Ernest and Evelyn Havill Shacklock Scholarships * [F8047, F8165]

An asterisk (*) indicates that this scholarship is governed by conditions. See also general conditions.

The late Mr Ernest Shacklock having left to the University his residuary estate for the establishment of a fund to support three postgraduate scholarships, one in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, one in the Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences, and one in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics for the then Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, a fund is established for the purpose and the scholarships are awarded in accordance with the following conditions.

1. The scholarships are called the Ernest and Evelyn Havill Shacklock Scholarships.

2. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to finance the scholarships, one-third being apportioned to each of the faculties concerned for the purpose.

3. The object of the scholarships is to enable and to encourage students to pursue postgraduate studies in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences and School of Civil and Resource Engineering at this University.

4.(1) The scholarships are supplementary scholarships to be held concurrently with a primary scholarship.

(2) The scholarships must not be held concurrently with another of the faculty's named supplementary scholarship but may be held with an ad hoc supplementary scholarship.

5. The scholarships are open to graduates of this University or of other recognised universities who hold an Australian Postgraduate Award, University Postgraduate Award or equivalent postgraduate research award as their primary scholarship.

6.(1) Subject to (2)—

(a) the scholarships in the Faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Life and Physical Sciences are awarded by the Scholarships Committee to the student from each of the faculties concerned who, of those eligible in terms of condition 5 and of the conditions of their primary scholarship, is ranked highest in the end-of-year competition for awards;

(b) the scholarship in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics is awarded by the Faculty to the student from the School of Civil and Resource Engineering who, of those eligible in terms of condition 5 and of the conditions of their primary scholarship, is ranked highest by the Faculty in the end-of-year competition for awards.

(2) If the highest-ranked student in the faculties or school concerned is ineligible for the scholarship, or rejects the offer of the scholarship, the scholarship is awarded to the next highest ranked student from that faculty or school.

7.(1) A scholarship is tenable for a period of up to two years for a master's degree and up to three years for a PhD.

(2) Continuation of a scholarship into a second or third year depends upon the Scholarships Committee being satisfied that satisfactory progress has been made.

8.(1) Subject to (2)—

(a) the number of scholarships to be awarded in the Faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Life and Physical Sciences and their value in each year are determined by the Scholarships Committee having regard to the recommendation of the deans concerned and to the income available.

(b) the number of scholarships to be awarded in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics and their value in each year are determined by the Faculty subject to the income available.

(2) The value of the scholarship is not less than $5000.