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Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship
Scholarship details
| Study levels | Secondary Level |
|---|---|
| Value | Full tuition fees plus student services levies |
| Length | Up to three years of full-time undergraduate study in a degree programme. Annual renewal of the scholarship will be dependent on satisfactory progress as defined under 'Conditions'. |
| Occurrence | 3 years |
| Close date | Thursday, 30 June 2022 |
About the scholarship
The late Sir Woolf Fisher was a passionate supporter of education in New Zealand. In 1960 he founded the Woolf Fisher Trust for the advancement of scientific and general education in New Zealand through prestigious fellowships and scholarships. In funding scholarships and fellowships the Trust seeks to uphold the guiding principles and values of its founder: integrity, leadership, boldness of vision and exceptional zeal, keenness and capacity for work. The Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship was established in 2014 by the Woolf Fisher Trust to ‘break the cycle’ and encourage students from families with no history of degree level study and for whom university study is a challenge for family for financial and/or cultural reasons to enable them to participate in university education.
AUT University has a strong history of support and encouragement for students for whom university study is a challenge for family, financial and/or cultural reasons. The University's development of the AUT South Campus in Manukau symbolises this commitment. In particular the University is committed to promoting access for students who are the first in their family to attend university.
The Woolf Fisher Trust strongly supports this principle, and has partnered with the Auckland University of Technology Foundation to establish the Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship to ‘break the cycle’ and encourage students from families with no history of degree level study to participate in university education. Applicants must be the first in their family to study for a degree at a University.
How To Apply
Applicants will apply through the AUT Scholarships on-line portal which will be available for applications from November in the year preceeding application. The following documentation will need to be uploaded in the portal: • Certified copies of academic records to date. • A list of academic achievements, leadership positions, sporting and cultural involvement and community involvements; • A statement of their determination to succeed in their chosen course of study and to contribute to their community. Applicants will be asked to declare in their application: • Any current or past degree programme enrolments of their brothers and sisters. • Their willingness to act as a mentor to future first year Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholars.
Entry requirements
- Applicants for a Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship must be the first-in-family to seek to complete a degree. First-in-family normally means that neither of the applicant’s birth parents has successfully completed a degree level qualification.
- An applicant with brothers or sisters enrolled in, or with a degree, will be able to apply for a Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship, however, priority may be given to an applicant who is the first child in the family to enrol in a degree.
- Applicants must be able to demonstate financial hardship.
- Applicants must have university entrance or equivalent and meet the AUT programme entry requirements.
- Applicants must be New Zealand citizens and have attended a secondary school in New Zealand for at least two years prior to making an application.
- Preference will be given to applicants from South Auckland who can demonstrate a commitment to bringing about change in their community.