Humanitarian Excellence Awards

The UWA Humanitarian Excellence Awards are a special category of the UWA Excellence Awards Program. Nominations are welcomed from all schools in Western Australia for students who arrived in Australia on a Humanitarian Visa (Refugee, Special Humanitarian or Onshore Protection Visa).

There is no limit to the number of Humanitarian Excellence Award nominations made by each school.

A total of six Humanitarian Excellence Awards will be offered in 2010, awarded on the basis of academic merit.

Eligibility

To be eligible for these awards a student must:
• have been nominated by their school;
• be completing year 12 or equivalent in 2009;
• meet the admission requirements for entry into UWA (WACE, competence in English and any prerequisite requirement for particular courses);
• achieve a TER (ATAR) (or equivalent) of at least 80.00;
• have applied through TISC for a place at UWA, nominating
a UWA course as their first preference for the first round of offers;
• have arrived in Australia on a Humanitarian Visa (Refugee, Special Humanitarian or Onshore Protection Visa); and
• be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia.

Value

• $500
• The guarantee of a place in the course of first preference prior to offers being made (exceptions apply to Music, Medicine and Dentistry - see 'additional information' below)

Application & Closing Date

CLOSING DATE: Friday 30th October 2009, 5pm AWST

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Because particular selection procedures apply for Medicine, Dentistry and Music, the offer of a guaranteed place does not apply to these courses. Eligible students who accept places in Medicine, Dentistry or Music will still receive the other benefits of this award. Eligible students who have nominated Medicine, Dentistry or Music as a first preference, but whose application is unsuccessful, will be guaranteed a place in the UWA course that they nominate as their next preference, and will still receive the other benefits of this award.

Humanitarian Excellence Award nomination form 

Please send completed application forms to:
The Prospective Students Officer, M353
35 Stirling Highway, CRAWLEY WA 6009