Sir Roland Wilson Pat Turner Postgraduate Coursework Scholarship

The Sir Roland Wilson (SRW) Foundation Pat Turner scholarship (Coursework) provides high performing Indigenous Australian Public Service (APS) employees a 1-2-year full pay scholarship at ANU to undertake a postgraduate coursework program.

The Foundation is a body within the ANU and has the following functions:

• Honouring the contribution of Sir Roland Wilson and Pat Turner to the development of public policy in Australia, and providing a permanent acknowledgement of their achievements and contributions to, and place in, Australian history;
• Advancing the study and development of public policy in Australia, particularly by fostering closer links between the APS and the University;
• Promoting and supporting activities that maintain and enhance the University’s role as Australia’s national university and contribute to:
  • excellence in public policy research and analysis, particularly in areas of national importance to Australia;
  • provision of national, regional and international public policy resource to address major issues confronting governments, business and communities;
  • developing long-term strategic relations with governments, business, other universities and institutions and the public, both within Australia and internationally;
  • the development of Australia’s national unity and identity, including the advancement of its Indigenous peoples;
  • public policy capability and leadership.
• Supporting the development of the individual capabilities of future leaders in public policy.