Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

Postgraduate awards
The Commonwealth Department of Education provides the
following awards for postgraduate study:
- TEAS (for postgraduate diploma courses. See information
on TEAS in this Handbook)
- Postgraduate awards at the colleges of advanced education
- Postgraduate course awards (at universities)
- Postgraduate research awards
Selection for awards is based on academic merit. Applications
should be made to the Registrar of the college/university where
you wish to undertake study, in September of the preceding
year.
There are a number of other postgraduate awards available,
both locally and overseas. Information about these may also be
obtained from the Registrar's Office.
Scholarships and awards
The following are general awards for which Swinburne students
may be eligible. For specific awards and prizes please consult
individual faculty or department entries in this Handbook.
Details of these and other awards may be obtained from the
Registrar's Office and teaching departments.
Australian Railways Union - W.H. O'Brien Memorial
Scholarship
(For disabled students or students from sole-parent families)
This scholarship will be awarded after consideration of the
results of the candidate's year's work and school reports. The
scholarship is available for any level of study but candidates
must have been in continuous attendance at a Victorian school
in 1985, and must be dependent children of financial members
of the Australian Railways Union. The scholarship is tenable for
four years and carries an allowance of $200 p.a. Applications
close 13 December 1985.
Dafydd Lewis Trust Scholarships
These are available to male students who will be proceeding
with degree level study in 1986; they are subject to a means
test and certain conditions of eligibility. These scholarships
provide for the payment of all fees incidental to the approved
courses, as well as allowances for books, food and clothing.
Applications will close at the end of November.
Gowrie Scholarships
These are available only to members of the Australian Armed
Forces who served in a combat area during the 1939145 war, or
to their direct descendants. There are (a) postgraduate research
scholarships, value: approximately $3,500 p.a. for two
years; and (b) tertiary scholarsh~ps, value: $250 p.a. for the
duration of the course. Applications close in October and
September respectively.
Rotary Educational and Vocational Scholarships for
Overseas Study
These are available to outstanding graduates, undergraduates,
professional journalists, teachers of the handicapped and to
those seeking further experience overseas in technical, artistic
or other vocations. Value: covers travel, educational and living
expenses for one academic year. Applications close 1 August.
Soldiers' Children Education Scheme
Benefits and allowances are available only to eligible children of
deceased and incapacitated veterans. The scheme ranges
from secondary to tertiary courses. Value: from $41-$57 per
fortnight for secondary students and from $78-$137 per
fortnight for tertiary students.
Walter Lindrum Memorial Scholarships
General Information
Central Technical Workshops
Manager
G. Nettleship, CEng, MIMarE, 819 8326
The technical workshop manufactures teaching aids and
prepares experimental work for staff and students (in consulta-
tion with lecturers).
Equipment available includes lathes, milling machines, sheet
metal, welding facilities including aluminium and stainless steel.
The instrument workshop repairs and maintains instrumenta-
tion in the electronic, mechanical, electrical, and to a minor
degree, optical fields. Some manufacturing for student projects,
in consultation with lecturers, is also undertaken.
Child-care Centre
Co-ordinator
S. Campbell, 819 8519
A co-operative was formed in 1975 to provide child-care
facilities at Swinburne for parents in need of this service.
The primary objective of the Centre is to meet the needs of the
children by providing a secure and happy atmosphere com-
bined with experiences which will foster their development. The
aims of the Centre revolve around encouraging a beneficial
contact that will produce an understanding of the needs of the
individual child and their family.
The Centre's two houses can cater for up to thirty children at
one time with six caring staff. The children are not separated
into age groups but form one large, if rather noisy, family. A
combination of structured and free choice experiences have
created a warm, relaxed program. The children are encouraged
to go at their own pace, to develop their own style, to find their
own solutions and enjoy their own creativity.
The Centre caters for children up to five years of age, not only
from Swinburne parents, but other members of the community.
A sliding scale of fees has been adopted.
Early application for use of this service is advised as there is a
waiting list in existence.
Swinburne Press
Manager
D. McNaughton, 819 8123
The publications department was established in 1952 with a
staff of three and one duplicating machine. Over the years this
department has developed into the Swinburne Press with a
staff of 12 and a full offset printing capacity.
The press is primarily designed to give a fast print service
geared to meet requirements for the production of class notes,
student material and various types of administrative stationery.
The major requirement is for single colour work but in addition
the Press has a limited line colour production capacity. In
support of its printing element the Press operates a small
bindery to collate, staple and trim publications and a typesetting
service with a range of IBM Selectric Composer faces.
Swinburne Press is registered under the Business Names Act
1962 and is a recognised printing and publishing house.
Computer Centre
Manager
M. Plunkett, BEc(Ade1)
Enquiries
R. Hodges
Senior Programmer
R. Schorer, BSc(Hons)(Mon)
Operations Supervisor
S. Lascelles
Telephone: 81 9 8509
These are available to students who are qualified to enter the The Swinburne Computer Centre provides computing and data
first year of an approved full-time diploma or degree course at processing facilities for teaching, research and administrative
an approved technical institution. Value: $500 p.a. Applications applications. In 1986 three processors will be made available to
close at the end of November. handle the total workload.