{"id":109270,"date":"2025-11-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=109270"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:55:15","slug":"la-trobe-backs-marginalised-students-with-7k-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/la-trobe-backs-marginalised-students-with-7k-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"La Trobe backs marginalised students with $7K scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A SET of regional scholarships made available by La Trobe University is targeting regional and rural non-school leavers and other underrepresented student cohorts to help them overcome barriers to starting tertiary study.<\/p>\n<p>The $7000 Regional Achievement, Regional Access and Regional Indigenous scholarships apply to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.<\/p>\n<p>To boost the scheme, La Trobe has committed up to $1 million next year to match philanthropic donations.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-chancellor Professor Theo Farrell called on potential donors to make a contribution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s why La Trobe is investing in scholarships that reach beyond the school leaver to mature-age students, single parents and others who deserve a pathway to university.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By matching every philanthropic dollar with university funding, we&#8217;re doubling the impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alana Tagliabue, a Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery student in Bendigo, said her bursary was the difference between &#8220;barely surviving to thriving&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have four kids and (I&#8217;m) studying a double degree full time,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It has meant I have some agency over my hectic life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For example, this week alone, parking will cost $70.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I simply cannot afford that cost, but with the scholarship, I haven&#8217;t had to worry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It (also) helps me pay my rent \u2013 it has changed my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about scholarships on offer for 2026 on the <a href=\"http:\/\/latrobe.edu.au\/study\/scholarships\">La Trobe University website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SET of regional scholarships made available by La Trobe University is targeting regional and rural non-school leavers and other underrepresented student cohorts to help them overcome barriers to starting tertiary study. 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