All Honours students should consider their potential and options for continuing into some form of research study. The Honours year can be seen against a number of backgrounds: employment advantages over 3 year degrees, ability to gather additional course material, even as a procrastination over career choices! But the original purpose of the Honours year is to provide training for students who wish to continue on to post graduate study. This is still one of the main objectives of the degree, and an understanding of this will doubtless help you to make sense of much of the course work you do get. If you are interested in postgraduate study, make your interests and desires known to your lecturers and project supervisor. They will be only to happy to help you gain additional insights and perspectives on what is to them a fascinating field of study. After all, it is what gives most of the academics a reason for living! Not only will they enjoy your interest, but you may find it gives you the additional impetus to do well in what may be your final year of formal examinations. Good luck in those examinations!
Scholarships are available to support you. They start at $14,961 per annum, and can be supplemented to higher figures in particular circumstances. There are a number of different types of scholarship, the main ones (roughly in order of prestige and amount) being:
The closing date for scholarship applications is 31 Oct. Unsuccessful applicants are NOT notified, and this can lead to problems. Students applying for scholarships are urged to keep in touch with the Postgraduate Coordinator (A/Prof. Kim Marriott), as there are a number of options available to those who miss out on the very competitive APA and MGS awards. Competition for all scholarships is fierce. Last year, only students with an H1 grade for Honours were successful in obtaining scholarships. This varies from year to year.
Further announcements about Postgraduate Study will be made later in the year. Also see the Postgraduate Handbook on the departmental WWW entry.