JG & C Seddon Scholarship for Women

Scholarship Type:  High Potential
Scholarship Group:  B

Value

• $7,500 per year for duration of degree*
  _{*full-time, or part-time equivalent}

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

Citizenship:

• Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or eligible New Zealand Citizen**
  _{** Eligible New Zealand Citizen includes students who meet the criteria for HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP. Further details available here: Changes to fees for New Zealand Citizens | Western Sydney University}

Enrolment:

• new or continuing student

Program/s:

• any undergraduate STEM-related or Education degree

Additional:

• identify as female

JG & C Seddon

Norah Seddon is a Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Sydney office. She has over 20 years of experience in providing Australian and international taxation advice to individuals and corporations. She went to school at Westmead, grew up in the Hills district and commenced work with Coopers & Lybrand at Parramatta so has a clear understanding of Sydney's western suburbs. While studying for a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting at Western Sydney University she won the CPA Award for First Year Accounting.

In 2016, she was introduced to the Western Sydney University scholarship program by another partner at PwC. Her response was immediate and supportive: 'As a Western Sydney University alumna and the first in my family to go to university, I'd like to support a scholarship'.

Norah has chosen to include her parents in the naming and criteria for the scholarship. Her parents inspired her family of four girls to believe that women can succeed in mathematics and science and her sister, a maths teacher, has shared with her the urgent need for more maths teachers.

The JG & C Seddon Scholarship for Women is available to women studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, and/or education at Western Sydney University.

Application and Selection Process

Applicants must provide a statement supporting their application indicating how they believe receiving the scholarship will assist them with their studies and future careers. This statement should give a sufficient explanation of the applicant's background and current circumstances to enable the University to judge their eligibility, need and merit.

Successful applicants will be selected based on their written application, academic potential, ability to meet the criteria, and, where appropriate, performance in an interview before a selection panel.

Further information and how to apply can be found on our High Potential Scholarship page.

Continuing Eligibility Criteria

• Recipients must remain enrolled at Western.
• Recipients must maintain a minimum GPA of 4.