Academic Governance

Broadreach Holdings Pty Ltd, ACN 055649306, (‘the Donor’), is a successful Tasmanian civil construction company.  It has a strong desire to share the outcomes of its success and wants to encourage talented and deserving students to pursue study at the University of Tasmania, particularly in the science area.  The Donor wishes the scholarship to be awarded across the broad range of sciences.
The Donor has agreed to establish the scholarship for 4 years at an annual value of $3000 per year.
The Academic Senate of the University has agreed to the foundation of a scholarship in the terms declared in these rules.

Rules

1. The scholarship will be known as “The Broadreach Holdings Scholarship in Science.”
2. The scholarship is to be awarded to a student who is deserving of financial support and who is commencing a degree course at the University of Tasmania in science or a science related course.
3. The scholarship will be awarded by a selection committee comprising:  
   • the Chair of Academic Senate or nominee; 
   • the Academic Registrar or nominee; 
   • two nominees of the Donor, while it wishes to be involved;  and 
   • after the end of the involvement of the nominees at (c) above, the Manager of Student Services or nominee.
4. The selection committee will determine the detailed selection and performance criteria for the scholarship having regard to the intention of the Donor.  However, in its selection, the committee shall give priority to a student who will need financial assistance pursuing study at the University of Tasmania.
5. The scholarship is tenable for up to four years subject to the student’s satisfactory progress in each year of the course as determined by the selection committee in its absolute discretion.  
6. The selection committee may terminate a student’s scholarship or suspend it for one year if it considers the student’s progress is unsatisfactory.  If the award is suspended, the selection committee may re-award the scholarship to the same student for a following year if it considers that the student’s academic record the previous year justifies that action.
7. The annual value of the scholarship is $3,000.
8. The Scholarships Management Committee will determine all other matters concerning the scholarship, including but not limited to advertising, application procedures and the method and time of payment.

Made by Academic Senate on 22 October 2004