{"id":18048,"date":"2012-12-17T04:14:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T20:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/war-legacy-scholarship-celebrated-at-curtin\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:24:40","slug":"war-legacy-scholarship-celebrated-at-curtin","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/war-legacy-scholarship-celebrated-at-curtin\/","title":{"rendered":"War legacy scholarship celebrated at Curtin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Â鶹ֱ²¥ celebrated the achievement of its latest nursing student to graduate thanks to the support of the Australian Red Cross war legacy scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prestigious Australian Imperial Force’s (AIF) Malaya Nursing Scholarship is the official war memorial of the 8th Australian Division and the AIF Malaya.<\/p>\n

The practising nurse from Singapore, Ms Shahira Qadir, completed a Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Conversion degree at Curtin as the 64th recipient of the AIF Scholarship.<\/p>\n

Ms Qadir said that the experience at Â鶹ֱ²¥ was an opportunity of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

She said she was honoured to be recognised by a scholarship that commemorated the help and friendship that was given to the Australian prisoners of war during their captivity by members of the local Malayan and Singaporean community.<\/p>\n

Managed by the Australian Red Cross, the scholarship was created in 1947 and has enabled many nurses from Malaysia and Singapore to advance their educational qualifications in Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exposure to the nursing education system in Australia, nursing in the Western Australian healthcare setting and interacting with student nurses and lecturers from Â鶹ֱ²¥ has been wonderful,\u201d Ms Qadir said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to be in a different country and out of my comfort zone. I learnt a lot about the Australian culture from my housemates, friends and classmates at Â鶹ֱ²¥.<\/p>\n

\u201cLearning about Indigenous people, their culture, lifestyle and their love for their country has been particularly inspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Phill Della, Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Curtin said that Ms Qadir was a pleasure to teach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AIF scholarship has proudly been offered at Curtin since 1988, Shahira is our 34th student to complete the conversion degree as a result of the scholarship support,\u201d Professor Della said.<\/p>\n

The scholarship fully funds successful candidates so that they can complete the one-year Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Conversion degree at Â鶹ֱ²¥ on a full-time basis.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hillary Lambert, Public Relations, Â鶹ֱ²¥
\n<\/strong>Tel: 08 9266 1930 Email: hillary.lambert@curtin.edu.au<\/a>\u00a0 Web: http:\/\/curtin.edu.au<\/a>
\nTwitter: CurtinPR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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