New Zealand Sign Language Tutor Scholarship

This scholarship supports:

• Victoria University of Wellington’s Certificate in Deaf Studies – Teaching New Zealand Sign Language.(external link)

The course will take place part time over two years.

For more information about the course

If you have any questions regarding the degree, please contact Victoria University of Wellington:

Sara Pivac Alexander
Lecturer
sara.pivacalexander@vuw.ac.nz

This scholarship provides:

• 3,000 every year over the 2 years of study, paid to you in 2 instalments of $1,500 (the total amount granted is $6,000).

Action	Dates
Applications close	N/A*
Applicants notified	N/A*

*This scholarship is not offered in 2023.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• be accepted into the Victoria University of Wellington Certificate in Deaf Studies – Teaching New Zealand Sign Language
• be enrolled in the full programme of study (studying 3 courses a year for 2 years)
• be fluent in New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)
• be a New Zealand citizen or have rights to reside and work in New Zealand indefinitely or permanently
• not be repeating a failed course.

We will give priority to applicants who:

• are deaf and hard of hearing
• live in areas where more NZSL tutors are needed
• are of Māori or Pasifika descent.

 

If you are granted this internship and scholarship, you must meet certain conditions. The specific terms and conditions will be listed in your letter of offer. In brief, you must:

• enrol in your courses at the university
• plan your study and workload for the year
• pass your course papers
• email us at learningsupport.workforce@education.govt.nz if any of the information you provided in your application changes – this includes your employment status and contact details, if you fail any papers and if you change your proposed study.

Failure, withdrawal and breaks in study

If you...	then...
Fail a paper	You will need to re-take that paper at your own expense.
Withdraw from study part way through the qualification	You will need to pay back all academic fees that we have paid for your study.
Need to take a break from study due to unforeseen circumstances	Email us at learningsupport.workforce@education.govt.nz and the university. You may ask for a study break of a maximum of one year.

Convictions

Your application must disclose any convictions you have had unless they are covered by the Criminal Records (Clean Slate Act) 2004. This is required to ensure that you would not be prevented from gaining future employment with the Ministry of Education.

You must declare all of your convictions if you have:

• been convicted of an offence within the last 7 years; or
• been sentenced to a custodial sentence (eg, imprisonment, corrective training, borstal); or
• been ordered by a court during a criminal case to be detained in a hospital due to your mental condition, instead of being sentenced; or
• been convicted of a ‘special offence’ (eg, sexual offending against children, young people or those mentally impaired); or
• not paid in full any fine reparation or costs ordered by the court in a criminal case; or
• been indefinitely disqualified from driving under section 65 of the Land Transport Act 1998 or earlier equivalent provision.