Scholarships

Whether you are an undergraduate, postgraduate coursework student or a postgraduate researcher, we have an array of scholarships that could be right for you.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships/
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Why suspending housing evictions will defend against COVID-19

University of Sydney researchers believe the COVID-19 pandemic is a double crisis affecting public health and the economy with both aspects playing out in our housing system.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/03/26/covid19-why-suspending-housing-evictions-will-defend-us.html
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Cost of living deters disadvantaged students

If the system were tweaked to free up more resources that could potentially be spent on scholarship schemes, the cost-of-living relief provided to low-SES students would be greatly
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/02/08/cost-of-living-deters-disadvantaged-students.html
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Indigenous students need support in the Covid crisis

These funds could be targeted for use in additional scholarship support and support for addressing issues of connectivity.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/07/14/indigenous-students-need-support-in-the-covid-crisis.html
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Xi Jinping's global cyber vision

much scholarship, in fact, the forward-thinking nature of the Chinese model is increasingly regarded as "very superb" and "many countries admire it." As uncomfortable as such statements may make us
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/01/22/xi-jinping-s-global-cyber-vision.html
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How a teacher from the Torres Strait is driving social change

After I returned to Australia, I applied for a scholarship at Griffith University to look at how the Aboriginal community-controlled health services worked with government and communities.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/02/how-a-teacher-from-the-torres-strait-is-driving-social-change.html
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Scientists should take a leaf out of wellness bloggers' books

Scientists should take a leaf out of wellness bloggers' books. 14 August 2015. How can we distinguish credible wellness information from unfounded pseudoscience? And why is it that wellness gurus are often taken more seriously than scientists?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/08/14/scientists-should-take-a-leaf-out-of-wellness-bloggers--books.html
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If lawful firearm owners cause most gun deaths, what can we do?

If lawful firearm owners cause most gun deaths, what can we do? 7 October 2015. By accepting the common mantra that law-abiding, licensed firearm owners are not the problem, many have chased popular fears such as mental illness and violent video
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/10/07/if-lawful-firearm-owners-cause-most-gun-deaths--what-can-we-do-1.html
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Why I’m angry about the city I love

Dr Elizabeth Farrelly explains how planning might navigate the post-truth political landscape at the University of Sydney Festival of Urbanism iv.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/08/02/why-i_m-angry-about-the-city-i-love.html
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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women influencing Sydney staff

It was through Aunty Barbara that my ‘oh-so-Western’ approach to scholarship was transformed by her poetry, a poetry that centralised Indigenous Knowledges as a way of being.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/07/09/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women-influencing-staff.html
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Citizens of the World

Citizens of the world. 9 September 2015. The shameless behaviour of governments extends well beyond the front lines from where desperate refugees are fleeing for their lives, writes Professor John Keane. The number of Syrian citizens so far been
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/09/09/citizens-of-the-world.html