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Scholarship details

Les Batkin Bursary
Study levels Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Value $2,000
Length 1 year
Occurrence 1 year
Open date Sunday, 23 January 2022
Close date Thursday, 10 March 2022

About the scholarship

This scholarship was established from a donation by Les Batkin of Tuakau.

This is an undergraduate or postgraduate scholarship. Your study will focus on poultry husbandry. You will be in your final year of your undergraduate degree, or you will want to or be studying a postgraduate degree or diploma.

When choosing our recipient, we will consider your academic achievements. This scholarship may not be granted each and every year.

Entry requirements

The Les Batkin Bursary shall be open to all students specialising in poultry husbandry and who are enrolled full-time for a postgraduate degree or postgraduate diploma or the final year of an appropriate undergraduate degree programme at Massey University. The award shall have a value determined each year from the interest earned on the capital.

2.The bursary shall be awarded annually as funds permit on the recommendation of the Applied Academic Programmes Scholarships Committee provided that applications are of sufficient academic merit. The award shall be based on the candidate's academic attainment.

3.In recommending the award of the bursary the Applied Academic Programmes Scholarships Committee shall take account of other scholarships and bursaries held with a view to achieving a reasonable distribution of monies among qualifying candidates.

4.Payment of the award shall be made in May.

5.At the discretion of the University all, or part, of the annual interest may be reinvested in order to maintain the value of the capital fund.

6.The Applied Academic Programmes Scholarships Committee may withdraw or suspend an award at any time if the recipient fails to make satisfactory progress.

7.Applications close on the 10 March in the year in which the award is to be made. Application forms (ASSC.3) can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. Completed applications are to be sent to Dr Kerry Harrington, [email protected]. Alternatively, hard copy applications can be delivered to Dr Kerry Harrington’s office AH 302.

All applications are acknowledged by email.