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POSTED ON 01 July 2024
$10,000 scholarship available for aspiring regional journalists and communicators.
Communication and Journalism students passionate about working within regional or rural media are being encouraged to apply for the RAS Foundation’s JB Fairfax Award for Regional & Rural Journalism and Communications for a guaranteed leg-up in their career.
The national scholarship, now in its 16th year, provides an unbeatable opportunity for aspiring rural communicators with a $10,000 cash prize and three internships up for grabs with Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Landline in Brisbane, Australian Community Media’s rural publication The Land, and in the media team at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
POSTED ON 20 June 2024
Rural scholars from across NSW represent the next generation of leaders
Investing in the future of rural and regional communities, the RAS Foundation has selected a record 91 students for its 2024 Rural Scholarship program.
Now in its 14th year, the RAS Foundation Rural Scholarship program offers financial support to tertiary education students who are helping shape the future of regional NSW by forging careers within rural or regional communities.
Record funds of $516,000 will be distributed among this year’s scholarship recipients, with an aim to help ease the burdens associated with pursuing higher education such as relocating to urban centres, study costs, and the inability to work consistently due to study workloads or placements.
POSTED ON 21 December 2023
RAS Foundation delivers Christmas joy to Southern NSW Show Societies
Christmas has come early for twenty regional communities, as pallets of presents were delivered to local Show Societies in a partnership between the RAS Foundation, Good360 and AgShows NSW.
POSTED ON 28 November 2023
RAS set to judge Australian spirits for the first time in four decades
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) will venture into the world of distilled spirits for the first time since 1981 next year as it launches its inaugural stand-alone Sydney Royal Distilled Spirits Show.
POSTED ON 24 November 2023
Sydney school students treated to special presentation by Australian Paralympian
Perseverance and resilience were celebrated in Sydney last week as Australian Paralympian Sue-Ellen Lovett presented her inspiring story to a range of lucky students at the ‘No Step Back, Moving Together in Unity Farm Day Excursion’ on Thursday, 23rd & Friday, 24th November.
POSTED ON 15 November 2023
Not all superheroes wear capes – the search for our next canine heroes begins
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) is on the lookout for heroes of the furry, four-legged variety, with applications now open for the 2024 RAS Canine Hero Awards.