$10,000 Hospitality Scholarships available

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$10,000 Merit and Equity Scholarship Now Available for Hospitality Students

Eligible Courses

About the Program

Victoria’s food and beverage industry showcases and is known for world-class food and drinks to local and global audiences. The Victorian TAFE Hospitality Scholarships program was introduced to address shortages of skilled labour in the Victorian hospitality industry in both regional and metropolitan Victoria and to support new talent with career opportunities.

    Overview

    • The value of the scholarship is $10,000 per successful applicant.
      Timing of scholarship payment instalments:
      • $3,300 following course commencement, after the course census date/or within 11 weeks of course commencement and satisfactory (80%) attendance
      • $3,300 at approximately mid-way point in their course
      • $3,400 upon course completion, statement of attainment and a post-course survey completed

    When will applications open?

    You can apply for the Hospitality Scholarship Program twice a year: 
    Scholarships awarded for semester 1
    • Open between November and January
    Scholarships awarded for semester 2
    • Open between May and June.

    What is the eligibility criteria?

    To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you must meet the application criteria:
    1. Have an intention to enrol and complete the eligible course
    2. Demonstrate ambition and willingness to work or have worked in the hospitality sector
    3. Have not previously received a Victorian TAFE Hospitality Scholarship
    4. Are an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia or hold a permanent Humanitarian visa and have the legal right to work in Australia.
    5. Provide a written statement (no longer than 400 words) about why they want to work in the hospitality industry and what they hope to achieve through the scholarship program.

    How to Apply 

    Scholarships offered may be awarded based on merit or equity considerations.

    Merit -  Demonstrated academic excellence via results achieved during previous studies and/or hospitality workplace employee excellence over a significant period of time as indicated by the following:
    1. Demonstrated academic excellence via results achieved during previous and current studies (ATAR, Year10/11 or VETis results, other TAFE study results)
    2. Demonstrated hospitality workplace excellence, recommendation from employer (no longer than 200 words) outlining how you excel in the Hospitality workplace environment and how the proposed training would benefit the candidate in the workplace.

    What will the scholarship cover?

    • The scholarship is an incentive to support students to undertake and complete their eligible courses and work in the industry in response to the acute shortage of skills in the hospitality sector in Victoria.
    • The funding may assist with living expenses, training costs, ancillary or equipment needs, course fees or related expenses, career change or used as financial support while studying or undertaking placements to succeed in their careers while providing a much-needed workforce boost for the hospitality sector.

    Equity – Demonstrated financial and/or educational disadvantage as evidenced by the following:
    1. As disadvantaged financial background
    2. Are from or intending to move from or to a rural or regional area
    3. Are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander
    4. Have a disability, long term medical illness or mental health condition
    5. Experiencing difficult circumstance.
    Evidence may include Centrelink documentation, bank statements, wages slips, letter from case worker/medical practitioner or other documentation as relevant to the equity consideration.

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    Study what you love with the support of the Victorian TAFE Network Hospitality Program Scholarship.