Destination Australia Scholarships Domestic

Destination Australia Scholarships for Domestic Students

2024 Applications now open

Destination Australia scholarships are an Australian Government initiative to attract and support Australian students to study in regional Australia at quality tertiary education providers.

Sunraysia Institute of TAFE has five prestigious Destination Australia scholarships, valued at $7,500 per semester, to award to domestic students commencing eligible full-time Certificate IV or Diploma level qualifications at our Mildura and Swan Hill Campuses. There are 3 x 2 year course duration scholarships and 2 x 1 year course duration scholarship available in 2024.

To be eligible for one of SuniTAFE’s Destination Australia scholarships you must:
•   Be an Australian citizen or
o Permanent resident of Australia
o   Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder
o   New Zealand Citizen resident in Australia
•   Be deemed suitable for enrolment into your proposed course and offered a place in the course
• Commence a new full time, classroom based Certificate IV or Diploma qualification
in 2024 at SuniTAFE
• Live in the Swan Hill or Mildura regional area for the duration of the course/scholarship.

Students who have already commenced the course prior to 2024 or are resuming studies in the same course after a break or are completing a new course that is at the same or lower level than previously studies are not eligible.

Destination Australia – an Australian Government initiative.

ELIGIBLE COURSES

2024 Destination Australia Scholarships for domestic students are aligned to the National Skills Priority List. Possible study areas are:

Nursing
Community Services
Early Childhood Education and Care
Beauty Therapy
Information Technology
Mental Health

SELECTION CRITERIA

Applications will be assessed against the personal statement and shortlisted applicants will be interviewed. Scholarships will be prioritised for students from under-representated groups including:

Low socio-economic background
Students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin
Students living with a disability
Students who are first in family to undertake tertiary studies
Students from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Family violence survivors

All applicants will be required to support their application through the provision of evidence to demonstrate their personal situation.

ACCEPTING THE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS

In order to accept and take up the Destination Australia Scholarship, successful applicants must:

Finalise their enrolment via payment of required course tuition and material fees.
Complete and return the Scholarship Acceptance Agreement and required scholarship forms.
Commence studies at SuniTAFE on the nominated start date and maintain an active enrolled status in the course of study for the duration of the scholarship. The scholarship may be cancelled if the enrolment status becomes inactive.
Be,living in a regional area for the duration of their course.

CONDITIONS

Destination Australia Scholarships cannot be deferred, and if the successful applicant does not finalise their enrolment within three weeks of the scholarship offer being made, the offer will be withdrawn.
If the scholarship holder transfers to a new course, the scholarship cannot be transferred, and ceases with no further fuding provided.
If the scholarship holder withdraws from their course, or fails to continue to meet the eligibility requirements of the scholarship, the scholarship will cease and the scholarship holder will not receive any further funding support.

DISBURSEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

Scholarship funds will be transferred directly via electronic funds to the scholarship holder’s Australian bank account in six montly instalments after the first payment is made.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION AND AWARDING TIMELINE

Destination Australia Applications for 2024 are now open, click here to apply via the online form.

Submit your scholarship application by Sunday 3 March 2024 for studies comemncing in Semester 1.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview.

For more information about the Destination Australia scholarships available for domestic students at SuniTAFE or support in preparing an application, please contact the Skills & Jobs Centre by email skillsandjobs@sunitafe.edu.au or phone 1300 478 648.

Tayla Dedini, Diploma of Nursing, Swan Hill Campus

“The Destination Australia Scholarship has given me the opportunity to relocate for my studies to an outstanding rural campus, it has also ensured that I am able to purchase all of the resources needed to achieve my best results using my full potential. Studying at SuniTAFE in Swan Hill with a Destination Australia Scholarship allows me to be in a small class group that I have developed close friendships and feel comfortable in. It also allows for more one on one learning with teachers so that I can perform skills to the best of my abilities with confidence.”

Blake Windler, Diploma of Nursing, Mildura Campus

“The Destination Australia Scholarship has enabled me to achieve my ambition of becoming a Student Enrolled Nurse which in result, will lead to my first steps in pursuing my passion in paramedicine. Studying at SuniTAFE in Mildura with a Destination Australia Scholarship has given me and many other students the opportunity to further our education, the chance to stabilise our surroundings, and the ability to open doors to new horizons, which could not be dreamt possible six months ago.”