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Tū Kahika Programme Scholarship

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Place of origin

Dunedin, New Zealand

Timeline

Started in 2009

Learning Sectors

Academic HE

Tags

Bursary, Counseling, Culturally sensitive, Ethnic minority, Health Sciences, New Zealand, Socio economic disadvantage, Study Skills

Tū Kahika is an award that supports young Māori students interested in a career in health, into and through the University of Otago’s Foundation Year health sciences course and beyond. Tū Kahika prepares students for further study in health sciences (particularly Health Sciences First Year) by providing wrap-around academic, cultural, pastoral and financial support over the year.

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ArbeiterKind.de Germany’s Largest Community for First Generation University Students

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Place of origin

ArbeiterKind.de started with the first group of volunteers 2009 in the city of Gießen (Hesse)

Timeline

Academic HE Other (Please specify): Volunteering, peer learning, widening access to higher eduaction

Learning Sectors

Academic HE

Tags

Community, Counseling, First Generation Students, Germany, Peer support, Strength based approach, Volunteers, Workshops

ArbeiterKind.de gives first generation students a strength-focused positive identity in relation to higher education through 70 local groups run by centrally supported volunteers. This involves one to one and group peer learning and counselling.