Scholarships

Scholarship opportunities are available for eligible secondary students attending schools in Solid Energy's local mining communities.

These scholarships are offered annually to senior high school students who wish to pursue academic careers to a tertiary level. Our aim is to select students that will take favoured courses of study that complement Solid Energy's business and operations. A list of these courses can be found below.

Solid Energy has a total of nine annual general tertiary scholarships available (worth $2000 per year for up to four years of tertiary study).

Favoured Courses

Eligible Schools

The scholarships are distributed to eligible schools (see list below) using the following ratio:

West Coast Secondary Schools

• Buller High School and Karamea Area School = one scholarship between both schools
• John Paul II High School, Grey High School and Reefton Area School = two scholarships between the schools.
• Westland High School and South Westland High School = one scholarship between both High Schools

Waikato Secondary Schools

• Huntly College, Te Wharekura O Rakumangamanga, Te Kauwhata College, Ngaruawahia High School, Hillcrest High School, Hamilton Girls High School, Hamilton Boys High School, Hamilton’s Fraser High School, Fairfield College, St Johns College, Sacred Heart Girls College, St Paul’s Collegiate School, Waikato Diocesan School for Girls = two scholarships between the schools.

Southland Secondary Schools

• Central Southland College, Aparima College, Verdon College, James Hargest College, Southland Boys High School, Southland Girls High School, Te Wharekura O Arowhenua, Aurora College, Gore High School, St Peters College, Menzies College and Tuatapere Community College = three scholarships between the schools

Application Details

Our application essay topic this year has two parts:

• Part One: asks applicants to comment in 500 words on how Solid Energy makes a difference in its local communities not just as an employer but in contributing to the fabric of local life and to comment on what else the company might do to “make a difference”;
• Part Two: asks applicants to tell us in 500 words how winning a Solid Energy scholarship would help them, and what their study and career aspirations are.

Attach your two essays and this application form and either email to Bronwyn.Vicary@solidenergy.co.nz or post to Bronwyn Vicary, Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd, PO Box 1303, Christchurch 8140 by 23 October 2009.