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Playford Trust Scholarships awarded for 2024
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Twenty-one University of Adelaide students have received scholarships from the Playford Memorial Trust.
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Westpac Scholars to fight disease and support veterans
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Four University of Adelaide students have been awarded 2024 Westpac Scholarships to help them in their quest to solve major challenges, including fighting superbugs and building more inclusive communities for veterans.
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Partnership delivers golden opportunity for students with disability
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Students living with disability will have a further incentive to study at the University of Adelaide when applications open for the Dylan Alcott Foundation (DAF) scholarship this week.
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Arts graduate awarded prestigious Hawker Scholarship Extension
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Recent Bachelor of Arts graduate, Oliver Douglas, will continue his studies at the University of Adelaide by pursuing his Honours in History, supported by the C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship Extension.
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2023 Playford Trust Scholarship recipients
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Twenty-nine University of Adelaide students have received scholarships from the Playford Memorial Trust.
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Scholarships boost mining, petroleum students
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Thirteen mining and petroleum students at the University of Adelaide have received Playford Trust scholarships in an initiative that recognises the growing demand in Australia for specialist engineers.
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Scholarships help agriculture students aim for the top
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Four University of Adelaide students have been announced as recipients of the 2022 Horizon Scholarship. The scholarships aim to develop the next generation of rural leaders.
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New fund launched to support Indigenous students
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The University of Adelaide will create further educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, following the launch of a new Indigenous Support Fund.
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$4.55 million gift to encourage students into STEM
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South Australian civil engineering company McMillan Constructions has given a $4.55 million gift to the University of Adelaide to help inspire and support students in financial need to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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New Colombo Plan scholars to benefit Indo-Pacific relations
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Five outstanding University of Adelaide students have been awarded New Colombo Plan scholarships, to help build long-term ties between Australia and the Indo-Pacific region.
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