Call for Applications for Tertiary Scholarships

Call for Applications for Popular Tertiary Scholarships

Three tertiary education scholarships, two worth $5000 and one worth $2500, are being offered again this year by the Mike Pero Mortgages Foundation, for students planning their first year of tertiary study in 2011.

“We are very pleased to announce applications for the scholarships programme, now in its fifth year, are open and will run until Thursday 26 August,” says Shaun Riley, Chief Executive Officer at Mike Pero Mortgages.

Last year the scholarship programme again proved very popular with almost 1,000 applications, all of an extremely high standard, from around the country.

“We are also thrilled to see previous scholarship winners are thriving at university and their results reflect this. It has been wonderful to hear their stories and updates and realise the Mike Pero Mortgages Foundation has been able to make a real contribution to the success of these outstanding young people,” says Shaun Riley.

The scholarships are open to prospective first-time tertiary students aged between 17 and 25. Any recognised programme of full-time tertiary study in New Zealand will be considered.

“We recognise the importance of tertiary education to young New Zealanders and believe it is vital in helping to prepare them to enter our increasingly knowledge-based economy,” says Shaun Riley.

“We also recognise the cost of tertiary study, especially in today’s current climate, can be a challenge for students and their families - in some cases it may even be the reason someone does not attend university or polytech.

“The Mike Pero Mortgages Foundation scholarship will help remove this barrier for at least three talented young students and is another way Mike Pero Mortgages is helping the communities it works in,” concludes Shaun Riley.

Applications
Applications for the 2010 Mike Pero Mortgages Foundation Scholarship Programme are open now until Thursday 26 August 2010. Application forms will be available online at www.mikepero.co.nz .

The successful recipients will be announced in November.

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