[Prizes — For the first vrai of their inception, prize* will be included in thi* "An- nouncements" section. Thereafter, interested perion* should cotiMili "Appendix I
— Summary of Awards Available 10 Students" which appews et*«i#herc in t h u publication.)
ABORIGINAL STUDY GRANTS SCHEME
Students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islands descent who are undertaking university courses may be eligible for either full-time or part-time awards under the Aboriginal Study Grants Scheme.
Further information and application forms may be obtained from:
T h e Director, Victorian State Office, Commonwealth Department of Education &
Youth Affairs, 17 Yarra Street, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 (telephone: 810 0555).
ACKMAN TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS AND LECTURES
See Henry and Rachael Ackman Travelling Scholarships and Minnie Ackman Lectures.
ALMA HANSEN S C H O L A R S H I P - R E G U L A T I O N 6.164
Mrs Alma Hansen, a graduate of the University of Melbourne and winner of a gov- ernment research scholarship in literature, bequeathed the residue of her estate to the University of Melbourne to establish a travelling scholarship for postgraduate stu- dents. Mrs Hansen expressed in her will a desire that preference be given to graduates in the Faculty of Arts and that the scholarship he awarded annually without com- petitive examination, taking financial need into account.
T h e Alma Hansen Fund, which provides the income for the scholarship and any other grants or loans to postgraduate students for studies which require the students ro travel outside Victoria, has an annual income of approximately $10,000.
Enquiries concerning this scholarship should be addressed to the Assistant Registrar (Arts), University of Melbourne.
AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS LECTURE
T h e Australian Society of Accountants has sponsored an annual lecture in the Uni- versity with the object of "stimulating research in accountancy and to encourage original contributions to accountancy thought". T h e sponsorship has been accepted by the University Council subject to the following conditions:
(1) T h e lecture is to be known as the "Australian Society of Accountants Annual Research Lecture".
(2) T h e Council will control the lecture on the advice of a joint committee comprising three representatives of the Society and three representatives of the University.
(3) T h e Council, on the recommendation of the joint committee, will—
(a) administer such funds as are made available for the lecture, (b) decide whether a lecture should be given in any year,
fcj appoint a lecturer for each year in which a lecture is to be given, (d) recommend the award of a University medal to the lecturer.
(4) T h e Society undertakes to provide an annual grant to cover (he costs incurred by the University in relation to the lecture, namely, the cost of a suitably engraved University medal, the lecture fee and any charges associated with the provision of a lecture theatre. Other costs, such as travel and accommodation, will be met directly by the Society.
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(5) T h e Council shall have the right of publishing the lecture, but the Society shall be at liberty to publish the lecture in its journal or otherwise as it thinks fit.
T h e lecture was founded by the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants in 1940 and has been continued under similar circumstances since the liquidation of that Institute and the formation of the Australian Society of Accountants.
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 en- couragement of postgraduate studies overseas in either Veterinary Medicine or Vet- erinary Surgery, the net income of the fund to be applied in maintaining scholarships to be called the "Barrenger Overseas Veterinary Scholarships".
T h e Scholarships are open to University of Melbourne graduates in Veterinary Science.
Particular scholarships will be advertised from time to time and will be awarded gen- erally for one year but the selection committee for the Scholarships may at its discretion extend this term for such period as it thinks fit. Enquiries should be directed to the Assistant Registrar, Faculty of Veterinary Science, T h e University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052.
BARTLETT UNPVTiRSITY SCHOLARSHIP See Major Bartlett University Scholarship.
BENSON BURSARY F U N D See T o m Benson Bursary Fund.
BRADFORD SCHOLARSHIPS See Florence Bradford Scholarships.
CAROLINE KAY SCHOLARSHIP IN HISTORY - R.6.20
Applications for the above scholarship, which is tenable for two years, are invited from persons holding some degree of this University.
T h e value of the award is approximately $1,000 per year, and the successful applicant will be required to devote the whole of his or her time to work in the department of History, under the direction of the chairman of the department of History. Such service shall include research, under the supervision of a member of the History department staff.
Honours graduates, post graduate research students and undergraduate students who finish their M.A. Preliminary before March 1981 are encouraged to apply. T h e Car- oline Kay Scholarship would normally be given to those applying with Honours de- grees in Arts. However, persons who hold a B.A. and who wish to undertake an M.A.
Preliminary course during the first year of the Scholarship would not be excluded from selection.
Candidates will be assessed on their proposed course of study, work previously un- dertaken, and their suitability for research, and not merely on the results of their final examinations.
T h e scholarship will next be available for 1985/86. It is anticipated that applications will be called for in late 1984. Enquiries can be made to the Assistant Registrar (Arts).
CECIL C. TAYLOR BURSARIES
T h e late Cecil C. Taylor, who died on 24th May 1967, formerly a grazier in north central Victoria, directed his trustees to invest the sum of Twenty thousand pounds, the income from which was to be used to provide bursaries to enable the recipients to undertake a course in Agricultural Science at a university. T h e trustees have advised the University that the bursaries will be tenable at the University of Melbourne for the time being.
T h e bursaries are to be awarded by a selection committee comprising a representative of the University, a representative of the trustees and a member of the deceased's family as named in his will.
T h e selection committee has discretion as to
(i) the number and tenure of bursaries to be awarded;
(ii) whether, in addition to the payment of ordinary university fees and charges, the bursaries may be applied to the payment of boarding fees; and
(iii) whether a special grant may be made, in addition to the basic bursary, to cover books and clothing or other things to enable any applicant to be fully equipped to enter and be maintained during the tenure of any bursary.
If at any time the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry is of the opinion that a bursar is not pursuing his or her studies satisfactorily, it may recommend to the selection committee that the tenure of the bursary be terminated.
Applications will be invited by notices in the School of Agriculture and Forestry and in the Student Financial Aid Office whenever bursaries become available. Enquiries may be made to the Assistant Registrar (Agriculture and Forestry) and to the Student Financial Aid Officer.
COMMONWEALTH POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS
T h e Commonwealth Government will provide each year a number of postgraduate awards for different Australian universities.
T h e awards are made without a means test and are open to all graduates with Australian domicile. T h i s 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 postgraduate 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' undergraduate fol- lowed by a year of graduate training, and who in the last year of their course have obtained a first 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 $7,330 (taxable) p.a. plus certain allowances.
T h e holder of the award must carry out full-time research within the University, and will be required to furnish, through the head of his/her department, a report on the work at the end of each year's tenure.
Applications should be made in duplicate on the "Commonwealth Postgraduate Award Application" form, and should be lodged at the Office of Research and 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 31st October, with the Registrar of the appropriate university.
COMMONWEALTH POSTGRADUATE COURSE AWARDS
T h e Commonwealth also offers a limited number of awards ($7,330 (taxable) p.a.) for graduates undertaking certain courses for Masters' degrees. Applications close on 30th September at the Office of Research and Graduate Studies
A list of Master's courses approved for the purposes of this scheme is available for perusal in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PLAN 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 awards). T h u s 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 excellent academic records.
T h e 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 and a living allowance. Under certain conditions an allowance is made for a spouse. T h e awards are normally tenable for two years but may be extended for a third.
Awards are offered by the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, H o n g Kong, Nigeria, India, Sri Lanka, Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago.
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.
In 1983, the closing date for most countries was 30th September at the University of Melbourne. Further particulars may be obtained from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES YEARBOOK
T h e University is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities which publishes the 2,700 page Commonwealth Universities Yearbook containing much general information about universities of the Commonwealth and full staff directories. Copies may be obtained from the Publications Department of the Association at John Foster House, 36 Gordon Square, London, England, WC 1H O P F . Price of 1984 edition on application; there is a special discount 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).
COOPERS AND LYBRAND PRIZE
Coopers and Lybrand, Chartered Accountants, have endowed a $200 prize in Ac- counting at the second-year level in the degree of Bachelor of Commerce. T h e prize will be awarded to the student with the best overall performance in Accounting A, Accounting B, Commercial Law A and Commercial Law B as determined by the Chairman of the Department of Accounting and Business Law and the Professors in the department.
DAFYDD LEWIS T R U S T SCHOLARSHIPS
Under the terms of the Dafydd Lewis Trust, scholarships for full-time degree courses, other than in Theology, Music, Arts and Education, at any Victorian university 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 elementary, 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 candidates is 20^2 years, and for others I8V2 years. T h e 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 (17th August, 1941). For the purpose of the 1984 awards the figure will be in the vicinity of $173 per week. No holder of one of these scholarships shall be 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. T h e scholarships provide for payment of University fees and for the maintenance of students during the tenure of the scholar- ships. T h e r e is also provision for postgraduate work and study abroad for any student who shows exceptional talent and fitness 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 A.N.Z. Executors & Trustee Co. Ltd, 94 Queen Street, Melbourne, 3000, from whom further details may be obtained.
ECONOMIC SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA PRIZES
T h e Victorian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia has endowed $50 prizes in each of the third-year units Economics C12 (Macroeconomics) and C13 (Micro- economics). In addition to the prizemoney students placed first in the units will receive a year's free membership of the Society.
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851 EXHIBITION SCHOLARSHIP
fhe Royal Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition grant certain Science Research Scholarships each year. T h e Scholarships are postgraduate, and are intended to enable iclected students, under 26 years of age, who must be British citizens and who have ilready completed a full University course and given evidence of superior capacity or scientific investigation, to devote themselves for two, or in some cases, three years o research work under conditions most likely to equip them for practical service in he scientific life of the Commonwealth. T h e value is £3,800 (sterling) per annum vith additional allowances. Candidates desiring to be nominated by this University ihould lodge written applications at the Office of Research and Graduate Studies not ater than 13th January, 1984.
\pplications should be made on special forms obtainable at the Office of Research ind Graduate Studies.
FLORENCE BRADFORD SCHOLARSHIPS
The late Miss Florence Bradford, who died on the 13th August, 1969, bequeathed 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. Applications are due not later than the last day of re-enrolment
^usually the first week of January). Enquiries should be addressed to the Assistant Registrar (Music).
R. S. FOX TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP IN FORESTRY
Mr. R. S. Fox of 49 Kenny Street, North Balwyn, has agreed to provide funds to the value of about $6,000 for a Scholarship in Forestry to be awarded at intervals of four years. T h e Scholarship is awarded by the University of Melbourne on the recom- mendation of the State Board of Forestry Education of Victoria and a Deputy Vice- Chancellor (or, if the said Deputy Vice-Chancellor is already a member of the Board of Forestry Education, the Chairman of the Academic Board) to enable Forestry grad- uates of the University to proceed overseas for further study at the Department of Agriculture and Forest Science or other appropriate department within the University Df Oxford. When suitable facilities for the proposed study do not appear to exist in the University of Oxford consideration would be given to a submission that a suc- cessful applicant study at another university in the United Kingdom or another country.
It is the donor's wish that, in the award of the Scholarship, preference should be given, all other things being equal, to a graduate who is also an employee of the Forests Commission of Victoria. T h e donor expresses the hope that the recipient of the Scholarship will return to Australia in due course after completing his overseas work so that he might give to Australia the benefit of his experience in Forestry gained while abroad. T h e latest award was made in 1981. Enquiries should be addressed to the Assistant Registrar (Agriculture & Forestry).
SOWRIE SCHOLARSHIPS
Gowrie scholarships are available only to members of the Armed Forces who served in a combat area during the War of 1939/45, or to their descendants.
15 tertiary scholarships are offered each year to undergraduates. Each is valued at
£250 per annum for the duration of the course.
Application forms are available from the Secretary, T h e Gowrie Scholarship T r u s t Fund, 47 Cherry Street, Warrawee, N.S.W. 2074. T h e closing date is 30th September.
Two post-tertiary research scholarships are also available each year, each of $3,500 per annum for postgraduate research.
Details and applications are obtainable from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. T h e closing date is 31st October.
GRADUATE AWARDS FOR WOMEN
The International Federation of University Women (I.F.U.W.), the American Associa- tion of University Women (A.A.U.W.) and the Australian Federation of University
Women (A.F.U.W.) offer a number of Fellowships and Grants for postgraduate re search or study overseas. T h e Awards and Fellowships are open only to members c the I.F.U.W. In Australia, members of the State Associations of University Wome:
are automatically members of the I.F.U.W. Awards are advertised by the A.F.U.W and within the Universities. T h e advertisements include addresses to which enquirie should be made.
GRADUATE UNION
T h e Graduate Union is an organization formed to "promote and maintain the welfare and interest of the University of Melbourne". T h i s body was first established in 191 as the Melbourne University Association. It was affiliated with the Melbourne Uni versity Union between 1938 and 1952, since when it has functioned under a revise*
constitution and its present title. T h e Graduate Union was incorporated under thi Company Act of Victoria on 11th November, 1969.
T h e means by which the object of the Graduate Union may be realized are describe*
at length in the constitution but may be summarized by saying that the Union set itself the not very simple task of maintaining the continuous interest of the gradual*
body in the welfare of the University. T o do this, among more than 50,000 member of the University scattered throughout the community in all walks of life, it mus maintain its own organization and collect its own funds. More than 5,000 member contribute about $60,000 a year in dues and by the encouraging of life subscription the Union now has assets valued in excess of $1 million, chiefly in the form of properr near the University in Leicester Street, Carlton.
T h e Graduate Union freely makes its organization available to the University an(
maintains a continuous Graduate Fund through which some of the philanthropy o the graduate body towards the alnia mater is channelled. It publishes at regular interval a newsletter containing domestic and University announcements, and circulates th<
official Gazette to its members.
An annual meeting is held in April or May, sometimes in conjunction with an annua dinner; other social functions are arranged from time to time, the most popular beinj the monthly luncheons held on the first Wednesday of the month in Graduate Hous<
between March and December.
During 1962, "Graduate House" was officially opened as the University's only hal of residence intended specifically for postgraduate research students. One of the sever houses owned by this Graduate Union was converted for this purpose. In 1965 thre<
more houses were opened bringing the total capacity to 24 persons. In 1971 the post graduate residential accommodation in Graduate House was increased to 40 with ar annexe accommodating 15 additional members and one self-contained flat.
T h e Graduate Union was affiliated as an independent college of the University oi 1st April, 1972.
T h e head of the Graduate Union is its President, elected from among the eminen members of the University. Presiding over the elected Council of sixteen member;
is the Chairman, who is assisted in administering the Union by an Executive and : permanent secretary.
Membership of the Graduate Union is open, except under special circumstances, tc graduates and diploma-holders of Melbourne University, or graduates of other recog nized universities resident in Victoria. An annual subscription ($20 in 1984) is payabl<
or members may apply to become life subscribers on payment of a lump sum ($24(
in 1984).
All inquiries should be addressed to the Secretary of the Graduate Union, at th(
University address, Parkville, 3052. Local inquiries can be made by telephoning 347 3428.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF M A N A G E M E N T - P R I Z E S
For prizes available to students taking the Master of Business Administration degret course offered by the recently established Graduate School of Management, see tht Graduate section of "Appendix 1—Summary of Awards Available to Students" which appears elsewhere in this publication. Prizes are listed there for the following subjects
Business Administration, Business Policy, Decision Analysis, Financial Manage- nent, Industrial Relations, Marketing Management, Organizational Behaviour, Or- ganizational Theory, and Quantitative Analysis. Enquiries should be addressed to the ixecutive Officer, Graduate School of Management, T h e University of Melbourne.
see also Melbourne University Graduate School of Management Award, on page 844 j e l o w .
GRANTS FROM RESEARCH F U N D S Ulocation
j r a n t s from the General Research F u n d are made by the Committee on Research ind Graduate Studies.
Jniversity of Melbourne Postgraduate Scholarships
\ limited number of postgraduate scholarships are awarded annually to candidates vho are proceeding to higher degrees. Scholars are expected to devote their whole ime to study and research, except for such tutoring and demonstrating work as is ipproved by the chairman of the appropriate department. Awards are made for one rear, but may be renewed for additional yearly periods up to a maximum of four years.
Emoluments of Awards
Fhe value of a postgraduate scholarship is $6,150 (tax-free) per annum plus incidentals illowance of $100.
Viode of Application
Applications for postgraduate scholarships must be made on a form designed for the xirpose and available at the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Applications mist be lodged with the Secretary, Research and Graduate Studies by 31st October, [n general, research awards are made as from 1st March.
Further information may be obtained from the Secretary, Research and Graduate Studies.
Research Fellowships
Fhe University of Melbourne has established twelve research fellowships with the status and salary of a Research Fellow Grade 1 or, in exceptional cases. Grade 2.
Travelling allowance is made for a fellow appointed from overseas. Fellowships will 3e granted for one year in the first instance and, in exceptional circumstances, may De extended. Applications close on 31st January and 31st July.
Research Report
All persons conducting research in the University, whether under research awards Dr otherwise, are required to submit, by the end of February in each year, reports on their research during the preceding twelve months to the chairman of their depart- ments, together with a list of their research publications during that period. Chairmen of departments also submit departmental research reports, which are published in the annual Research Report.
HANSEN SCHOLARSHIP See Alma Hansen Scholarship.
HOLMES (SARAH AND WILLIAM) SCHOLARSHIP
See Harold Wright Scholarship; Sarah and William Holmes Scholarship.
HAROLD WRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP
SARAH AND WILLIAM HOLMES SCHOLARSHIP
1. Under provision of the Will of the late Lily Isobel Wright, two scholarships are offered each year—the Harold Wright Scholarship and the Sarah and William Holmes Scholarship—to allow holders to carry out an intensive study of prints at the British Museum, London, for a period of up to twelve months.
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 ii both countries.
T h e 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 mon favourable to private studies than the present, it is not intended that the scholarshij 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 othe awards. She had in mind a completely free year, in which the holder would be abl(
to work as widely in one of the greatest collections of prints in the world as her husbanc did for many years. In later life he made many distinguished contributions to spec ialized knowledge in print scholarship, but what distinguished his work was the widtl of the original background on which it was based.
2. T h e scholarships are at present valued at approximately £2,000 and £1,500 sterling respectively, and may be awarded jointly, in which case the total value is approximately
£3,500 sterling, to cover board and lodging and any other necessary living expense;
in London for a period of twelve months. Provision for travel to and from Londor is not included.
3. T h e scholarships are available to undergraduates or graduates of Australian or Nev Zealand universities, or to other persons deemed by the Selection Committee to be of sufficient scholarly standard.
4. As stated in the Trust Deed, the scholarships will not be awarded to "any persor who shall at the time of the award be employed by any commercial art gallery or othei art gallery run for profit nor to persons who shall at the time of the award be engagec in art dealing on their own account or in partnership but may be awarded to 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 candidates would have a background involving a serious study of the print and that the study at the British Museum would be usefu!
for the furtherance of their careers.
6. Holders of the award must undertake to return to their own country at the end ol the tenure of the scholarships.
7. Applications must be lodged with the Assistant Registrar (Arts), T h e University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, not later than 30th July in each year.
Successful applicants will be required to furnish a medical certificate and the results of a recent chest X-Ray.
T h e 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 Keepei of the Department of Prints and his colleagues.
HENRY AND RACHAEL ACKMAN TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS AND MINNIE ACKMAN LECTURES
Mr Emanual Percy Ackman, who died on 23 February 1965, bequeathed the income of his residuary estate in perpetuity to the University of Melbourne to establish trav- elling scholarships in Medicine and Architecture to be known as ' T h e Henry and Rachael Ackman Travelling Scholarships' and lectures to be known as ' T h e Minnie Ackman Lectures'.
T h e Ackman Trust, which provides the income for the scholarships and the lectures, has an annual income of approximately $50,000.
It is expected that scholarships will be advertised annually and will be awarded in Medicine and Architecture alternately for periods normally of up to three years for study abroad. T h e preferred fields of study in Medicine and Architecture are respec- tively diseases in children and in women and the housing of aged persons and family architecture.
T h e first scholarships were awarded in 1983 for 1984 in Medicine; in 1984 applicants in Architecture will be considered for 1985.
T h e 'Minnie Ackman Lectures' will be given at the University of Melbourne by the
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scholarship holders or their nominees on completion of the courses of study. Each lecture will provide a full account of the scholar's studies and experience abroad.
Enquiries should be directed to the Assistant Registrar (Medicine) or the Assistant Registrar (Architecture and Planning), University of Melbourne.
IOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Fhe Board of Management of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, makes annual ippointments of medical graduates. T h e current establishment provides for 42 interns first-year graduates), 30 second-year Junior Resident Medical Officers, 11 third-year senior R.M.O.'s and 3 third-year Senior Resident Surgical Officers, 10 General Sur- gical Registrars, 10 General Medical Registrar posts suitable for training in general nedicine. In addition there are 7 Specialist Medical Registrar positions suitable for idvanced training in medical specialities and 6 trainees in General Practice. T h e r e ire also 8 Specialist Surgical Registrar positions suitable for training in surgical speci- dities. Twenty-two Specialist Registrar positions are available in the specialities of Anatomical Pathology (2), Anaesthetics (7), Haematology (2), Intensive Care Unit 1), Microbiology (1), Psychiatry (3), Radiology (1). In addition, the Board of Man- igement 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
:urther information, graduates should direct their enquiries to the Director of Medical Services, T h e Royal Melbourne Hospital Post Office, 3050.
Fhe Sister Administrator of St. Vincent's Hospital will appoint for 1984 42 interns ibr one year. T h e current establishment also provides for 33 Junior Resident Medical Officers (second-year graduates), 12 Senior Resident Medical Officers (third-year graduates), 7 General Medical Registrars, 7 General Surgical Registrars and Registrar positions in the various specialities as follows: Cardiology (2), Dermatology (1), Gas- :roenterology (1), Psychiatry (3), Renal Medicine (1), Anatomical Pathology (1), Hae- matology (2), Microbiology (1), Radiology (6), Cardiothoracic Surgery (2), Neurosurgery [1), Orthopaedic Surgery (2), Plastic Surgery (1), Urology (1), Neurology (1), An- aesthetics (8), Rheumatology Rehabilitation Medicine (1), Endocrinology (1), Nuclear Medicine (1), Paediatric Medicine (1), Biochemistry (1). In addition, a Junior Resident Dental Officer is appointed annually. T h e s e appointments will be for 52 weeks.
The Board of Management of Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, makes annual appointments of medical graduates. T h e current establishment provides for 32 interns (first-year graduates), 21 Junior Resident Medical Officers (second-year graduates), 12 Senior Resident Medical Officers (third-year graduates), 4 Medical Registrars, 4 Surgical Registrars, and Registrars in special departments—Anaesthetics (12), Radiology (4), Psychiatry (8), Orthopaedic (2), Anatomical Pathology (2), Paediatrics (2), Haema- tology, Dermatology, Neurology, Renal Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Spinal Unit, Gastroenterology Fellow (2), Endocrinology Fellow (1), Vascular Surgery Fellow
;i), Clinical Pharmacology Fellow (2), Cardiology Fellow (2), Orthopaedic Fellow
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Fhe Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, makes annual appointments of medical graduates. T h e current establishment provides for 16 interns (first-year graduates), 12 Junior Resident Medical Officers (second-year graduates), 11 Senior Resident Medical Officers (third-year graduates), 14 Medical Registrars (including thoracic, rehabilitation, gastroenterology, oncology, neurology, renal medicine, research, car- diology, nuclear medicine, haematology and general medicine), 11 Surgical Registrars (including specialist registrars in E N T , ophthalmic surgery, urology, research), 4 Psychiatry Registrars, 1 Radiology Registrar, 3 Pathology Registrars, 2 Anaesthetic Registrars.
Advice concerning the appointment of interns (first-year graduates) is available from die Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation, Intern Matching Service, "Trawalla", 22 Lascelles Ave., Toorak, 3142; Telephone 240 8671.
T h e Management of the following hospitals and others may also appoint Junior Res- ident Medical Officers:
Metropolitan Hospitals: Alfred Hospital, Austin Hospital, Prince Henry's Hos- pital, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Fairfield Hospital, Footscray and
District Hospital, Box Hill and District Hospital, Preston and Northcoti Community Hospital, Sandringham and District Hospital, Caulfield Hos pital. Royal Southern Memorial Hospital, Williamstown Hospital, Frankstoi Community Hospital, Hampton Hospital, Mount Royal Hospital.
Base Hospitals: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Mildura, Gippsland (Sale).
Glenelg (Hamilton), Mooroopna, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Wimmers (Horsham), Goulburn Valley (Mooroopna).
District Hospitals: Latrobe Valley (Yallourn) and Central Gippsland (Traral- gon), Swan Hill, West Gippsland (Warragul), Echuca, Dandenong, Ararat Castlemaine, Colac, East Gippsland (Bairnsdale), Wodonga, Maryborough.
With minor exceptions, appointments to all other resident medical officer positions in Victorian hospitals are made through the Senior Computer Matching Service, alsc run by the Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation, at the address given- below.
Information about interstate resident appointments is contained in the National Di- rectory of Internships, Residencies and Registrarships, published annually by the Foundatior and available from their office at a cost of $8.00 and $1.50 for postage.
IBM PRIZE
Following upon the discontinuation of the third year subject Electronic Data Pro- cessing, IBM Australia Ltd has endowed a $150 prize in the third-year Accounting C7 (EDP System Design). T h e award will be made to the first-placed student.
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS
For each academic year, 1st November to 30th October, the Italian Government offers a number of scholarships to Australian citizens who wish to pursue humanistic studies in Italy preferably in the field of Italian language and culture.
These scholarships are awarded for:
1. Attendance of postgraduate courses (credentials required: Master's degree);
2. Attendance, as an auditor, of single courses, offered by Italian universities (cre- dentials required: Bachelor's degree);
3. Research work in highly specialised fields, not necessarily tied to specific courses, for candidates possessing a strong academic background in the same fields;
4. Attendance of courses in Italian language and literature offered by Italian uni- versities to foreign students (credentials required: Higher School Certificate);
5. Attendance of courses offered by academies and schools of music (credentials re- quired: degree in artistic studies). T h e granting of the scholarship is subject to the passing of the admission examination requested by the relevant institution).
No scholarships leading to graduation are offered.
Candidates are expected to be in Italy at the beginning of the academic year (1st November). Changes of universities, courses or commencement dates are not allowed.
T h e scholarships are to include eight (8) monthly grants of 300,000 lire each, plus life, accident and health insurance, economy class air ticket to Italy and, at the com- pletion of the eight months' studies, a return ticket to Australia.
A few scholarships are also being offered on an exchange basis with the Universities of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and the Australian National University. Under this programme, the round-trip ticket is supplied on a reciprocity basis only. Lacking this condition, a one-way return ticket to Australia is offered.
A number of short-term scholarships are also offered for the attendance of summer courses (1st July-31st October). These scholarships, however, do not include the airfare.
Applications, on special forms obtainable from the Italian Consulate in each capital city, from the Cultural Institute in Melbourne and from the Italian Embassy in Can- berra, are to be submitted to the above offices by 26th March of each year.
Application forms are to be accompanied by the following documents:
a) the required academic degree (certified copy);
b) two (2) letters of introduction from university authorities;
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:) in all cases a good knowledge of the Italian language is a compulsory requirement.
As all scholarship applications had to be in Canberra by 10th April, including short term scholarships, those candidates resident in Victoria and Tasmania are to send their applications, together with the necessary documentation, to the I T A L I A N C U L - T U R A L I N S T I T U T E , 233 Domain Road, South Yarra, 3141 (or to the Italian Con- sular Offices in the other States), by N O L A T E R than 26th March.
Further information concerning the possibility or otherwise for similar scholarships may be obtained at the Italian Consulates and at the Italian Cultural Institute, 233 Domain Road, South Yarra, 3141; telephone 26 5931.
The Italian Cultural Institute states that it is unable to assume any responsibility should the Italian Government offices, in Italy, change all or any part of these scholarships.
APANESE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
fhe Japanese Government is offering 16 scholarships to Australians for study in Japan.
fhree undergraduate scholarships, tenable for up to five years, will be available for tudents between 17 and 22 years of age on 1st April, 1984. Applicants must have reached natriculation standard.
fhirteen research awards, for up to two years' study, will be available for postgraduate vork in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences.
'ostgraduate award applicants must be graduates or final year students under 35 years
>f age on 1st April, 1984.
Applicants in either category must be willing to study the Japanese language and to eceive instruction in that language.
Details re applications and closing dates are available from the Secretary, Common- vealth Department of Education, (Monbusho Awards), P.O. Box 826, WODEN, A.C.T.
1606. Telephone inquiries: (062) 89 7075.
CAY SCHOLARSHIP
>ee Caroline Kay Scholarship in History.
.EWIS T R U S T
>ee Dafydd Lewis Trust Scholarships.
•AAJOR BARTLETT UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Fhe late James Charles Bartlett who died on the 22nd April 1930, bequeathed his esiduary estate to his trustees, the Union-Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia limited, in trust to found the Major Barlett University Scholarship. T h e income of he fund is to be applied to scholarships to be awarded by the Council of the University, [n accordance with the determination of the trustee the scholarships will be open for iward for research in bacteriology. T h e trustee has advised the University of its ap- jroval of the scholarships to students engaging in research in the departments of the Jniversity where research in bacteriology may be conducted. T h e awards may be made o postgraduate students or to undergraduate students in the fourth year of an honours :ourse for a degree and will be made on the recommendation of the chairman of the iepartment of Microbiology in the University. Each scholarship will be of the value
>f $200 yearly. More than one scholarship may be awarded to any one scholar either
;oncurrently or consecutively as the trustees may determine. Enquiries should be lirected to the Assistant Registrar (Science), University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3052 jy 31st December in each year for the award to be made before the 1st March in the Allowing year.
VIARY SLOANE TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP
Fhe Union Fidelity Trustee Company has informed the University that the income
:rom the estate of the late Mary Sloane shall be applied to a scholarship for students jf Agriculture. T h e Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry has agreed that the scholar- ship shall be awarded to postgraduate students studying for a higher degree in the
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School of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne, who wish to visit re search institutions for a specific reason related to the individual student's postgraduate studies for the purpose of receiving training or instruction from persons of repute ir his particular field, to learn new techniques, concepts or uses of new equipment, oi to attend professional or scientific conferences.
T h e scholarship shall be used to finance a student for personal travel and accom- modation and may be awarded to more than one student in any one year. T h e studeni should normally use the Scholarship within twelve months of the award and musi use it during the period of residence in the School of Agriculture and Forestry. The 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. T h e number of awards made each year shall be 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 be lodged with the Assistant Registrar (Agriculture and Forestry). A study report must be sub- mitted to the Assistant Registrar (Agriculture and Forestry) within two months aftei the student returns.
MASSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP,
T H E ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL I N S T I T U T E
T h e 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. (Chem.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.
T h e selection of the successful applicant, which will be made by the Council of the 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 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.
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY (FORMERLY U.T.R.C.) PRIZE FOR S T U D E N T DRAMA
T h e Melbourne Theatre Company has offered an annual prize of $50 for the 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. T h i s 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. (The Murray Suth- erland Prizes are awarded for outstanding performances in productions of the T i n 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 studeni drama; lunchtime productions are excluded from consideration.
T h e award of this prize is to be decided by the members of the Murray Sutherland Prizes Selection Committee.
T h e prize was first awarded in October 1957.
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AWARD
T h e Melbourne University Business School Association has undertaken to provide the cost of a bronze medal suitably engraved to be awarded by the University for out-
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standing achievement in the field of Business Administration. It is intended that the award will be made annually on the recommendation of a committee appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Graduate School of Management to an Australian resident of at least three years' standing who has made a significant con- tribution to management education or practice. Nominations for the award with par- ticulars, should be directed to the Director, Graduate School of Management.
MINING AND 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 scholarship. 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 $200 per annum, the payment for any later year of the course being contingent on the bursar having sufficiently distinguished himself in his pre- vious year.
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 be made if no candidate is sufficiently qualified.
NICHOLAS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP See Richard W. S. Nicholas Agricultural Science Scholarship.
NICHOLAS AND ELIZABETH SLEZAK CANCER RESEARCH F U N D
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Slezak have donated the following amounts to the University:
$7,500 in the financial year 1978-1979, $15,000 in the financial year 1979-1980 and
$15,000 in the financial year 1980-1981, $7,500 in the financial year 1981-82, $20,000 in the financial year 1982-83, with the promise of a further donation, for the purposes of cancer research in the University Department of Surgery at the Repatriation General Hospital, to be devoted in the first instance to research conducted under the supervision of Professor K u n e in the department. Mr and Mrs Slezak have indicated their intention of making further donations of the same order to the University in succeeding years for the same purpose, and to provide for their continuation by testamentary disposition.
OVERSEAS S T U D E N T S
Prospective students whose permanent residence is not in Australia or who are not of Australian nationality should make enquiries about admission and enrolment, in writing, to the Registrar. Details of various course regulations and pre-requisites are set out in Chapter 3 of the Regulations set out in this Calendar; further details may be obtained from the Registrar.
Prospective overseas students should note that there is an Australian Government charge for overseas students, and consult an Australian diplomatic post in their country of origin for details of the charge and also, to determine whether they meet eligibility criteria for the various exemptions from this charge which are available.
ORMOND COLLEGE CENTENARY SCHOLARSHIP
See Ormond College entry in the "Affiliated Colleges" section, later in this publication.
PRIZES
For the first year of their inception, prizes will be included in this "Announcements"
section. Thereafter, interested persons should consult "Appendix 1 — Summary of Awards Available to Students" which appears elsewhere in this publication.
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RICHARD W. S. NICHOLAS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP T h e late R. W. S. Nicholas, who died on the 18th September, 1972, bequeathed his residuary estate to the Union-Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia Limited to hold the same upon trust to provide a scholarship or scholarships annually for the investi- gation 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 Ag- riculture and Forestry, one or more scholarships shall be awarded each year at the discretion of the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry.
T h e number and amount of the awards shall depend each year on the accumulated income available for distribution and shall be 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 concurrence from the supervisor (in the case of graduates enrolled for higher de- grees) or the supporting staff member (in the case of visiting scholars) should be lodged with the Assistant Registrar (Agriculture and Forestry).
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Regulation for the Election of the Scholar General Regulations
A Rhodes Scholarship is tenable at the University of Oxford. After election, a suc- cessful candidate has to be found a place in an Oxford College; there is no guarantee of a place and the award of the Scholarship is not confirmed by the Rhodes Trustees until the Scholar-elect has been accepted for admission by an Oxford College. Ap- pointments are made for two years in the first instance.
A Rhodes Scholar receives a personal allowance fixed from time to time by the Trust.
In 1982-83 the allowance was £3,480 a year. In addition, all fees are paid by the Trust direct to the College.
T e n u r e of other awards in conjunction with a Rhodes Scholarship is not permitted without prior consultation with the Secretary of the Trust in Oxford.
T h e Rhodes Trust will assist successful candidates with their travelling expenses to the United Kingdom. Scholars should write to the Warden of Rhodes House after their election staling how they intend to travel to Oxford.
Conditions of Eligibility
Candidates for selection in 1984 must—
(1) be of an age that they will have passed their nineteenth, and not passed their twenty- fifth birthday by 1 October 1984;
(2) be Australian citizens, and available for interview in Australia at the time of selection;
(3) have achieved academic training in a degree-awarding body in Australia suffi- ciently advanced to assure completion of a Bachelor's degree (preferably an Hon- ours degree or the equivalent) by October 1984. (Medical students who will have completed at least three years of the medical course by October 1984 may also be considered. Medical candidates should consult the Secretary of the Selection Committee before lodging an application. Particular difficulties can arise for can- didates wishing to do research in clinical departments.)
(4) be unmarried; a Rhodes Scholarship is forfeited by marriage after election or during a Scholar's first year of residence in Oxford. Permission to marry without dep- rivation of the Scholarship may be given by the Rhodes Trustees during a Scholars second or third year.
Basis of Selection
In making nominations, the Selection Committee will have regard to those qualities which Cecil Rhodes listed in that section of his Will in which he attempted to define the type of scholar he was seeking: literary and scholastic attainments; fondness of and success in outdoor sports; qualities of truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; exhibition
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of moral force of character and instincts to lead and take an interest in one's contemporaries.
Quality of both intellect and character is what the Committee will be looking for in a candidate. A Rhodes Scholar should not be one-sided or selfish.
Intellectual ability must be founded upon sound character, and integrity of character upon sound intellect. Success in being elected to office in student organizations may or may not be evidence of unself-seeking leadership. Cecil Rhodes himself evidently regarded leadership as consisting of moral courage and interest in one's fellows quite as much as in the more aggressive qualities. It was his hope that a Rhodes Scholar would come to esteem the performance of public duties as the highest aim. Continuing physical vigour to enable a Scholar to make an effective contribution to the world may be as important as prowess in a particular sport; physical fitness and skill and a liking for joining in exercise are activities usually sought in a Rhodes Scholar.
Financial need gives no special claim to a Rhodes Scholarship. Further, the Will lays down that 'no student shall be qualified or disqualified for election to a Scholarship' on account of 'race or religious opinions'.
In the absence of a sufficiently qualified candidate a Selection Committee will make no nomination.
Method of Application
One Rhodes Scholarship is offered for award in each State each year. One additional Rhodes Scholarship for Australia may be awarded at a later stage by a Committee of Selection which meets in Canberra.
Each candidate may make one application in a year, in one of the following ways:
(1) Candidates resident in a State may apply for consideration in that State or in any State in which they have received a substantial part of their education. Candidates for selection in a State will also be considered for nomination for the Additional Scholarship.
(2) Candidates resident or educated in the A.C.T. or other territory of the Common- wealth may either:
(a) Apply to a Selection Committee in a State in which they have been previously resident or received a substantial part of their education. Such candidates will also be considered for nomination for the Additional Scholarship; or (b) Apply directly for the Additional Scholarship; those who do so will be con-
sidered for that Scholarship only and not for a State award. Such candidates are interviewed in the first instance by a preliminary Selection Committee sitting in Canberra.
Candidates from the A.C.T. or other Commonwealth territories wishing to apply in a State but lacking qualification by way of residence or education should consult the Australian Secretary. All candidates from outside Australia should also write to the Australian Secretary at the address below.
Committees of selection will summon to a personal interview such of the candidates as they find it desirable to see. No candidate will be elected without a personal interview.
Each candidate wishing to be considered by a State Selection Committee is required to make application to the Secretary of the Committee of the State concerned not later than 1 September, or other such date as may be fixed, using the application form provided, which is available from the Registrar's Enquiry Office.
Standing at Oxford
All Final Honour Schools at Oxford lead to the B.A. degree. T h e s e are listed in the Undergraduate Prospectus and in the Examination Decrees and Regulations. A degree from an Australian University following a course of at least three years entitles the holder for 'Senior Status' at Oxford and to take a Final Honour School in two years (six terms) without having to take the First Public Examination.
Courses open to Rhodes Scholars
Subject to the consent of the College, a Scholar may read for the Oxford B.A. in any of the Final Honour Schools or, with the consent of the College and of the relevant faculty, a Scholar may be admitted if qualified by previous training to read for a higher degree such as M.Litt., B.C.L., M . S c , B.Phil., M.Phil., or D.Phil.
Copies of the Oxford University Undergraduate Prospectus and the Graduate Studies Prospectus will be issued to each Rhodes Scholar-elect after the election.
SHELL POSTGRADUATE ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS 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 the commencement of the Michaelmas term, October, 1983. T h e scholarship provides adequate funds to meet living costs, university tuition and materials, and other uni- versity charges. 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 Australia Limited.
T h e scholarship is intended to enable the holder to undertake two year's postgraduate study towards a higher degree.
Eligibility
T h i s scholarship is open to Australian citizens who have been domiciled in Australia for the past 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 Aus- tralian university by 31st January following the closing date.
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 selection will be made in December by a committee comprised of senior members of university staff and of the management of the Shell Company of Australia Limited.
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 persons of exceptional ability and character and assisting them to make their fullest contribution to the problems of the day. In such persons 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 intel- lectual 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.
Application
Applications are invited from Arts, Commerce, Economics or Law students who ex- pect to complete their courses at the annual examinations commencing at the end of the year in which the application is made, and should be made, on the prescribed form, to the Personnel Manager, T h e Shell Company of Australia Limited, in the capital city of the State in which the applicant resides. Application forms may be obtained from the Registrars of universities or from the Personnel Manager of T h e Shell Com- pany in each capital city.
Applications closed on 26th September in 1983.
SHELL POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN SCIENCE OR ENGINEERING Terms
T h e Shell Company of Australia Ltd., on behalf of T h e Shell Group of Companies in Australia offers one scholarship tenable in the United Kingdom from the com- mencement of the Michaelmas term, October, 1983, for postgraduate work in Science or Engineering. T h e scholarship is intended to enable the holder to undertake two years' postgraduate study towards a higher degree.
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 and/or to attain the standard required for a doctorate.
T h e scholarship provides adequate funds to meet living costs, university tuition and
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materials, and other university charges. 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.
Eligibility
T h i s scholarship is open to Australian citizens who have been domiciled in Australia for the past five years and will have taken with honours a first degree in Science or Engineering at an Australian university by 31st January following the closing date.
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 selection will be made in December by a committee comprised of senior members of university staff and of the management of T h e 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 attain- ments, 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.
Application
Application for this scholarship should be made to the Personnel Manager, T h e 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 T h e Shell Company in each capital city.
Applications closed on 26th September in 1983.
SLEZAK CANCER RESEARCH F U N D
See Nicholas and Elizabeth Slezak Cancer Research Fund.
SLOANE TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP See Mary Sloane Travelling Scholarship.
TAYLOR BURSARIES See Cecil C. Taylor Bursaries.
TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE SCHEME
T h e Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme provides assistance for Australian stu- dents who are enrolled full-time in approved courses in universities, colleges of ad- vanced education, including teachers colleges, technical colleges and other approved institutions.
Assistance is subject to a means test and students must also meet certain conditions of academic 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 each year to have their eligibility for assistance assessed.
Applications are accepted at any time during the year for which benefits are payable, but payment will date from 1st January only if the application is lodged by 31st March.
All enquiries should be directed to the Director, Commonwealth Department of Edu- cation and Youth Affairs, 17 Yarra Street, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122. Telephone: 810 0333.
T O M BENSON BURSARY F U N D - ( R E G U L A T I O N 6.167)
T h i s F u n d was established in 1977 by Dr Michael Benson and Dr Ida Seward (Benson) in memory of their son T o m Benson, a medical student who undertook his course under increasing difficulties of physical handicap.
T h e purpose of the fund is to provide a bursary or bursaries to assist physically hand- icapped students of the University who are deserving of help. T h e awards shall be made by a committee appointed for the task pursuant to Regulation 6.167.
T h e total sum available in 1983 was approximately $2,000.
Nominations with supporting statements for bursaries are invited from Deans of Faculties or, where appropriate, from heads of affiliated residential colleges and should be lodged with the Assistant Registrar (Medicine) by 31st March of any year.
TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS
T h e following travelling scholarships are available under the administration of the Committee on Research and Graduate Studies.
a) Aitchison Travelling Scholarship (Reg. 6.46)
b) Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship (Reg. 6.165) c) Stella Mary Langford Scholarship (Reg. 6.166)
All awards are currently valued from $9,000 to $12,000 per annum and applications close on 28th February, when offered.
Aitchison Travelling Scholarship
Awarded triannually to a male graduate in the first, second or third year after that in which he qualified for his first degree for the purpose of enabling him to pursue studies or research in some approved place or places outside Victoria. Personal and family resources will be considered by the Selection Committee when making the award.
Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarship
Awarded annually to a student of the University of Melbourne for the purpose of undertaking postgraduate study and research in England, Scotland, Wales and North- ern Ireland. T h e Selection Committee will take into account the personal qualities of a candidate as well as the candidate's scholastic ability.
Stella Mary Langford Scholarship
Awarded annually by the Chancellor with such advice and assistance from the Com- mittee on Research and Graduate Studies as the Chancellor may require. Each scholar- ship shall be awarded for a period not exceeding one year as the Chancellor shall direct and may be renewed for further and successive periods not exceeding one year at the discretion of the Chancellor.
WEIGEL T R U S T
T h e Oscar Weigel Charitable Trust was founded by the appropriation by the late Joanna Wilhelmine Weigel in her Will of a sum of £20,000 ($40,000). T h e Will provides that the income of the Trust "shall be devoted to providing exhibitions to be called the 'Oscar Weigel Exhibitions' and awarded to young men desirous of being thoroughly instructed in any branch or branches of Engineering Science and the practice t h e r e o f . T h e Exhibitions shall be open for award to male candidates who are qualified to enter the second or a later year of a Bachelor's degree course in Engineering, or to male applicants who have been accepted as candidates for a Master's degree in Engineering or Engineering Science. N o Exhibitions shall be awarded in the first instance to any person who is at the date of award under the age of seventeen years or over the age of twenty-five years or is not an Australian or a British subject ordinarily resident in Australia.
T h e value of each Exhibition shall be as determined by T h e Union-Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia Limited on the recommendation of the Selection Committee, and shall in no case exceed $400 per annum. An Exhibitioner may be allowed to hold the Exhibition in conjunction with other awards, but the Selection Committee may, if it thinks fit, take into account such other awards when recommending the Exhi- bition. No person shall receive any benefits under the T r u s t for a total period of more than five years. T h e conduct and progress of each Exhibitor shall be reviewed annually
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by the Selection Committee. If any Exhibitioner's conduct or progress shall at any time be, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, unsatisfactory, his Exhibition shall terminate forthwith.
Each Exhibitioner shall pursue an Engineering degree course and shall devote the proceeds of his Exhibition to the costs of his tuition and maintenance while taking the course. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Clause, but subject to the approval of T h e Union-Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia Limited, an Exhibitioner may be allowed to use his Exhibition to assist him in study in Engineering in any other institution, or in an approved programme of research, whether such study or research is undertaken within or beyond Australia.
WHITE SCHOLARSHIPS
T h e Union-Fidelity Trustee Company of Australia Ltd., acting for the trustees of the will of Mrs. A. M. White, offers annually scholarships of not more than $200 each to students of the University engaged in research into diseases in sheep or other vet- erinary or agricultural subjects.
Applications for the scholarships must be made not later than 20th January. T h e y should be addressed to the General Manager of T h e Union-Fidelity Trustee Company, care of the Registrar of the University. As it is understood that the terms of the will require trustees to make awards only to Protestant students, the applicant should state, in addition to his or her academic record and plan of research his or her religious denomination.
WRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP See Harold Wright Scholarship.
