Glasgow McDowall Rural Bursary

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Glasgow McDowall Rural Bursary

This bursary is provided by the McDowall family for the benefit of a regional, rural or remote Australian student entering Year 10 and is offered for a 3 year period from Year 10 until Year 12.

It is designed to support such students to access a far greater selection of subjects and extra-curricular activities through assisting with the additional costs incurred in completing senior schooling.

The bursary provision is $12 000 per annum for Year 10, 11 and 12.

Who is eligible?

Eligible applicants will enter Year 10 or Year 11 in the year following the ACER Scholarship exam (held in late February).

Potential recipients will be students who:

live in a regional, rural or remote area of Australia and do not have easy access to a local school which provides education for senior school.
need to board away from home in order to access a high quality secondary education.
wish to continue their education after completing their secondary education and demonstrate the ability to do so.
commit to wholehearted engagement in College life and respectful adherence to College expectations.

Application Process

All applicants are required to register for the ACER Scholarship Exam.

Registrations for the 2025 Bursary close midnight AEDST Sunday 4 February 2024.

Applicants must provide the following supporting documents to our Head of Enrolments, Mrs Tina Hammond, directly:

Most recent two school reports
Year 9 Naplan results
A two page summary of achievements/interests and a paragraph describing their educational/future goals
Two references (at least one from their current school, as well as an external organisation of which they are a member).

2. Applicants must complete the online registration for ACER via . Scholarship applications for entry in 2025 close midnight AEDST Sunday 4 February 2024. The cost of the ACER Scholarship Test is $130 per student.

3. Students sit a scholarship exam held at �鶹��ƵCollege on Saturday 24 February 2024.

4. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by the Principal and Head of Senior School.

5. The successful application will receive a letter of offer. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application.

Glasgow McDowall Bursary applicants are asked to contact our Head of Enrolments, Mrs Tina Hammond, directly.

Head of Enrolment

Mrs Tina Hammond

T 07 4688 4635

E Tina.Hammond@fairholme.qld.edu.aus

Glasgow McDowall Bursary Background

Deborah McDowall established a bursary fund for a rural/regional student to assist in reducing costs for the recipient’s senior schooling. This may be a bursary for three years (Years 10 – 12) or two years, (Year 11 and 12).

In the first instance, from 2025, this bursary will be offered for a 2- or 3-year period for a student, before another student is offered the opportunity. It is intended into the future (time unspecified) that each year there will be a Glasgow McDowall Bursary recipient at �鶹��ƵCollege.

Deborah McDowall is the great great granddaughter of Mrs Margaret Cameron, who lived at the �鶹��Ƶsite and sold her home to the Presbyterian Church in 1917 with the express requirement that it become a school for girls. This was Mrs Cameron’s passion: good education for girls.

Deborah is a Queenslander who spent the first five years of her schooling through correspondence, became a weekly boarder at age ten and later, as a full-time boarding student in NSW. Later, she attended university and undertook and completed a Bachelor of Science. She understands the tyranny of distance and the way in which this can impact educational opportunity and hence future opportunities.

Deborah is very keen for a student from a rural or regional background who cannot continue her schooling in her home area, due to distance, offerings, or lack of a senior campus, to be considered for this bursary. Additionally, the recipient would be aspirational – able to articulate her intentions for study or work after school and have supporting evidence that indicates the likelihood of this.

Deborah has a great niece currently boarding at Fairholme, a niece who was a boarder, and other great nieces who have attended as boarders. There is a strong attachment to Fairholme, but of greater motivation is Deborah’s interest in providing a future for girls into the future, through a rich educational experience and the ensuing opportunities.