SCHOLARSHIPS
AIEF provides scholarships that enable Indigenous students in financial need to attend leading Australian schools and universities.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The AIEF Scholarship Program provides scholarships that enable Indigenous students in financial need to attend leading Australian boarding schools and universities.
The program is founded on the belief that students will have the greatest chance of succeeding at school if the decision to enrol is one made by the family and the student in conjunction with the school.
AIEF Scholarships provide the opportunity and choice for Indigenous students and their families who want to pursue an education with one of our Educational Partners by removing the financial barriers that may prevent Indigenous students from doing so.
We do not believe AIEF Scholarships are for everyone, nor do we actively seek Indigenous students to enrol at an AIEF Partner School. AIEF Scholarships facilitate choice under a parent and school-led model and are awarded based on student enthusiasm and family support for the opportunity, along with other eligibility criteria.
A PARENT & SCHOOL-LED MODEL
AIEF does not
impose a one-size-fits-all or prescriptive approach on our Partner Schools. Instead, AIEF provides the AIEF
Scholarship Program and the complementary AIEF Pathways to
support individual schools in implementing their own Indigenous education program
in their own way.
Under AIEF’s parent and school-led model, AIEF Partner Schools are responsible for developing relationships with Indigenous families and communities, student selection and enrolment, and providing an education and pastoral care.
EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS
AIEF partners with
leading boarding schools and universities that have a demonstrated commitment
to Indigenous education, appropriate student support and pastoral care, and
their own relationships with Indigenous families and communities.
AIEF supports its Educational Partners by providing the financial resources to enable them to build and sustain a critical mass of Indigenous enrolments on a long-term basis. As our funding base grows, we are able to increase the cohort selection of current and prospective Educational Partners, enabling AIEF to offer more scholarship opportunities across Australia.
Find out more about the AIEF Scholarship Program here and here.
