Monash University Business & Economics handbook 1995

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Scholarships

Australian Paper Manufacturers Scholarship

The Australian Paper Manufacturers awards a scholarship of $1000 to full time students undertaking studies in the Bachelor of Business (Multidiscipline) degree. The scholarship is awarded to encourage and assist students to complete their course and to consider continuing into the honours year. It is awarded on the basis of academic merit to students in the first, second or third year of the course who proceed into a full-time year of study.

Bankers Trust Scholarship

This scholarship is available to students completing the third year of either the Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics degree, who intend to undertake the honours year within a specialisation taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics on the Clayton campus.

The scholarship is awarded to encourage and assist students to complete an honours specialisation in the field of economics, commerce or business. It is awarded on the basis of academic merit but the selection committee may also take into account other factors such as potential ability for investment banking industry. The value of the scholarship shall be $4000 for one year.

Candidates for the scholarship must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

Students who are invited to undertake fourth year honours receive an application to apply for the scholarship in the mail.

Coal Corporation of Victoria/Energy Brix Australia Scholarship

The Coal Corporation of Victoria awards a scholarship of $1000 to full-time students undertaking studies in the Bachelor of Business (Multidiscipline) degree. The scholarship is awarded to assist and encourage students to continue their studies and to consider continuing into the honours year. It is awarded on the basis of academic merit and is available to first, second and third- year students of the course who proceed into a full-time year of study.

Monash Syme Faculty Foundation

The Syme departments organise overseas study programs each year which are available to students enrolled in courses run by the Syme departments.

Students visit various parts of the world as part of formal course work. The tours involve visits to a multitude of companies, government agencies and other organisations exposing students to the world's best practices in the applied aspects of the academic disciplines under study.

The Monash Syme Faculty Foundation invites students of Syme Business to apply for scholarships to participate in these programs. Details of the scholarships and the terms and conditions relating to them are announced during the year. Last year, forty scholarships were offered to the value of $2500.

Students should contact their relevant departmental administrative officer for details of scholarships funded by the foundation and the selection criteria.

Monash University Price Waterhouse Accounting and Finance Honours Scholarship

This scholarship is offered every year by Price Waterhouse to encourage and assist students to pursue honours studies in accounting and/or finance. The scholarship totals $9000 - comprising $3000 awarded at third-year level and $6000 for the honours year.

To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be enrolled in the third year Bachelor of Commerce subjects which permit progress to the Bachelor of Commerce (honours) degree in accounting and/or finance. Candidates for the scholarship must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

Students are selected for interview for the scholarship based on their overall academic performance in the first two years of the Bachelor of Commerce course. The Department of Accounting and Finance will initially select the students. The winner of the scholarship will be chosen on the following criteria: overall academic achievement, personal motivation for completing the honours year and the ability to promote the honours year among fellow students.

Quantum International Scholarship in Transnational Business

This scholarship is open to Bachelor of Business (Marketing) students who are interested in transnational marketing. This includes the merging home shopping and infomercial industries. The emphasis of the scholarship is on helping students to develop an international perspective on the significance and opportunities associated with these industries.

The scholarship provides for a return airfare to London and a salary whilst the successful applicant is in a training position at Quantum International Ltd. The duration of the scholarship is open to negotiation but could be in the order of two to six months. In 1993, the scholarship was worth in the order of $40,000. The scholarship holder is given the opportunity to work with the chief executive and other senior personnel within Quantum International.

Sidwell Scholarship

At the end of each year the Syme Department of Marketing will nominate a short-list of outstanding second and/or final year Bachelor of Business (Marketing) students who intend to pursue a career in advertising.

These students will be interviewed by a scholarship selection committee comprising those associated with Bill Sidwell, members of the advertising industry, the head of the Syme Department of Marketing and the dean of the faculty.

The selection committee will consider documentation provided by the candidates and will invite them to explain how their career development could be accelerated and enhanced. Based on this information the committee will determine who should be supported and the manner of that support.

It is envisaged that financial support will be provided for initiatives such as attendance at an international advertising conference, secondment to a North American or Asian advertising agency or participation in an overseas marketing study tour.


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