Annette E. Black MA Scholarship in History

Description:

This scholarship was generously funded by friends of Annette Black to encourage and support students to pursue postgraduate study in History at Victoria University of Wellington.

History:

This scholarship has been generously funded by friends of Annette Black in her honour and memory. Annette was a student at Victoria University of Wellington completing a BA (Hons) in History in 1965 and an MA thesis in History in 1970 (‘Nineteenth-century society and the reform of the endowed grammar schools, 1805-1874’). She later returned to study and completed a Diploma of Educational Studies in 1975 and an MBA in 1990. Annette had a highly successful career serving in several prominent roles for the New Zealand Law Society. She was recognised for her work promoting legal education in 2015 when she was named as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Applicants for this scholarship must be enrolled, or be intending to enrol, in a Master’s thesis in History at Victoria University of Wellington. Selection will be based on academic merit. If there are candidates of equal merit, preference may be given to an applicant’s originating from outside major urban areas.

Criteria:

• Applicants must be currently enrolled or intending to enrol in a full-time Master's by Thesis at Victoria University of Wellington.
• Applicants must be majoring in History.