Flinders University 2025 The Andrew Thyne Reid Scholarship (Psychology and Social Work)

The Andrew Thyne Reid Scholarship has been established to encourage high-achieving pre-service Psychology and Social students to complete professional experience placements (PEPs) in rural and remote locations.

Well-being and mental health of rural and remote communities are critical, and placements in these communities are important to providing students with skills and knowledge to assist these communities.

It is recognized that students completing placements in rural or remote areas can incur significant expenses. This program will reduce the financial burden of PEPs and enable students to develop their skills and enjoy the experience of living in a rural or remote community.

Eligibility Criteria for Flinders University 2025 The Andrew Thyne Reid Scholarship (Psychology and Social Work)

An applicant must:

1. Be enrolled in a topic that has a continuous placement component of at least 4 weeks in either Psychology or Social Work; and
2. Have satisfied all the compliance requirements for placement eligibility; and
3. Be undertaking the placement in a rural venue as defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Areas 2-5, excluding Mount Barker; and
4. Be able to demonstrate financial hardship and/or anticipated financial disadvantage as a result of undertaking a rural or remote PEP; a statement detailing financial impact from undertaking the placement can be uploaded with the scholarship application. This could be a budget or description of additional costs incurred, such (but not limited to) accommodation costs of placement, travel costs, loss of income due to not being able to undertake paid work while on placement, clothing required for placement, additional child care costs, etc.
5. Be undertaking the placement in a location more than 90 minutes travel time from both the student’s semester and permanent home address.

Selection Process

Scholarships will be available within the two areas of Psychology or Social Work.

The scholarship will be assessed based on financial need and academic merit.

Students will be required to provide evidence of financial hardship and/or the financial disadvantage they expect to experience as a direct result of undertaking a rural or remote PEP.

Scholarship selection will be made at the discretion of the selection committee in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work and in accordance with procedures approved by the Director, Student Administration Services.

Benefits of Flinders University 2025 The Andrew Thyne Reid Scholarship (Psychology and Social Work)

The Program will support 10 students a year by providing a scholarship of $5,000 per recipient. This is intended to cover accommodation, travel, living expenses, and other expenses associated with the placement. It will also provide some compensation for the loss of income and/or the expenses to maintain a home base in Adelaide.

The scholarship will be paid prior to the commencement of the placement.

The Andrew Thyne Reid Scholarship Courses

Psychology

Social Work

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Flinders University on stuadmin.flinders.edu.au to apply

For more details, visit Flinders University Scholarship webpage

Application Deadline

June 6, 2025

Application Link(s)

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