EligibilityDeadline Date: Closed
The scholarship is open to both domestic and international students for pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate courses in Australia. Students can pursue the following courses:
- Certificate 3 and 4, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate (Coursework or Research)
- Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma courses
Note: Students who have previously applied for this scholarship and have not been selected are encouraged to apply in the future application process.
Benefits
The winner will be awarded:
- Scholarship worth AUD 4000
- An additional grant of AUD 1000 donated to the institute/school/college/TAFE/university the student is enrolled in
How can you apply?
Follow the steps below to apply for the scholarship:
Step 1: Visit the web page here and read instructions to apply for the scholarship.
Step 2: Fill in personal information, answer the relevant questions, and upload files related to the scholarship topic.
Step 3: Submit the application.
Important Dates
- Applications open: 9 January 2019
- Applications close: 1 October 2019
- Winner will be announced: 1 November 2019
Selection Criteria
Applicants can answer the following questions in their video/text submission:
- Does student believe legal migration is “in excess of the capacities of their cities to absorb”?
- Australia’s cities were “overcrowded” including “gridlocked traffic in the mornings” and use of services like hospitals?
- Immigration is in excess of the capacities of the cities to absorb, both culturally or in terms of infrastructure?
- Increase in population growth has come from is the more temporary migration (international students and people on extended holidays) in Australia?
- Cutting migration would improve “stagnant wages, unaffordable housing and clogged infrastructure”?
- How do students look at it from an economical, social or immigration law perspective?
- Encourage international students to move to regional centres, which could ease population growth in Sydney and Melbourne
- Split the capitals in two or three to deal with a growing population.
Important documents
Terms and Conditions
- The scholarship applicants must be enrolled or have a pending application at the Curtin University.
- The topic for the scholarship is "Do you think Australia should reduce its intake of migrants? What should be Australia’s annual immigration target? (currently capped at 190,000)".
- There is no set format. The submission could be an essay, info-graphic, video, documentary, series of interviews, or any other form that can be published online.
- SeekVisa retains exclusive rights to the content and final form of all submissions, which may be published at our discretion.
Important Links
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