2025 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank TAFE Scholarship for Regional and Rural Students
Bendigo Bank
The 2025 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank TAFE Scholarship for Regional and Rural Students aims to assist community minded leaders, taking their next step in their education journey, with a passion for their regional area, who have been offered a place at an Australian TAFE Institute to study for the first time in 2025 and are experiencing challenging circumstances. The Scholarship program supports the following study related expenses – accommodation costs, course costs (excluding HELP), study-related materials/equipment, textbooks, tutoring and /or education related travel (within Australia).
Eligibility
Key general qualification criteria: You are an Australian citizen or permanent resident. You are from a regional, rural or remote area. You can demonstrate leadership both within, and outside, your school community. You can demonstrate the challenging circumstances (financial &/or social) hindering your ability to undertake further study; and You are a motivated student who can demonstrate community involvement. For study at TAFE (in courses other than undergraduate bachelor’s degree) - Qualification criteria: You will be a first time TAFE student, studying on a full-time or part-time basis. You have been offered a place to commence study in 2025 at an approved Australian TAFE institute campus in an eligible Australian course* (listed below).You can be studying on campus and/or off campus (including online).You must have left secondary school (having completed Year 10 as a minimum).You must be aged 16 to 25 as at 31 January 2025 – Students under the age of 18 years will require parental/guardian consent to accept this scholarship.* Eligible courses include: Full-time or competency-based completion (Apprenticeships),Certificate I, II, III or IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate degree Course must be of at least 10 weeks’ duration for full-time study or the part time equivalent. Courses ineligible for this scholarship include VETiS, Foundation level training and short courses.
| Amount | $5,000 The scholarship award value $5,000 per year for 2 years for each successful recipient, subject to the criteria set out above and satisfactory academic performance. |
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| Closing date | 31st January 2025 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Duration | years |
| For Australian students | |
| For international students | |
| Age | 16 - 25 |
| Level of study | Undergraduate / VET |
