Mining Careers Bursary Scheme

The Mining Careers Bursary Scheme was announced by the Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop, MP on 1 June 2006 in her address to the Minerals Council of Australia  . 

The Mining Careers Bursary Scheme has been offered to 30 Year 10 students in Western Australian schools in 2006 and seeks to encourage these students to consider a career in the mining industry through the bursaries and attendance at mining workshops in Years 11 and 12.

Key features of the Mining Careers Bursary Scheme are to:

• encourage Year 10 school students in Western Australian schools in 2006 to enrol in and successfully complete mathematics and science subjects in Years 11 and 12; and
• encourage students to consider a future career in the mining industry. This will be achieved through $500 bursaries payable per annum in Years 10, 11 and 12. Students will be required to attend two mining workshops at the Western Australian School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, one in Year 11 (2007) and one in Year 12 (2008); and
• there will also be subsidised accommodation and a $500 bursary in the first year of undergraduate study for those students who successfully complete the Scheme in Years 10, 11 and 12. Students will need to have gained a place at Curtin University of Technology and enrolled in a mining industry related degree with the Western Australian School of Mines.

To be eligible to apply for a Bursary, a student must:

• be enrolled and attending a Western Australian government or non-government school;
• have successfully completed Year 9 mathematics and science subjects in 2005;
• be undertaking Year 10 in 2006 at a Western Australian school and be studying mathematics and science subjects in Year 10 in 2006;
• be intending to study these subjects in Year 11 in 2007 and Year 12 in 2008; and
• be an Australian citizen.

Australian Government Mining Careers Bursary Guidelines 2006-2008 (Updated March 2007)

Guidelines PDF    (186.2 KB)  RTF    (667.1 KB)

Full Mining Careers Bursary Scheme guidelines and forms PDF    (337.6 KB)  RTF    (723.6 KB)

Application Form PDF    (53.4 KB)  RTF    (47.6 KB)

Withdraw Form PDF    (28.8 KB)  RTF    (17.1 KB)

Ongoing Eligibility Form PDF    (258.2 KB)  RTF    (2.8 MB)

Waiver of Year 12 Workshop Attendance PDF    (224.5 KB)  RTF    (2.7 MB)

Announcement of Applications open by the Minister for Education, Science and Training   - 28 July 2006

Announcement of Scheme by the Minister for Education, Science and Training   - 1 June 2006

List of student names:

For more information, please either call the Mining Careers Bursary Scheme Administrator on 1800 688 377 or send an email to WASMadmin@curtin.edu.au.