Postgraduate Certificate in Public Management Scholarships

Description

The scholarship is designed to support students enrolling in ‘tailored’ streams of the Postgraduate Certificate in Public Management, targeting students in regulatory practice or Crown entity monitoring roles; acknowledging that many students in this field will need to at least partly self-fund.

Funding is from the School of Government Trust, with the purpose of: “supporting training, courses and seminars on public policy, public management, public administration and strategic studies” and supporting participation in education.

The two tailored programmes contribute to the professionalisation of the two practitioner roles and respond to stakeholders’ needs for advanced professional development.

Eligibility

Applicants must satisfy the entry requirements for the programmes listed below:

Regulatory practitioners:

Eligible courses in trimester 2 2025: GOVT 502—Public Managers and the Policy Process & GOVT 536—Regulatory Policy

Eligible course in trimester 1 2026: GOVT 511—Managing for Results

Crown entity monitoring (for staff in departments and Crown entities):

Eligible course in trimester 2 2025: GOVT 502—Public Managers and the Policy Process

Eligible course in trimester 1 2026: GOVT 512—Managing Public Resources

Selection Criteria

Acceptance of an Offer of Study and enrolment in one of the above courses.

Selection process

Students will automatically be considered for the scholarship when they apply for enrollment, and are accepted into, the above courses.

The recipients will be selected by the Academic Programme Leader.

Additional information

The scholarship will be paid towards tuition fees for one course upon enrolment.

Regulations and conditions

1. A completed online application must be submitted by 4.30 pm on the closing date. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. Any required supporting documentation (including references) must also be received by 4.30 pm on the closing date in order for the application to be considered.
2. All offers of the Scholarship will be conditional upon the recipient being fully enrolled in a full-year programme (full time will be at the level of points considered by Studylink as full time) within the stipulated criteria and tenure of the scholarship. No payment of the Scholarship will be made until this condition is met.
3. The Scholarship cannot be deferred to a later year.
4. The Scholarship may be held in conjunction with other awards.
5. Should the recipient withdraw from Victoria University of Wellington during the tenure of this scholarship or fail to achieve satisfactory progress, partial repayment of the Scholarship will normally be expected. Recipients must advise the Scholarships Office if they intend to withdraw.
6. Recipients are expected to act as Ambassadors for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and participate in appropriate events or marketing if requested.
7. At the discretion of the Deciding Authority, the application of the terms and conditions of the Scholarship may be modified in special circumstances or to avoid hardship to any candidate for the Scholarship.

Contact

For scholarship advice: scholarships-office@vuw.c.nz

For programme advice: Programme overview apply and contact