Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Teacher Education Scholarship (Wenona) has been established to offer students a unique opportunity to work at a leading Independent School within the Greater Sydney area.
The scholarship will be awarded to a student with an excellent academic record who will contribute to the curricular and co-curricular life of this School.
Benefits
This scholarship is valued at $12,000 per annum for full-time bachelor's degree recipient and is tenable for up to one year.
This scholarship is valued at $9,000 per annum for full-time master's degree recipient and is tenable for up to nine months.
Eligibility
You must:
- be currently enrolled to study full-time within the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney in the final year of one of the following degrees:
- Master of Teaching (Primary)
- Master of Teaching (Secondary)
- Master of Teaching (Health and Physical Education)
- Bachelor of Education (Primary)
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education)
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education: Mathematics) and Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education: Science) and Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary: Humanities and Social Sciences) and Bachelor of Arts
- be studying primary education and/or secondary education
- have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75 across the past two years of study
- spend one day a week at the School for School Terms 1, 2, 3 and 4 (except during the unpaid internship/placements)
- undertake an unpaid internship at the School during School Term 4 or, in the case of the B.Ed Secondary and B.Ed/BAS Secondary, unpaid placements in Term 1, 2 and 4,
- spend one day a week at the School for School Terms 1 and 2 (Masters degree only)
- undertake an unpaid internship at the School during School Term 3 (Masters degree only)
- participate in academic, pastoral and co-curricular activities
- receive guidance from a mentor teacher.