another year if so recommended by the University. T h e Fellowship may b e terminated at any time if progress is not satisfactory.
T h e $3,600 provided by the Carlton and United Breweries Ltd. will b e appor- tioned as follows:
Stipend of the Junior Research Fellow $2,800 University fees and expenses and equipment in connec-
tion with the project (to be allocated by the supervisor of the project in consultation with the Head of the
Department concerned) $800 T h e Junior Research Fellow will b e allowed to undertake seven hours' demon-
strating per week during the academic year if required to do so by his Head of Department.
T h e normal commencing date for the Fellowship will b e 1st March; when a vacancy is due to occur it will b e advertised in d i e November of the previous year.
Applications will close on 15th January at the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies and should be m a d e on the form, "Application for Research Grant, Scholarship or Fellowship".
T h e Selection Committee will consist of—
T h e Dean of Graduate Studies ( C h a i r m a n ) , T h e Head of the School of Chemistry,
Another Professor in the School of Chemistry (normally the Professor in
whose department the project will be conducted but if the Head of the School of Chemistry be that Professor then he shall nominate a n o t h e r ) , Two representatives of the Carlton and United Breweries Ltd.
T h e Selection Committe may give preference to
( a ) an applicant who has obtained the degree of M . S c ;
( b ) an applicant whose proposed project has some bearing on the interests of the donors.
C O M M O N W E A L T H FORESTRY SCHOLARSHIPS
Ten scholarships are provided annually by the Commonwealth Government for award to qualified persons to undertake the course leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry at the Australian National University. T h e scholarships are tenable at the Australian National University for the whole of the four years of the course or at another Australian University for the first year of the course followed by the final three years at the Australian National University. Matriculated stu- dents and Science undergraduates and graduates prepared to enter the special course are invited to apply. Applications should be lodged before 1st November with the Director-General of the Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra, A.C.T., from whom further particulars may b e obtained. Details are also available at the Registrar's Office.
C O M M O N W E A L T H POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS T h e Commonwealth Government will provide each year a number of postgraduate awards for different Australian Universities. Of these 84 have been allotted to the University of Melbourne. The Commonwealth Scholarship Board holds a pool of further awards to b e allotted to the different universities
T h e awards will be made without a means test and are open to all graduates with Australian domicile. This provision admits to selection graduates of Australian or overseas Universities provided they are domiciled in Australia, including Australian graduates who are temporarily resident overseas.
T h e awards are for post-graduate research in Australian Universities and the holder should be proceeding to a higher degree. T h e awards are available only to students who have had four years' undergraduate training, or three years under- graduate followed by a year of graduate training, and who in the last year of their course have obtained a second class honour or its equivalent.
T h e awards are made initially for one year but may be renewed for a second, third, and even fourth year.
T h e awards offer a stipend of $4,000 p.a. plus certain allowances.
T h e holder of the award must carry out full-time research within d i e University, and will be required to furnish, through the Head of his department, a report on his work at the end of each year's tenure.
Applications should b e made in duplicate on the "Commonwealdi Postgraduate Award Application" form, and should b e lodged at the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies by 31st October of each year.
Any graduate who wishes to apply for one of these awards at a university other than Melbourne should lodge an application before the last Friday in October, with the Registrar of the appropriate university.
C O M M O N W E A L T H POSTGRADUATE COURSE AWARDS
T h e Commonwealth also offers a limited number of awards ($4,000 p.a.) for graduates undertaking certain courses for Masters' degrees. Applications close on 30th September at the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
C O M M O N W E A L T H SCHOLARSHIPS Awards outside Australia
In 1960 the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme was inaugurated within the British Commonwealth of Nations. In this scheme each such nation offers awards to
graduate students of the other nations (there are also a few undergraduate a w a r d s ) . Thus U.K. offers 250 awards each year. Australia and Canada each 100, New Zealand 26, and the other nations smaller numbers. Applicants need to have had very good academic records.
The awards for Australians include a free tourist passage to and from Australia to the country where the award is granted, free fees, a book allowance of £ 2 5 and a living allowance of about £ 1 , 5 8 4 (stg.). Under certain conditions an allowance is made for a wife. The awards are normally tenable for two years b u t may b e extended for a third.
Awards are offered by the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, Malaya, Hongkong, Nigeria, India and Sri Lanka.
Applications for these scholarships close at times set from year to year by the donor countries and details are advertised in all University Departments some weeks earlier. Further particulars may be obtained from the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
C O M M O N W E A L T H T E A C H I N G SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP S C H E M E T h e Commonwealth Teaching Service Scholarship Scheme provides competitive and non means-tested awards which are intended for students undertaking courses which lead to professional teaching qualifications. Scholarship holders normally become members of the Commonwealth Teaching Service in the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory on completion of their training.
Further details about t h e scheme may b e obtained from:
T h e Director, Victorian State Office, Commonwealth Department of Education, 450 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, V i c , 3004; Telephone: 267 2988.
C O M M O N W E A L T H UNIVERSITIES YEARBOOK
T h e University is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities which publishes the 2,500 page Commonwealth Universities Yearbook containing much general information about Universities of the Commonwealth and full staff directories. Copies may b e obtained from the Secretary General of the Association at 36 Gordon Square, London, W C 1 H OPF, the 1976 edition being on sale at £ 2 2 . 5 0 to the ordinary public or £ 1 4 . 6 3 to members of the staff of the University, as well as institutions organically connected therewith, including Halls of Residence and Students' Unions (surface post free).
1851 EXHIBITION SCHOLARSHIP
The Royal Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition grant certain Science Research Scholarships each year. T h e Scholarships are post-graduate, and are intended to enable selected students, under 26 years of age, who must be British subjects and who have already completed a full University course and given evidence of superior capacity for scientific investigation, to devote themselves for two, or in some cases, three years to research work under conditions most likely to equip them for practical service in the scientific life of the Commonwealth. T h e value is £ 1 , 8 0 0 (sterling) per annum with additional allowances. Candidates desiring to b e nominated by this University should lodge written applications at the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies not later than 28th January, 1978.
Method of Application
Applications should be made on special forms obtainable at the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies and should include the following information:
( a ) Full name.
( b ) Address.
( c ) Date of birth.
( d ) Complete academic record at the University (including exhibitions, scholar- ships, prizes, e t c . ) .
( e ) Present appointment.
(f) Statement of research experience.
( g ) Nature of work proposed.
( h ) Institution at which candidate proposes to work, ( i ) Other scholarships applied for.
F L O R E N C E BRADFORD SCHOLARSHIPS
T h e late Miss Florence Bradford, who died on the 13th August 1969, be- queathed her residuary estate to the Union-Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia Limited to hold the same upon trust to provide a scholarship or scholarships for a student or students in the Faculty of Music.
R. S. FOX TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP IN FORESTRY
Mr. R. S. Fox of 19 Monomeath Avenue, Canterbury, has agreed to provide funds to the value of about $4,000 for a Scholarship in Foresty to b e awarded at intervals of four years. T h e Scholarship is awarded by t h e University of Mel- bourne on the recommendation of the State Board of Forestry Education of Victoria and the Dean of Graduate Studies (or, if the Dean is already a member of the Board of Forestry Education, the Chairman of the Professorial Board) to enable Forestry graduates of the University who are also diplomates of the School of Forestry, Creswick, to proceed overseas for further study at the Department of Forestry or other appropriate department within t h e University of Oxford. W h e n suitable facilities for the proposed further study do not appear to exist in the University of Oxford consideration would b e given to a submission that a successful applicant study at another university in the United Kingdom or another country.
T h e donor expresses the hope that the recipient of the Scholarship will return to Australia in due course after completing his work overseas so that h e might give to Australia the benefit of his experience in Forestry gained while abroad. T h e first award was made in 1973.
Inquiries should be addressed to the Secretary, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry.
G O W R I E SCHOLARSHIPS
In addition to post-graduate research scholarships and secondary school scholarships, four or five University entrance scholarships, of the value of $150 p.a.
and tenable for the normal period of a University course, are awarded by the Trustees.
Applications for all scholarships are due on 30th September each year. Further particulars may b e obtained from the Secretary, T h e Gowrie Scholarship Trust Fund, P.O. Box E 5 , St. James, Sydney. N.S.W., 2000.
GRADUATE AWARDS F O R W O M E N
T h e International Federation of University Women ( I . F . U . W . ) and the American Association of University Women (A.A.U.W.) offer annually a number of Fellow- ships and Grants for post-graduate research or study overseas. T h e I.F.U.W. Awards and some of the A.A.U.W. Fellowships are open only to members of the I.F.U.W.
In Australia, members of the State Associations of University Women are auto- matically members of the Australian Federation of University Women (A.F.U.W.) and of the I.F.U.W. Awards offered by the I.F.U.W. and the A.A.U.W. are advertised by the A.F.U.W. and within the Universities each year. T h e advertisements include addresses to which enquiries should be made.
GRADUATE U N I O N
T h e Graduate Union is an organization formed to "promote and maintain the welfare and interest of the University of Melbourne". This body was first established in 1911 as the Melbourne University Association. It was affiliated with the Melbourne University Union between 1938 and 1952, since when it has functioned under a revised constitution and its present title. The Graduate Union was incorporated under the Company Act of Victoria on 11 November, 1969.
T h e means by which the object of the Graduate Union may be realized are described at length in the constitution but may b e summarized by saying that the Union sets itself the not very simple task of maintaining the continuous interest of the graduate body in the welfare of the University. To do this, among more than 40,000 members of the University scattered throughout the community in all walks of life, it must maintain its own organization and collect its own funds. More than 5,000 members contribute about $20,000 a year in dues and by the encouraging of
life subscriptions the Union now has assets valued at $660,000, chiefly in the form of property near the University in Leicester Street and Grattan Street, Carlton.
The Graduate Union freely makes its organization available to the University and maintains a continuous Graduate F u n d through which the philanthropy of the graduate body towards the alma mater is channelled. It publishes at regular intervals a newsletter containing domestic and University announcements, and cir- culates the official Gazette to its members.
An annual meeting is held in April or May, sometimes in conjunction with an annual dinner; other social functions are arranged from time to time, the most popular being the monthly luncheons held on the first Wednesday of the month in Graduate House between March and December.
During 1962, "Graduate House" was officially opened as the University's only hall of residence intended specifically for post-graduate research students. One of the seven houses owned by this Graduate Union was converted for this purpose. In 1965 three more houses were opened bringing the total capacity to 24 persons. In 1971 the post-graduate residential accommodation in Graduate House was increased to 4 0 with an annexe accommodating 14 additional members.
The Graduate Union was affiliated as an independent college of the University on 1st April, 1972.
T h e head of the Graduate Union is its President, elected from among the eminent members of the University, Presiding over the elected Council of sixteen members is the Chairman, who is assisted in administering the Union by an Executive and a permanent secretary.
Membership of the Graduate Union is open, except under special circumstances, to graduates and diploma-holders of Melbourne University, or graduates of other recognized universities resident in Victoria. An annual subscription ( a t present
$10) is payable or members may apply to become life subscribers on payment of a lump sum ( a t present $ 1 0 5 ) .
All inquiries should b e addressed to the Secretary of the Graduate Union, at the University address, Parkville, 3052, Local inquiries can b e made by telephoning 347 3428.
GRANTS FROM RESEARCH F U N D S Allocation
Grants from the General Research F u n d are made by the Council on the advice of the Committee on Research and Graduate Studies.
A limited number of postgraduate scholarships are awarded annually to candi- dates who are proceeding to higher degrees. Scholars are expected to devote their whole time to study and research, except for such tutoring and demonstrating work as is approved by the Head of the appropriate Department. Awards are made for one year, but may b e renewed for additional yearly periods.
Emoluments of Awards
T h e value of a postgraduate scholarship is $3,500 per annum plus incidentals allowance of $100.
Research Fellowships
T h e University of Melbourne has established twelve research fellowships with the status and salary of a Lecturer. Travelling allowance is made for a fellow appointed from overseas. Fellowships will be granted for one year in the first instance and, in exceptional circumstances, may b e extended. Applications close on 31st January and 31st July.
Research Report
All persons conducting research in the University, whether under research awards or otherwise, are required to submit, by the end of Feoruary in each year, reports on their research during the preceding twelve months to the Heads of their Departments, together with a list of their research publications during that period.
Heads of Departments also submit departmental research reports, which are published in the annual Research Report.
Mode of Application
Applications for postgraduate scholarships must be made on a form designed for the purpose (and available at the Registrar's Office). Applications must be lodged with the Secretary of Graduate Studies by 31st October. In general, research awards are made as from 1st March.
Further information may be obtained from the Secretary of Graduate Studies.
HAROLD WRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP SARAH AND WILLIAM HOLMES SCHOLARSHIP
Special Information
1. Under provision of the Will of the late Lily Isobel Wright, two scholar- ships are offered each year—the Harold Wright Scholarship and the Sarah and William Holmes Scholarship—to allow holders to study prints at the British Museum, London, for a period of one year.
Although the objects of each scholarship are identical, the first is named in honour of the late Harold Wright, who was an authority on prints with a world-wide reputation. In addition to academic honours and other marks of recognition, his advice was sought by almost every major art gallery with a department of prints. His association with Australia and New Zealand derives from his honorary services to the Felton Bequest, and his life-long friendship with Sir Lionel Lindsay, as well as private collectors in both countries.
The second scholarship is named in honour of the parents of Mrs. Wright.
Because Harold Wright acquired his unrivalled mastery of the field at a time more favourable to private studies than the present, it is not intended that the scholarship should be linked to a specific project, specialized research or even a publication. Mrs. Wright felt that applications for such purposes were adequately provided for by other awards. She had in mind a completely free year, in which the holder would be able to work as widely in one of the greatest collections of prints in the world as her husband did for many years. In later life he made many dis- tinguished contributions to specialized knowledge in print scholarship, but what dis- tinguished his work was the width of the original background on which it was based.
2. The scholarships are valued at approximately £1,750 and £1,300 sterling respectively, to cover board and lodging and any other necessary living expenses in London for a period of twelve months. Under exceptional circumstances this period may be reduced, or may be extended up to a maximum of two years. Provision for travel to and from London is not included. However, when the cost of travel is not borne by leave with pay from the institution which the applicant serves, or by a M.A. grant or other supplementary award, the sacrifice that the candidate makes will be borne in mind, possibly by amalgamating the scholarships. This additional award cannot, under the terms of the Will, be used to recoup travelling expenses, and can only be granted on some other grounds, e.g., if the candidate is accompanied by his family.
3. The scholarships are available to undergraduates or graduates of Australian or New Zealand Universities, or to other persons deemed by the Selection Com- mittee to be of sufficient scholarly standard.
4. As stated in the Trust Deed, the scholarships will not be awarded to "any person who shall at the time of the award be employed by any commercial art gallery or other art gallery run for profit nor to any person who shall at the time of the award be engaged in art dealing on his own account or in partnership but may be awarded to any person employed by any public or private art gallery which is not run with a view to profit."
5. It is expected that the successful candidate would be a person with a back- ground involving a serious study of the print and that the study at the British Museum would be useful for the furtherance of his career.
6. Holders of the award must undertake to return to their own country at the end of the tenure of the scholarship.
7. Applications must be lodged with the Registrar (Wright and Holmes Scholar- ships), University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, not later than 17th July in each year and should include the following particulars:
(1) Name, address, date and country of birth.
(2) Marital state.
(3) Details of (academic and professional) career.
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( 4 ) Present position.
( 5 ) Previous studies in the art of the print.
( 6 ) Future plans.
( 7 ) Names of three referees from whom confidential references may b e ob- tained.
( 8 ) Passport photograph.
Successful applicants will be required to furnish a medical certificate and the result of a recent chest X-Ray.
The authorities of the British Museum have offered their full co-operation, and the successful applicant will be provided with guidance and every assistance by the Keeper of the Department of Prints and his colleagues.
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
The Board of Management of T h e Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, makes annual appointments of medical graduates. T h e current establishment provides for 40 interns (first year graduates), 30 second year Resident Medical Officers including one Overseas Graduate, 9 third year Medical Registrars, and 6 third year Resident Surgical Officers, 12 General Surgical Registrars including one to t h e Vascular Unit and one to the Plastic Unit, 2 3 Medical Registrar posts, suitable for advanced medicine or in t h e the specialities of internal medicine as required by the College of Physicians. I n addition, there are 2 8 Specialist Registrar positions, one to Ana- tomical Pathology, two to Haematology, six to Radiology, eight Anaesthetic Regis- trars, one each to the Thoracic Surgery Unit and one to the Open Heart Surgery
Unit, two Orthopaedic Registrars, four Psychiatric Registrars, one Neurosurgery Registrar, one Neurology Registrar, and one Registrar to the E.N.T. Unit. In addition, t h e Board of Management appoints annually a Junior Resident Dental Officer and a Resident Dental Registrar for a period of 12 months. All of these positions may include rotations to Victorian suburban and country hospitals along with hospitals in New Guinea.
For further information, graduates should direct their enquiries to t h e Medical Administrator, T h e Royal Melbourne Hospital, Post Office, 3050.
T h e Sister Superior of St Vincent's Hospital will appoint for 1977 some 35 interns for one year. In addition, she will also appoint 30 Junior Resident Medical Officers
(second-year graduates), 11 Senior Resident Medical Officers (third-year graduates), l 3 General Medical Registrars, 8 General Surgical Registrars and Registrar positions in the various specialties as follows—Cardiology ( 2 ) , Community Medicine ( 1 ) , Dermatology ( 1 ) , Psychiatry ( 3 ) , Renal Medicine ( 1 ) , Anatomical Pathololgy ( 2 ) , Haematology ( 2 ) , Microbiology ( 1 ) , Radiology ( 5 ) , Cardiothoracic Surgery ( 1 ) , Neurosurgery ( 1 ) , Orthopaedic Surgery ( 2 ) , Plastic Surgery ( 1 ) , Neurology ( 1 ) , Anaesthetics ( 8 ) and Rehabilitation Medicine ( 1 ) , and appointments will b e for 52 weeks.
T h e Board of Management of Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, makes annual appointments of medical graduates. T h e current establishment provides for 25 Interns (first-year graduates), 22 Resident Medical Officers (second-year graduates), 10
Senior Resident Medical Officers (third-year graduates), 6 Medical Registrars, 6 Surgical Registrars, and Registrars in special departments—Anaesthetics ( 8 ) , Radio- logy ( 4 ) , Psychiatry ( 3 ) , Orthopaedics ( 2 ) , Anatomical Pathology ( 2 ) , Biochemistry, Haematology, Cardiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Gynaecology,, Haematology (Clinical), Neurology, Renal Medi- cine, Thoracic Medicine, Cardithoracic Surgery, Endocrinology.
T h e Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, makes annual appointments of medical graduates. T h e current establishment provides for 8 Interns (first-year graduates), 9 Resident Medical Officers (second-year graduates), 9 Resident Medi- cal Officers (third-year graduates), 9 Medical Registrars, 9 Surgical Registrars, and the following Registrars in special units or departments—Thoracic Medicine ( 2 ) , Gastroeneterology, Renal Medicine, Renal Research, Oncology, Nuclear Medi- cine, Psychiatry ( 4 ) , E.N.T., Ophthalmic Surgery, Anaesthesia, Radiology, Bio- chemistry, Haematology, Histopathology, Cytology, Urology, and University Surgical Unit.
In all these appointments t h e Hospital Boards will take into consideration:
Training in their own hospital.
T h e position of graduates in t h e honour list.
General character and disposition as shown during their course.
T h e Hospital Boards, however, may also take cognizance of other matters.
T h e Management of t h e following hospitals also appoint Junior Resident Medical Officers:
Metropolitan Hospitals: Alfred Hospital, Austin Hospital, Prince Henry's Hospital, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Fairfield Hos- pital, Footscray and District Hospital, Box Hill and District Hospital, Preston and Northcote Community Hospital, Sandringham Hospital, Southern Memorial Hospital, and Williamstown and District General Hospital, Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg.
Base Hospitals: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Mildura, Gippsland (Sale), Glenelg ( H a m i l t o n ) , Mooroopna, Wangaratta, Warmambool, Wimmera ( H o r s h a m ) .
District Hospitals: Latrobe Valley (Yalloum) and Central Gippsland (Traralgon), Swan Hill, West Gippsland ( W a r r a g u l ) , Echuca a n d Dandenong.
For advice on appointments to Base and District Hospitals the Hospitals and Charities Commission should b e consulted.
Vacancies for similar positions in Western Australia and Tasmania occur.
Non-metropolitan towns in South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland frequently advertise for Junior Residents.
ITALIAN G O V E R N M E N T SCHOLARSHIPS
For the academic year 1st November, 1977 to 30th June, 1978 the Italian Government is offering some post-graduate scholarships to Australian citizens who wish to continue their studies in Italy.
T h e scholarships will be awarded to those who, upon their return to Australia, will dedicate themselves to the teaching of the Italian language at any level, at the schools and Universities.
T h e scholarships may b e used as follows:
( a ) to attend post-graduate courses of any type in the Italian language a n d Culture for foreigners;
( b ) to carry out specialization research not restricted to particular courses.
However, these scholarship holders are not allowed to attend courses with the aim of obtaining the degree " L a u r e a " which is the degree awarded by die Italian uni- versities even if the courss are limited to one year.
Change of Italian university or of commencement date is not allowed.
There are, as well, exchange scholarships with the Universities of Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and Melbourne on a reciprocal basis.
T h e above-mentioned scholarships consist of eight monthly instalments of Lire 135.000 each, including life-insurance, sickness benefits and a tourist class air ticket to Italy and, at the end of the 8 months of study, a similar return ticket to Australia.
T h e university exchange scholarships include travel expenses only on the basis of reciprocity.
Finally, there are "study prizes" for short-term courses (July-October, 1 9 7 7 ) ; travel expenses are not included.
T h e application, on the official form, should b e presented in person to the Italian Consulates in each State or to the Italian Embassy in Canberra (for residents in the A.C.T.) by 15th April, 1977.
Applications must be accompanied by the following documents:
( a ) original or copy of study documents;
( b ) declaration of subjects studied and marks obtained;
( c ) medical certificate stating that the candidate is in good physical health.
Further information may be obtained at the Italian Consulates and at the Italian Cultural Institute, 233 Domain Road, South Yarra, 3141; telephone numbers 26 5931 a n d 26 4386.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T U D E N T S
International students should make enquiries about admission and enrolment to the Registrar.
Any student who, after being notified of admission, may require advice or assist- ance about housing or living costs should get in touch with the Housing Officer;
students who after admission may require any help in adjusting to life in the Uni- versity, should get in touch with the Student Counselling Office. T h e Housing Officer is at 784 Swanston Street, the Student Counsellors at 278 Faraday Street, Carlton.
L E W I S T R U S T
Under die terms of the Dafydd Lewis Trust, scholarships for full-time degree courses, other than in Theology, Music, Arts and Education, at any Victorian univer- sity or at any tertiary teaching institution affiliated with the Victoria Institute of Colleges, are available for boys who have been educated in Victoria at State elemen- tary, State secondary or technical schools for at least five years before the award of the scholarship. T h e age limit, reckoned at 1st January, for technical school can- didates is 20/2 years, and for others I8J2 years. The parents of the applicant must not be in receipt of a joint gross weekly income of more than an amount equivalent to the purchasing power of £ 6 at the time of the benefactor's death ( 1 7 / 8 / 4 1 ) . For the purpose of the 1977 awards t h e figure will b e in the vicinity of $90 per week.
No holder of one of these scholarships shall b e entitled to receive help by any other scholarship or form of assistance or to reside at any residential college.
Renewal of the award annually depends upon satisfactory progress in work. The scholarships provide for payment of University fees and for the maintenance of students during the tenure of the scholarships. There is also provision for post-
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raduate work and study abroad for any student who shows exceptional talent and tness for the career he proposes to follow.Applications must be lodged by 1st December each year with the Secretary, T h e Dafydd Lewis Trust, C / o T h e Trustees, Executors & Agency Co. Ltd., 401 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000, from whom further details may b e obtained.
MAJOR BARTLETT UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
T h e late James Charles Bartlett who died on the 22nd April 1930, bequeathed his residuary estate to his trustees, the Union-Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia Limited, in trust to found the Major Bartlett University Scholarship. T h e income of the fund is to be applied to scholarships to be awarded by the Council of the University. In accordance with the determination of the trusee the scholarships will b e open for award for research in bacteriology. The trustee has advised the University of its approval of the award of the scholarships to students engaging in research in the departments of the University where research in bacteriology may b e conducted.
T h e awards may be made to postgraduate students or to undergraduate students in the fourth year of an honours course for a degree and will be made on the recom- mendation of the chairman of the department of Microbiology in the University.
E a c h scholarship will be of the value of $200 yearly. More than one scholarship may be awarded to any one scholar either concurrently or consecutively as the trustees may determine. Enquiries should be directed to the Secretary, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3052 by 31st December in each year for the award to be made before the 1st March in the following year.
MARY SLOANE T R A V E L L I N G SCHOLARSHIP
T h e Union Fidelity Trustee Company has informed the University that the income from the estate of the late Mary Sloane shall b e applied to a scholarship for students of Agriculture. The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry has agreed that the scholarship shall be awarded co postgraduate students studying for a higher degree in the School of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne, who wish to visit research institutions for a specific reason related to the individual sudent's post- graduate studies for the purpose of receiving training or instruction from persons of repute in his particular field, to learn new techniques, concepts or uses of new equipment, or to attend professional or scientific conferences.
T h e scholarship shall be used to finance a student for his personal travel and accommodation and may be awarded to more than one student in any one year. The student should normally use the Scholarship within twelve months of the award a n d must use it during his period of residence in the School of Agriculture and Forestry. T h e value of the individual awards will vary according to the nature of the programme and the budget in each case. In special circumstances any one award may exceed the annual value of the Scholarship. The number of awards made each year shall b e determined by the Selection Committee which shall consist of the Dean (Chairman) and the Heads of all sections in the School of Agriculture or their nominees.
Applications stating the purpose of the proposed itinerary and including a statement of approval from the supervisor, a detailed programme and a budget should b e lodged with the Faculty Secretary on or before the first day of March each year.
A study report must b e submitted to the Faculty Secretary within two months after tiie student returns.
MASSON M E M O R I A L SCHOLARSHIP T H E ROYAL AUSTRALIAN C H E M I C A L I N S T I T U T E
The Masson Memorial Scholarship which has been established as a memorial to the late David Orme Masson, founder of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
(R.A.C.I.) is open to any member of the R.A.C.I. or to any registered student of the R.A.C.I. who has obtained the academic qualifications necessary for admission as a Graduate (non-corporate member under By-law 5 ) B . S c , B.App.Sc, B.E. ( C h e m . Eng.) etc. and who is eligible to proceed towards a higher qualification in chemistry in Australia.
T h e scholarship carries a living allowance of $300 for the year of the Award.
The selection of the successful applicant, which will be made by the Council of die R.A.C.I., will be final and conclusive. Under the Trust Deed, the Scholarship can be awarded to one person only in each year. Payments will be made in advance at four-monthly intervals, subject to satisfactory progress.
In addition, a Memorial Medal will be presented at the satisfactory completion of the term of the Scholarship.
T h e Scholarship will not be awarded if, in the opinion of the Council of the R.A.C.I., no applicant is worthy of it.
M A T T H E W W. McKENZIE AWARD F O R M E D I C A L STUDIES I Commencing in 1976 and annual award of $50.00 to b e known as the "Matthew W . McKenzie Award for Medical Studies I" will be awarded to the top student in that subject, being a subject of the First Year of the undergraduate M.B BS. course.
T h e award has been donated by Mr. W, M. McKenzie of Ripponlea, Victoria, in view of his personal interest in undergraduate medical training.
MELBOURNE & METROPOLITAN BOARD O F WORKS CADETSHIPS T h e Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works offers cadetships available to students continuing courses in a number of disciplines. The Board pays for all compulsory fees, a book allowance and a living allowance ranging from $1,270 p.a.
for the second year to $1,494 p.a. for the fourth year. Cadets are employed by the Board during the long vacations and are required to work for the Board after graduation for a certain period. Application details will b e published as and when cadetships are available in Melbourne newspapers.
M E L B O U R N E T H E A T R E COMPANY (FORMERLY U . T . R . C ) PRIZE F O R S T U D E N T DRAMA
T h e Melbourne Theatre Company has offered an annual prize of $50 for die best performance, not necessarily by an undergraduate, in any student play in English which does not come under the terms of the Murray Sutherland Prizes.
This award will be made to the club in question and not to an individual as the object of the prize is to assist the particular university club in its preparation of drama. ( T h e Murray Sutherland Prizes are awarded for outstanding performances in productions of the Tin Alley Players, the Melbourne University Dramatic Club, and the Queen's College Dramatic Club.) All productions must take place in a suitable theatre negotiated for student drama; lunchtime productions are excluded from consideration.
T h e award of this prize is to b e decided by the members of the Murray Suther- land Prizes Selection Committee.
The prize was first awarded in October 1957.
M I N I N G A N D METALLURGY BURSARIES
T h e principal Australian base metal mining companies have established a trust for the award of bursaries on the following terms.
Students who are British subjects and have completed or received credit for the first year of the Mining or Metallurgy course for the degree of B.E. may apply before 15th March for a bursary, submitting evidence as to personality and scholar- ship. Students taking Geology or Metallurgy as a major subject in the courses for degrees of B.Sc. or B.App.Sc. may apply.
Each bursary will be worth $100 per annum, the payment for any later year of the course being contingent on the bursar having sufficiently distinguished himself in his previous year.
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In each instance when renewal is desired for a following year, bursars should make application to the Registrar of the University by 15th March.
No award will b e made if no candidate is sufficiently qualified.
N U F F I E L D F O U N D A T I O N C O M M O N W E A L T H T R A V E L L I N G F E L L O W S H I P S AND STUDY AWARDS
The Nuffield Foundation awards annually a number of Travelling Fellowships and Study Awards in any field of recognized academic study to Australian citizens or other British Nationals permanently resident in Australia. Preference is given to applicants who have as yet little or no experience of the United Kingdom educational scene.
T h e purpose of the Fellowships is to enable well-qualified Australians to visit the United Kingdom to foster their research interests. T h e Foundation hopes that, on return to Australia, they will take up senior teaching and research appointments.
Although applicants should not have training principally in mind, it is accepted that in Medicine and Dentistry it may figure in the programmes they propose.
Fellowships are intended for men or women of high intellectual and personal qualities who should already have shown capacity of an unusual order to advance knowledge and education in some branch of their subject.
Candidates should, normally, be between the ages of 25 and 35 when com- mencing the Fellowship. Applications from older and more senior candidates may also be entertained provided a special need for the supplementation of study leave privileges on full pay can be shown to exist. All candidates should, normally, have a doctorate or similar higher degree of a university and have given evidence of high ability in research. Distinctive ability in teaching is an added qualification.
Candidates in Medicine and Dentistry must hold recognized qualifications and should possess talents and personal inclinations which afford good promise of their ability to advance knowledge and education as teachers and research workers.
Candidates in the clinical field should already hold the F.R.A.CS. or M.R.A.CP.
or equivalent professional diploma.
Candidates should, preferably, propose a research programme which includes the name of a person in the U.K. who is of standing in the candidate's field and who will be willing to provide die research facilities that would be required.
T h e Fellowships, which are tenable for one year, entail spending a minimum of ten months actually in the United Kingdom. Permission can be obtained for visits to the Continent to consult experts there, provided such visits do not exceed two weeks altogether. In special circumstances, Fellowships may b e extended for a few months.
T h e Foundation will pay up to three return air fares (e.g. for a Fellow, his wife, and two children at half rates), provided that the Fellow's wife spends a minimum of six months with him in the United Kingdom. The allowance will be based on the rate of "excursion" air fares with minimum stop-over privileges.
Applicants are required to disclose the amount (gross) of salary they will continue to receive during a Fellowship, and of study leave allowances to which they are entitled. T h e value of an award will vary according to the salary and study leave allowances a Fellow may expect to receive from his employing institu- tion. T h e Nuffield Foundation considers that there should be no reduction in normal leave entitlements because of an award it makes and will deduct the equiva- lent of such entitlements from the value of its award. Candidates who will receive full salary and study leave entitlements will, if selected, receive a Study Award subject to such deductions.
Those without entitlements will b e provided with a maintenance allowance liable to United Kingdom income tax and based on the current U.K. scales of salaries for non-clinical lecturers. Any partial entitlement, e.g. half salary, will be supplemented until a similar rate is obtained.
Every award will include a tax-free disturbance allowance and provision for other necessary expenses.
Except with the express permission of the Trustees of the Foundation, a Fellow may not hold any other award concurrently with the Fellowship.
A Fellow will be required to carry out, at centres approved by the Trustees of the Foundation, the programme of work, similarly approved, contained in the application or modified thereafter by correspondence. Other work, paid or unpaid, may not be undertaken without the permission of the Trustees. During the tenure
of the Fellowship, a Fellow (especially in Medicine) will not b e permitted to prepare specifically for or to take examinations for higher degrees or diplomas awarded by bodies in the United Kingdom except that a Medical Fellow may b e permitted to study for the Ph.D. and M.D. degrees.
A Fellow will be required to submit to the Trustees at the end of the Fellow- ship a report on his or her work during the year.
Should the Trustees at any time find that a Fellow neglects or has neglected the obligations of the appointment they shall have power immediately to terminate the Fellowship.
A Fellow will be expected to resume residence in Australia in due course after completion of the Fellowship.
The Fellowships and Study Awards will b e awarded by the Trustees of the Foundation on the recommendation of its Advisory Committee in Australia.
Information concerning applications can be obtained from the Registrar, Uni- versity of Melbourne.
PAL SCHOLARSHIP
Uncle Ben's of Australia Pty L t d have undertaken to provide $3,750 per annum until further notice for the purpose of supporting a postgraduate scholarship in Veterinary Science. T h e scholarship shall be available alternately in the Uni- versities of Sydney, Queensland, Melbourne.
T h e scholarship is tenable for one year and is awarded by the faculty of Veterinary Science of the university in which it is at the time available. Candidates must b e bachelor of Veterinary Science of an Australian university and eligible to enrol for advanced studies in a field related to the medicine and surgery of small animals with, other things being equal, preference being given to candidates whose studies will be related to nutrition and nutritional diseases of small animals.
In the event that the scholarship is not awarded in the university in which it is at the time offering, the scholarship will b e available to the next university in rotation.
I n the university in which t h e scholarship is at the time offering the scholarship may be held jointly; in which case the stipend available to the successful candidate or candidates shall be as determined by the faculty after providing for any necessary fees and costs incurred by the department providing for the scholars.
PRIZES
For the first year of their inception, prizes will be included in this "Announce- ments" section. Thereafter, interested persons should consult "Appendix 1—Summary of Awards Available to Students" which appears elsewhere in this publication.
R I C H A R D W . S. NICHOLAS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP T h e late R. W . S. Nicholas, who died on the 18th September, 1972, be- queathed his residuary estate to the Union-Fidelity Trust Company of Australia Limited to hold the same upon trust to provide a scholarship or scholarships annually for the investigation into some branch of Agricultural Science relating to conditions pertaining in the State of Victoria
With the approval of the trustee and on the recommendation of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, one or more scholarships shall b e awarded each year at the discretion of the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry.
The number and amount of the awards shall depend each year on the accumu- lated income available for distribution and shall b e determined by the Selection Committee which shall consist of the Dean (Chairman) and the Heads of all Sections in the School of Agriculture and Forestry teaching Agricultural Science, or their nominees.
Applications stating the purpose and programme of research and including a statement of approval from the supervisor, should b e lodged with the Secretary, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, on or before the last day of November each year.
R H O D E S SCHOLARSHIP
REGULATION FOR T H E ELECTION OF T H E SCHOLAR 1. General Regulations
A Rhodes Scholarship is tenable at the University of Oxford and may b e held
for three years. Since, however, the majority of Rhodes Scholars obtain standing which makes it possible for them to take a degree in two years, appointments are made for two years in the first instance. During the course of his second year every Rhodes Scholar will be invited to state whether he wishes to apply for a third year at Oxford, and, if so, what work he proposes to undertake. T h e Rhodes Trustees will not consider granting a third year unless ( 1 ) it can be shown that a third year is eminently in the interests of ( a ) the scholar's immediate studies and ( b ) his future career, or unless ( 2 ) his work, conduct and general record have been satisfactory.
T h e value of a Rhodes Scholarship is about £ 3,000 (sterling) a year.
One scholarship is allocated to each State in the Commonwealth. The Trustees will assist in meeting travelling expenses.
2. Conditions of Eligibility
( 1 ) Candidates must b e of such an age that they will have passed their nine- teenth, and not have passed their twenty-fifth birthday, by 1st October of the year for which they seek election.
( 2 ) Candidates must be male British subjects and unmarried. A Rhodes Scholar- ship is forfeited by marriage after election, or during a scholar's first year of residence. Permission to marry without deprivation of his Scholarship may b e given by the Rhodes Trustees for a Scholar's second and third years.
( 3 ) Candidates must have at least five years' domicile in Australia and, by 31st October of the year for which they seek election, must have completed at least two years' study at a degree awarding body in Australia.
( 4 ) Candidates may compete either in the State in which they have their ordinary residence, or in that in which they have received any considerable part of their education.
For each State there is a Committee of Selection, responsible, subject to ratifica- tion by the Rhodes Trustees, for deciding whether candidates comply with the foregoing conditions and for making the selection. In any case of doubt the Trustees reserve complete discretion to determine the eligibility or otherwise of the candidate.
3. Basis of Selection
In making nominations, Committees will have regard to the qualities specified by Mr. Rhodes in that section of die Will in which he defined the general type of scholar he desired.
Literary and scholastic attainments; qualities of manhood, truthfulness, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfish- ness and fellowship; exhibition of moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his fellows; physical vigour, as shown by fondness for or success in manly outdoor activities.
Quality of both character and intellect is the most important requirement for a Rhodes Scholarship and this is what the Selection Committee will seek. T h e Rhodes Scholar should not b e a one-sided man; or a selfish man. Intellectual ability should b e founded upon sound character and integrity of character upon sound intellect.
Success in being elected to office in student organizations may or may not b e evidence of leadership in the true sense of the word. Cecil Rhodes evidently regarded leadership as consisting of moral courage and interest in one's fellow men quite as much as in the more aggressive qualities. His hope was that a Rhodes Scholar would come 'to esteem the performance of public duties as his highest aim'. Physical vigour is an essential qualification for a Rhodes Scholar but athletic prowess is less important than the moral qualities which can b e developed in sports. Financial need does not give a special claim ot a Rhodes Scholarship. Further, the will lays down that 'no student shall be qualified or disqualified for election to a Scholarship on account of his race or religious opinions'.
In the absence of a sufficiently qualified candidate Selection Committees will make no nomination.
4 . Method of Application
Each candidate for a Scholarship is required to make application to the Secretary of the Committee of Selection of the State in which h e wishes to compete not later t h a n 1st September, or such other date as may b e fixed, using the application form
provided. Candidates must comply strictly with the requirements presented by the application form, which is available at the Registrar's Office.
5. Standing at Oxford
All Final Honour Schools at Oxford lead to the B.A. degree.
A degree of an Australian University recognized by the University of Oxford following a course of at least three years qualifies its holder for Senior Status at Oxford and enables him to take a Final Honour School in two years (six terms).
A candidate who does not possess this qualification will satisfy the admission requirements of the University of Oxford by his two years at an Australian University recognized by the University of Oxford, provided that he has passed all examinations incidental to his course. On going up to Oxford he would then have to pass two examinations to obtain a degree, the First Public Examination during his first year, and at the end of nine terms (i.e. three years) the Second Public Examination ( t h e Final Honour School).
A medical student of any University in Australia may be admitted to Senior Status before he has taken a degree, provided that his University is "approved" by the University of Oxford, that his course has extended over at least three years, and that he has passed all examinations incidental thereto.
6. Courses open to Rhodes Scholars
No restriction is placed upon a Rhodes Scholar's choice of studies. Subject to the approval of his College and of the Rhodes Trustees, he may read for Oxford B.A. in any of the Final Honour Schools, or, if qualified by previous training, may be admitted to read for higher degrees such as the B.C.L., B . S c , B.Litt., B.Phil., or D.Phil.
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN I N S T I T U T E O F A R C H I T E C T S WAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Value $100 per annum. Open in the first instance to students who can show that their architecture education has suffered through the loss of a relative at the first or second World War; or, secondly, to those who are returned soldiers or sons of returned soldiers; or, thirdly, to students studying architecture at the University of Melbourne.
The scholarship money may be utilized, first, for the payment of fees; second, for expenses of travelling to other States for extending knowledge of architecture or attending courses of instruction; third, for travelling abroad for extending knowledge.
Applications must b e lodged with the Registrar not later than 31st December.
For further information candidates are referred to Mr. P. A. Sorel, Director and Secretary, Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Victorian C h a p t e r ) , 30 Howe Crescent, South Melbourne, 3205.
ROYAL SOCIETY RUTHERFORD SCHOLARSHIP
Applications are invited from graduates of a university within the British Com- monwealth or Eire who are under twenty-six years of age on 1st May, 1978, for the Rutherford Scholarship. This will b e awarded for experimental research in any branch of the natural sciences, but if there are candidates of similar merit preference will b e given to experimental physics. It will b e tenable for three years in some part of the British Commonwealdi other than that in which the applicant graduated. I t will not normally be awarded to a graduate who has already held a senior research award.
T h e value of d i e scholarship if held in the United Kingdom will b e £ 1,800 p.a.
Additional allowances will be granted for travel, university fees, etc. T h e appointment will date from 1st October, 1978, or other such date as may b e arranged.
T h e appointment will b e made by the President and Council of die Royal Society.
Application from university graduates outside the United Kingdom should b e m a d e through their universities to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 on forms of application for the 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship. Candi- dates desiring to b e nominated by the University should lodge applications at d i e office of t h e Dean of Graduate Studies not later than 28th February, 1978.
SENIOR H U L M E (OVERSEAS) SCHOLARSHIP AT BRASENOSE C O L L E G E . O X F O R D
Brasenose College, Oxford has established a senior scholarship tenable at t h e College, to b e known as the Senior Hulme (Overseas) Scholarship, for a male citizen of Australia or New Zealand who is a graduate of a recognized university in either of those countries. T h e awards are available to both junior members of staff and postgraduate students and it is the donor's hope that the scholar will return to his own country at the conclusion of the Scholarship.
Rules
1. One Senior Hulme (Overseas) Scholarship will be offered each year.
2. T h e Scholarship may b e held for a maximum of three years.
3. Candidates must be citizens of Australia or N e w Zealand and must have graduated or be about to graduate from recognized universities either in Australia or in New Zealand. They must not have exceeded the age of 27 years in 1 October of the year in which they will first come into residence at Oxford.
4. A successful candidate will b e expected either ( i ) to follow a course in Oxford leading to a postgraduate degree or diploma or (ii) where appropriate, to follow a recognized course of post-doctoral study.
5. T h e annual stipend attached to the Scholarship will be £ 1,250 sterling a year plus any employee's contribution to F.S.S.U. or comparable academic pension scheme.
In addition, all university and college fees and dues will b e paid by the College.
6. T h e scholar will receive certain dining privileges appropriate to his standing and seniority.
7. T h e Oxford academic year begins in October. Further information and appli- cation forms may b e obtained from the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Applications close on 3 1 October in the preceding year.
S H E L L POSTGRADUATE ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS
PROSPECTUS
Terms
T h e Shell Company of Australia Limited on behalf of the Shell Group of Companies in Australia offers one scholarship, tenable in the United Kingdom for two years from t h e commencement of t h e Michaelmas term, October, 1978. The scholarship is valued at £ 2 , 7 5 0 (sterling) per annum. T h e cost of the passage to the U.K. and the return passage to Australia, if effected within 12 months of the completion of the scholarship period, will be paid by the Shell Company of Aus- tralia Limited.
T h e successful candidate will select a course of reading, in consultation with London, Oxford or Cambridge authorities, leading either to a Bachelor degree with honours or to an appropriate further degree or advanced diploma.
Eligibility
This scholarship is open to British subjects who have been domiciled in Australia for the last five years and who will have successfully completed a full-time Honours course for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Economics or Law at an Australian University at the annual examinations which commence at the end of 1977.
Candidates must b e under 25 years of age at the date of the closing of applica- tions. They must not currently hold another scholarship for overseas study or be under bond or committed in any way to an employer.
Selection
T h e selection will be m a d e by a committee comprised of senior members of University staff and representatatives of the Management of the Shell Company of Australia Limited.
Academic achievements will not b e the only qualification taken into account by the selectors. Shell in Australia, being part of an international Group operating throughout the world, believes that industry has a part to play in bringing into con-
tact with one another men of exceptional ability and character and assisting them to make their fullest contribution to the problems of the day. In such men intellectual ability must b e allied to breadth of vision, the qualities of leadership and an interest in other people and their problems. T h e selectors, while giving first consideration to intellectual attainments, will therefore take account of achievement or distinction in other spheres as evidence that a candidate may ultimately have an important contribution to make outside the purely academic field.
W i t h this in mind an appropriate course of study at London, Oxford or Cam- bridge will b e considered as one which will give the scholar an opportunity of taking a full part in College and University life.
State candidates will be required to present themselves for medical examination at the Company's expense prior to visiting Melbourne for final selection in December, 1977. T w o photographs of each finalist are also required by t h e Selection Committee.
Application
Applications are invited from Arts, Commerce, Economics or Law students who expect to complete their courses at the annual examinations commencing at the end of 1977, and should b e made, on the prescribed form, to the Staff Co-ordinator, T h e Shell Company of Australia Limited, in t h e capital city of the State in which the applicant resides. Application forms may b e obtained from the Registrars of Univer- sities or from the Staff Manager of the Shell Company in each capital city.
Applications close on 1st October, 1977.
S H E L L POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN SCIENCE OR E N G I N E E R I N G
PROSPECTUS
Terms
T h e Shell Company of Australia Ltd., on behalf of The Shell Group of Companies in Australia offers one scholarship tenable in the United Kingdom from the com- mencement of the Michaelmas term, October, 1978, for postgraduate work in Science or Engineering. T h e scholarship is designed to enable the holder, being a graduate, to undertake two years' postgraduate work at the Universities of Cambridge, London or Oxford, or at such other University in the United Kingdom as may be indicated by the specialized nature of the studies which the scholar intends to follow, and which would be expected to lead to the degree of M.Sc. or Ph.D.
Whilst this award is normally granted for a period of two years, an extension into a third year will be considered provided that it is warranted by the scholar's satisfactory progress and recommended by his University supervisor as necessary to enable him to complete his particular study a n d / o r to attain the standard required for a doctorate.
T h e scholarship is valued at £ 2 , 7 5 0 sterling per annum. T h e cost of the passage to the United Kingdom and the return passage to Australia, if effected within 12 months of completion of the scholarship period, will be paid by the Shell Company of Australia Ltd.
At the end of the scholarship period, the holder may be offered a position with the Shell Group which, however, he is under no obligation to accept.
Eligibility
This scholarship is open to British subjects, who have been domiciled in Australia for the last five years and have taken with honours a first degree in Science or Engineering at an Australian University, and preferably have had at least one year's experience in research. Candidates must be under 25 years of age at the date of the closing of applications. They must not currently hold another scholarship for overseas study, or be under bond or committed in any way to an employer.
Selection
T h e scholarship will b e awarded during December, 1977, and final selection will be made by a Committee comprised of senior members of University staff and the Management of the Shell Company of Australia Ltd.
Academic achievements will not be the only qualification taken into account by the selectors. Shell in Australia, being part of an international Group operating throughout the world, believes that industry has a part to play in bringing into contact with one another men of exceptional ability and character and assisting them to make their fullest contribution to the problems of the day. In such men intellectual ability must be allied to breadth of vision, the qualities of leadership and an interest in other people and their problems. T h e selectors, while giving first consideration to intellectual attainments, will therefore take account of achievement or distinction in other spheres as evidence that a candidate may ultimately have an important contribution to make outside the field of academic or applied research.
State candidates will be required to present themselves for medical examination at the Company's expense prior to visiting Melbourne for final selection in December, 1977. Two photographs of each finalist are also required by the Selection Committee.
Application
Application for this scholarship should be made to the Staff Co-ordinator, The Shell Company of Australia Limited, in the capital city of the State in which the applicant resides. Application forms are obtainable from the Registrars of Universities, or from the Staff Manager of T h e Shell Company in each capital city.
Applications close on 1st October, 1977.
TERTIARY E D U C A T I O N ASSISTANCE S C H E M E
The Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme provides assistance for Australian students who are enrolled full-time in approved courses in universities, colleges of advanced education, including teachers colleges, technical colleges and other approved institutions.
Assistance is subject to a means-test and students must also meet certain con- ditions of eligibility.
Applications for assistance are invited each year from students about to commence their course and from students who have partially completed their course. All students must apply to have their eligibility for assistance under the scheme re-assessed each year.
Enquiries and requests for application forms should b e addressed to:
T h e Director, Victorian State Office, Commonwealth Department of Education, 450 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, V i c , 3004; Telephone: 267 4700.
Applications are accepted at any time during the year for which benefits are payable.
All enquiries should be directed to:
The Director, Australian Department of Education, 450 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004. Telephone: 2674700.
T R A V E L L I N G SCHOLARSHIPS
T h e Aitchison Travelling Scholarship and the Myer Scholarship which are to- gether worth $4,000 p.a. are also available for research abroad.
1. The University offers to its graduates two travelling scholarships, valued at $4,000 per year and tenable for three years. Preference will normally b e given to applicants whose permanent homes are in Australia.
2. T h e scholarships are primarily for research abroad.
3. In the first instance one scholarship shall be available to graduates in the faculties of Arts, Economics and Commerce, Education, Music and L a w (hereinafter referred to as non-technical faculties) and the other to graduates in the faculties of Agriculture, Applied Science, Architecture, Dental Science, Engineering, Medicine, Science and Veterinary Science (hereinafter referred to as technical faculties).
Should the holder of either of diese scholarships surrender it, such scholarship may be awarded to a graduate in any faculty on the recommendation of the Standing Research Committee.
4. ( a ) Normally an applicant in the non-technical faculties should have sub- mitted or be about to submit a thesis for a master's degree. W h e r e a candidate as part of his final Honours examination has submitted a substantial research essay, this essay together with any work done in a subsequent full-time year at the Univer- sity, may be taken into consideration as evidence of his research ability.
