Academic Governance

Janet Cretan Elite Research Scholarship (Rule 125)

Janet Cretan is a respected member of the Tasmanian community, who has a long and involved history with the University of Tasmania and the broader community. Her father, the Late Professor Keith Isles CMG was Vice-Chancellor of the University for a decade from 1957 to 1967. Being the daughter of the Vice-Chancellor, and at a challenging time for the University, meant that the University was a significant part of Janet’s life, living on the University campus in Sandy Bay.
 
Janet studied at the University on two occasions. In 1959 she completed a Bachelor of Economics with Honours and returned some years later to complete a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Classics in 1988.
 
Janet has been a significant supporter of the University for most of her life and, along with her husband Nick Cretan, has generously agreed to endow a perpetual scholarship for a PhD student researching in the fields of philosophy and sociology.
 
The Academic Senate has agreed to establish a scholarship. These are the Rules of the scholarship.
 
Rules

1. An amount of $100,000 donated by Mrs Janet and Mr Nick Cretan to the University of Tasmania Foundation, together with a contribution of $50,000 provided by the University of Tasmania Foundation, along with any interest from time to time forms the endowment component of a scholarship to be called the "Janet Cretan Elite Research Scholarship". 
2. The University of Tasmania will contribute an annual non-endowed component towards the scholarship at the Australian Postgraduate Award rate, or the rate of any subsequent scholarship scheme of the Australian Government. 
3.  The scholarship is to be awarded to a UTAS PhD candidate in an area identified as a research strength in the disciplines of philosophy or sociology.
4. The scholarship will be awarded following nominations from the relevant disciplines and with endorsement from the Dean of the Faculty of Arts (or nominee), a member of the Cretan Family (while they wish to be involved) and the Dean of Graduate Research (or nominee). 
5. The scholarship is tenable for three years, with a possible six-month extension.
6. One scholarship will be offered at any time, with the scholarship being open to competition at any time it is not held by a PhD candidate.
7. The selection and performance criteria will be in accordance with the University of Tasmania’s eligibility requirements for admission to PhD under the Elite Research Scholarships Program. 
8. The University of Tasmania Foundation will set the annual value of the scholarship from time to time, in consultation with the Dean of Graduate Research, having regard to the income from the endowment and the annual contribution from the University of Tasmania.
    
    
   Made by Academic Senate on 24 September 2010
    
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   Chair of Academic Senate