McConachie Stedman Accounting Scholarship

USQ in 2012 will offer one McConachie Stedman Accounting Scholarship to an undergraduate student continuing full-time on-campus study at USQ Toowoomba Campus. The Scholarship is awarded in the first Semester to a student pursuing either a Commerce and Business degree with an Accounting major or combined study in Commerce and Information Technology with an Accounting major.

McConachie Stedman was founded by John F. McConachie in Toowoomba in 1948, and they are taxation and business advisers to a large range of clients across all fields of commerce. Their highly computerised practice operates from the central business district of Toowoomba although offices are maintained at St. George and Crow’s Nest on a regular basis. They offer the entire range of business services from taxation, audit and management through to financial planning, lending and insurance services. Consequently the successful candidate will have exposure to a wide range of experience.

Scholarship value

The student who is awarded the Scholarship will receive a maximum value of $5,000 for the year. This will be paid in a stipend of $2,500 per semester for two semesters, beginning in Semester One after the census date. In addition, the successful applicant may be offered professional work experience of 10 days for the year as mutually arranged. This allows the student to gain invaluable real work experience within an established accounting firm.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

be citizens of Australia or have permanent resident status
be pursuing a full-time bachelor degree on-campus in the areas of Commerce and/or Business in their third year of study, in the areas of Accounting, Commerce and/or IT in 2012.

Conditions

The duration of the Scholarship is for one year;
Applications must be received by the closing date and in writing on the USQ application form provided.
Scholarships recipients may be asked to participate, for not more than 20 hours, in the year of receipt of their scholarship, in assisting to promote USQ as required.
Recipients may be asked to participate in focus group research.
Scholarships are not transferable to other students in any circumstances.
The Scholarship will be forfeited if, during the Scholarship period, the recipient:

changes their mode of study from on-campus to external or full-time to part-time study, unless exceptional circumstances prevent full-time study
defers their program of study
withdraws from study at USQ
changes their program outside of outside of Bachelor degrees of Commerce and/or Business in the areas of Accounting, Commerce and/or IT
fails to maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 5.0.

Maximum of six (6) short-listed applicants.
One Scholarship will be awarded each year to the applicants deemed most deserving by the Scholarship selection panel. The decision of the panel is final.
McConachie Stedman and USQ reserve the right to not award the Scholarship in a given year.
Scholarship recipients may be asked to participate in work experience as mutually agreed upon between McConachie Stedman and the Scholarship recipient within the year of the Scholarship.

Payment

The Scholarship will be paid directly to the recipient in a nominated bank account, by electronic funds transfer (EFT) as a stipend of $2,500 per semester after the Census date (the last date to drop courses for each semester).
Payment of the second instalment will be subject to satisfactory progress in the recipient’s study program. In this case, recipients may be required to show cause for why the scholarship should not be cancelled.

Selection Criteria

Applicants must:

meet the eligibility requirements as outlined above
submit a personal statement detailing:

a history of involvement with their local community in any social, sporting, educational, work based, charitable, extracurricular context
how the Scholarship will assist them to achieve their future career plans

have a strong intellectual ability witnessed by a high Grade Point Average.

Applications

To apply for this Scholarship you must forward a completed USQ Continuing Students Scholarship Application Form (PDF* 83KB) and forward it to:

Private and Confidential
Scholarship Officer
Student Services
University of Southern Queensland
West Street
Toowoomba Qld 4350

Applicants may be required for an interview and are asked to maintain up-to-date USQ Personal Details via UConnect. Successful applicants will be advised by mail.

Closing date

To be considered for a Scholarship commencing Semester 1, 2012, applications must be received by 5.00pm Friday 28 October, 2011.

Further information

Faculty of Business
telephone: +61 7 4631 1177
email: studybus@usq.edu.au

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