Jockey Club Community Healthcare Education Scholarship

Jockey Club Community Healthcare Education Scholarship

Jockey Club Community Healthcare Education Scholarship

General Information (2016-2017)

Introduction

With the generous donation from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, an entry scholarship scheme has been established to award outstanding academic performance and financially in-need students to start studying in the Certificate in Health Studies (Community Health Care) or Diploma in Health Studies (Community Health Care) programmes as offered by The Open University of Hong Kong.

The scholarship

  1. Annual scholarship awards of $15,000 each will be offered to students studying in the Certificate in Health Studies (Community Health Care) or the first year of the Diploma in Health Studies (Community Health Care) programmes. The total number of scholarship recipients will not exceed 20% of the total number of students within these two programmes.
  1. Annual scholarship awards of $15,000 each will be offered to students studying in the second year of the Diploma in Health Studies (Community Health Care) programme. The total number of scholarship recipients will not exceed 40% of the total number of students within the diploma programme.

Eligibility

Students applying for scholarship should show satisfactory academic performance in the study programme and a needy financial condition which warrant external support. Selected candidates may be required to attend an interview.

Method of Application

All completed form and supporting documents should be submitted to the following address before the deadline. Please indicate “Application for Jockey Club Community Healthcare Education Scholarship” on the envelope.

Ms. Cheng

Student Affairs Office

The Open University of Hong Kong

30 Good Shepherd Street

Ho Man Tin, Kowloon

Deadline of Application

30 December 2016, Friday

Announcement of Result

The results will be notified in writing in April/May 2017.

Enquiries

For further enquiries, please contact Ms. Cheng (Tel: 2768 6637; email: ).

Jockey Club Community Healthcare Education Scholarship

Application Form (2016-2017)

**Application Deadline:30 December 2016(Friday). Late submission will not be considered**

  1. Personal Particulars

Name: ______(English)______(Chinese)

Student Number: ______

New Student in the 2016 Autumn Term#:□Yes□No

Programme of Study#:

□ Certificate in Health Studies (Community Health Care)

□ Diploma in Health Studies (Community Health Care)

Occupation: ______

Company: ______

Telephone: ______(Mobile) ______(Home)

Email Address: ______

#Put a tick “√” as appropriate.

  1. Financial Situation
  1. Annual Income

(Please include annual income earned by the student and all family members living together with the student duringthe period 1 April 2015– 31 March 2016)

Student/
Family Member / Age / Occupation / Amount (HK$) / ReceiveCSSA*/Other allowance
(If yes, HK$)
Student (Applicant)
Father
Mother
Spouse
Sibling
Total Amount

Provide supporting proof e.g. tax return, salary slip, letter from employer, bank passbook/statements, etc.

*CSSA refers to Comprehensive Social Security Assistance

  1. Please briefly explain your financial difficulties, if any.
  1. Academic performance
  1. For the certificate or the first year of the diploma programmes, assessment of academic results will be based on the applicants’ performance in the first assessment of HESC S101C, HESC S102C and HESC S103C. The results will be retrieved from the Registry.
  2. For the second year of the diploma programme, the results of HESC S101C, HESC S102C and HESC S103C will be used for assessment. The results will be retrieved from the Registry.
  1. Supporting Documents, Declaration and Consent

ALL submitted materials will be considered in the selection process. The application form will be destroyed by the University 12 months after the application exercise is completed. Before submission of application, please make sure that you have prepared the photocopies of all relevant supporting documents.

Personal Data (Privacy) Notice
I give my consent to The Open University of Hong Kong to disclose my personal data including my academic records and the information provided herewith to the relevant donors for the purpose of scholarship allocation and related administrative matters.
Declaration
I declare that the information provided in and attached is accurate to the best of my knowledge and is on my voluntary basis for the consideration of the University/Donors. I understand that if I am selected to be a scholarship recipient, I have an obligation to attend the OUHK Scholarships and Bursary Awards Presentation ceremony and any other ceremonies/events as required by the donor.
Signature of Applicant: ______Date: ______

The completed application form and supporting documents should be sent to:

Ms. Cheng, Student Affairs Office

The Open University of Hong Kong

30 Good Shepherd Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon

(Application for Jockey Club Community Healthcare Education Scholarship)

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