The Rhodes Scholarships: information for Victorian applicants
The Rhodes Trust offers 9 Rhodes Scholarships in Australia each year, one for each state and three for Australia at large.
A Rhodes Scholarship is tenable at the University of Oxford. All fees are paid by the Trust direct to the college. In addition, a Rhodes Scholar receives a personal stipend and assistance with travelling expenses to the United Kingdom.
- Victorian Rhodes Scholar 2008 - John Federson (Melbourne, BCom, BSc, Dip Lang)
- Australia at Large Scholar 2008 - Kate Robson (Melb, BA, Dip Music, MBBS)
Applications for the Victorian Rhodes Scholarship are invited from those who have passed their 18th. birthday but not reached their 25th birthday by 1 October in the year of application.
After applications have been received, the Selection Committee members will review each application. The Committee will meet in mid October, to prepare a short list of 8-10 candidates to be interviewed. Candidates must be available for all interviews on the given dates. Final interviews will be held in November. At the end of the interview process, the Committee will select the Victorian Rhodes Scholar and, if one or two runners-up are thought to be of sufficient merit, they will be nominated to go to Canberra to be interviewed by the Australia at Large Committee. The Canberra selections will be held in December, 2008.
The Selection Committee is chaired by His Excellency, the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser. There are six other members, each of whom holds office for four years. Members are: Mr B Rimmer (Deputy Chair) Ms C Vinot, Ms D Nicholson, Ms P Faulkner, Mr S McKeon and Mr T Orton.
Closing date for 2009 Scholarships for Victoria:
5.00 p.m. on Monday 1 September 2008.
5.00 p.m. on Monday 1 September 2008.
Before you submit your application....
Consider the qualifications and eligibility information carefully.
Competition for the scholarships in Victoria as in other states, is extremely keen and candidates are of a very high standard as admission to Oxford is extremely competitive. In assessing your qualifications, you need to be totally honest with yourself. Do you meet most of the criteria for selection?
Candidates from Monash University can contact Associate Professor Ann Nicholson , Clayton School of IT, Monash University, Clayton Vic 3800 (Telephone: 03 9905 5211) for advice regarding the Rhodes Scholarship. Candidates from LaTrobe University can contact Professor John Liesegang, School of Physics, La Trobe University (Telephone: 03 9479 2620) .
Application forms will be available in June 2008 and contain the full conditions of eligibility. Forms are available from the University of Melbourne Information Centre on Swanston Street (opposite Tram Stop 10), Melbourne Scholarships Office, Level 3, John Smyth Building, Swanston Street or from the Victorian Honorary Secretary's Office, at the address given below (see Melbourne University map for locations)
Completion of Application Forms and attachments
Please follow the instructions carefully for the preparation and submission of an application to the Victorian Rhodes Scholarship Committee.
Please Note: The Office of the Hon. Sec. Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for Victoria will request Referee's Reports for short listed applicants only. Should you require further information, are delivering your application
personally or sending it by certified mail, the address is: Professor James A Angus Tel: (03) 8344-5894
Honorary Secretary
Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for Victoria
Office of the Dean, Medical Sciences Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010