{"id":252252,"date":"2020-02-05T20:25:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T10:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=252252"},"modified":"2020-07-13T10:40:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T00:40:44","slug":"applications-open-for-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/05\/applications-open-for-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Open For Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_252275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252275\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1922kingaroy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252275\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1922kingaroy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1922kingaroy.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1922kingaroy-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingaroy Street in 1922, a year before Dr Ellen Mary Kent Hughes became a local councillor<br \/>(Photo: Qld State Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 5, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications have opened for one of the South Burnett\u2019s most sought after annual tertiary scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>The Dr Ellen Mary Kent Hughes Memorial Scholarship provides a maximum $5000 grant to a South Burnett woman who is intending to begin tertiary study in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The bursary is co-ordinated each year by a local not-for-profit organisation, South Burnett Women, with the aim of creating opportunities for women in the local region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156642\" style=\"width: 111px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ellenmarykenthughes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156642\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ellenmarykenthughes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Ellen Mary Kent Hughes, MBE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was established in 2016 in honour of the achievements of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adb.anu.edu.au\/biography\/kent-hughes-ellen-mary-10722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Ellen Kent Mary Hughes<\/a><\/strong> who became Queensland&#8217;s first female councillor when she was elected to the Kingaroy Shire Council in 1923.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kent Hughes (1893-1979) also worked as a medical practitioner, was made honorary paediatrician at the Armidale and New England Hospital and served as a government medical officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications for the scholarship close\u00a0on February\u00a028, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants will be interviewed on\u00a0March 5.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 scholarship is being offered in partnership with the R<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ed Earth Community Foundation and with financial support from\u00a0AGL Coopers Gap Wind Farm Community Fund, Bega Cheese and Dr Mark Radford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr Radford, the executive director of the\u00a0South Bank Day Hospital which operates the Lady Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital in Kingaroy, has a direct link to Dr Kent Hughes &#8230; she was his great-aunt.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 scholarship winner was former Kingaroy State High School student\u00a0Meghann Plant who is studying biomedical science at the University of Queensland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>External links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xp07AWnPpNPbY-v-ooRuBP6aMq-nkslSEclXfB14t5g\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the Application Form<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southburnettwomen.org.au\/our-projects\/scholarships\/\">South Burnett Women scholarship<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>To be eligible applicants must be:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Australian Citizen or have permanent resident status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A usual resident of the South Burnett as defined by the local government boundaries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Female<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Enrolled at a tertiary education institution by January 31, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to demonstrate academic or employment credentials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to demonstrate previous recent community contribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to demonstrate financial merits ie why you need the scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Selection Criteria<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Applicants will:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit a personal statement outlining\u00a0a description of their career aims and goals,\u00a0how the scholarship will assist them to achieve their future career plans,\u00a0their personal financial circumstances to establish financial merits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide evidence of sound or higher academic achievement eg. high school report card or post-secondary academic history, as applicable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For mature applicants, provide evidence of employment or academic achievement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate a history of involvement within their school, extracurricular activities or within their local community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a personal written reference from a teacher or community leader supporting the merit of the applicant with reference to the criteria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate a commitment to social justice principles and\/or bringing people from diverse backgrounds together; or leadership and communication skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Attach their curriculum vitae<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Attach proof of residence within the South Burnett region as defined by the local government boundaries by providing a copy of one of the following: drivers licence, Electoral Commission notice; telephone or electricity bills, correspondence from an organisation such as Centrelink or a financial institution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Be available for interview and attendance at the award ceremony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Red Earth Community Foundation and South Burnett Women have reserved the right to alter the conditions of the scholarship\/bursary based upon exceptional circumstances and to not award it in a given year should the applications not provide a suitable recipient<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>How To Apply<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Candidates should complete the Scholarship Application Form, a cover letter addressing the selection criteria and collate all relevant supporting documentation.<\/p>\n<p>Collate and scan all documents in order as one PDF file saved as your first initial and surname, ie. Mary Jones would be M Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Email the file to <strong><a href=\"mailto:southburnettwomen@gmail.com\">southburnettwomen@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications have opened for one of the South Burnett\u2019s most sought after annual tertiary scholarships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":252275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Applications Open For Scholarship - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Applications have opened for one of the South Burnett\u2019s most sought after annual tertiary scholarships.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/05\/applications-open-for-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Applications Open For Scholarship - 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