Australian Scholarship Foundation - August/September Offerings

Australian Scholarships Foundation (ASF) funds and facilitates training and education scholarships for people who work in the Not for Profit sector. ASF’s mission is to increase the overall effectiveness of the NFP sector through training and development of the sector.

ASF partners with more than 17 universities and educational organisations around Australia, and in 2010 is on track to provide 200 scholarships worth roughly $1.5 million.

ASF makes scholarships available for a wide range of management and finance training programs, including postgraduate university degrees, graduate diploma and certificate courses, short training programs and specialised mentoring services. Distance and online learning is offered in many cases in addition to traditional face-to-face course delivery.

Specific Scholarships on Offer for August / September 2010:

1. Diploma of Project Management – NSW – offered through AIM – 5 day course in Sep / Oct or Dec - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/108-dipprojectmgmtaim
    
2. Market Leadership through Strategic Marketing – 2 day intensive at University of Melbourne in Oct - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/111-umstratmarketing
    
3. Forensic Witness Skills for Accountants – 2 day intensive at University of Melbourne in Oct/Nov - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/112-umforensicsacct
    
4. Variety of Masters programs at University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Business and Economics - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/76-mgsbe-masters and UNSW (for 2011)  - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/80-unsw-postgrad
    
5. Graduate Certificate in HRM / Commerce at Griffith University (for 2011) - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/89-griffith-university-grad-cert
    
6. Mentor Program with KPMG for managers of NFPs -
   www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/26-kpmg-mentoring-program
    
7. Diploma of Commerce at Kaplan - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/52-kbs-dip-comm-scholarship
    
8. Choose from a catalogue of 100s of short courses at AIM – Desktop Training (Word, Excel etc), Leading and Developing People, Communications, General Management - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/110-aim-nsw-short
    
9. Frontline Management – online modules accessible from anywhere – offered through AIM - www.scholarships.org.au/scholarships/109-aimnswonline

Example of Scholarship Offerings in 2010

Postgraduate studies:
Human Resource Management, Commerce, Sustainable Enterprise, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Applied Finance, Professional Accounting, Masters programs in Management, Economics, MBAs

Executive Education (short courses):
Strategic Marketing, Project Management, Social Media Marketing, Positive Psychology, Frontline Management, Leadership, Negotiation

Specialised Programs:
CPA Australia Program, ICAA Program, KPMG Mentoring Program which provides one-on-one mentoring for a NFP manager with a KPMG Partner, Australian Institute of Company Directors Courses.

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For further information please contact Amy Lyden, CEO of ASF on 1300 248 675 or Amy.Lyden@scholarships.org.au