Earn a Scholarship with Swinburne Online
The sign of a great communicator is the ability to write succinctly. In the world of social media and ever shortening attention spans, this skill is now more important than ever.
That’s why we’ve created a scholarship with a difference, an application without the essays: The Six Word Scholarship.
Inspired by legendary author Ernest Hemingway, who reportedly won a bet with fellow writers that he could write a complete story in just six words, we’re asking applicants to demonstrate their ability to create succinct copy that cuts through online.
Hemingway’s sad but succinct story was:
For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.
For the chance to earn a scholarship to the Learning and Communicating Online single unit course, you need to share your original story, using just six words in the comments of our Six Word Scholarship Facebook post:
Applications have now closed.
Terms and conditions
Undergraduate
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Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in:
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Behavioural Studies
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Criminology
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Security and Counter Terrorism
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International Relations
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