Government Helps Launch Young Careers In Bathurst
Announcement posted by NSW Department of Information Technology and Management 14 Mar 2002
A young Bathurst man, and four other students, will get free university study followed by guaranteed jobs in Bathurst for a year, the Minister for Information Technology, Kim Yeadon, said today.
"I congratulate Bathurst's Nicholas Thatcher and fellow students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) who have started their university careers under this generous $260,000 NSW Government scholarship program," Mr Yeadon said.
"The students will study spatial information systems at the Wagga campus of CSU and begin their post-graduate careers at the Bathurst-based Land and Property Information office.
"The NSW Government is providing the scholarships in this fast-growing area of new technology through the Australian Computer Society's ACS Foundation.
"This is the second year the Government has provided the scholarships and I am pleased to say that three of them have gone to students from regional NSW," Mr Yeadon said.
"Three first-year students will receive a three-year scholarship. They are Shane Brunker from Wollongong, Daniel Miller from Wagga and Cecilia Murphy from Sydney.
"Two second-year students, Elizabeth Knapman from Moss Vale and Nicholas Thatcher from Bathurst, will receive two-year scholarships after maintaining a credit average in their respective first years.
"This brings the number of full scholarships awarded to CSU students since the scheme began to seven, plus encouragement grants of $2500 to two other students.
"Spatial information systems are increasingly used for a range of applications such as mapping, satellite navigation systems in cars, town planning, natural resource management and emergency services," Mr Yeadon said.
"The scholarships are part of the $64 million the ICT Skills Action Plan launched last year by the Premier, Bob Carr, in collaboration with industry, to ensure NSW continues to benefit from the evolving information economy."
"I congratulate Bathurst's Nicholas Thatcher and fellow students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) who have started their university careers under this generous $260,000 NSW Government scholarship program," Mr Yeadon said.
"The students will study spatial information systems at the Wagga campus of CSU and begin their post-graduate careers at the Bathurst-based Land and Property Information office.
"The NSW Government is providing the scholarships in this fast-growing area of new technology through the Australian Computer Society's ACS Foundation.
"This is the second year the Government has provided the scholarships and I am pleased to say that three of them have gone to students from regional NSW," Mr Yeadon said.
"Three first-year students will receive a three-year scholarship. They are Shane Brunker from Wollongong, Daniel Miller from Wagga and Cecilia Murphy from Sydney.
"Two second-year students, Elizabeth Knapman from Moss Vale and Nicholas Thatcher from Bathurst, will receive two-year scholarships after maintaining a credit average in their respective first years.
"This brings the number of full scholarships awarded to CSU students since the scheme began to seven, plus encouragement grants of $2500 to two other students.
"Spatial information systems are increasingly used for a range of applications such as mapping, satellite navigation systems in cars, town planning, natural resource management and emergency services," Mr Yeadon said.
"The scholarships are part of the $64 million the ICT Skills Action Plan launched last year by the Premier, Bob Carr, in collaboration with industry, to ensure NSW continues to benefit from the evolving information economy."