Charles Sturt University (Australia)
Charles Sturt University (Australia)
Charles Sturt University is the largest rural university in Australia. Its mission is to bring professional graduates to work in rural areas. Around 80% of its graduates gain rural employment.
Charles Sturt University is also one of the two leading universities in Indigenous education, with more than 1,000 students taking part in various courses. The University intends to promote courses relating to agriculture for Indigenous students.
The Eurofins Foundation started supporting the Indigenous Agriculture Scholarships in 2021, helping four students to progress further with their studies.
The Australian Indigenous population has relatively poor access to education and is poorly represented amongst university graduates. Representation is even lower in the agricultural sector, with fewer than five indigenous students graduating from agricultural courses annually. Charles Sturt University has established a scholarship fund for undergraduate Aborigines to study agriculture, a postgraduate research programme, and plans to build research programmes employing Indigenous scientists.
In 2023/2024, the Eurofins Foundation renews its support to this scholarship programme.
This project contributes to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
