November 9, 2020
Lauren with community in her sights
Lauren is a proud Muruwari woman from Molong, near Orange in Central West NSW. After…
November 8, 2020
Brooke Sowing the Seeds of Success
Hailing from a family farm at Thuddungra in cherry country near Young NSW, Brooke recently…
October 2, 2020
COVID can’t stop student progress thanks to the Audi Foundation
For the last fours year, Audi Foundation has partnered with Country Education Foundation of Australia…
August 31, 2020
Scholarships help Emily tackle the big smoke
EMILY WOODING Local Foundation: CEF Orange & Districts Institution: University of Sydney Studying: Bachelor of…
August 14, 2020
Explore opportunities at upcoming university open days
Dreaming about pursuing further education is totally different to actually doing it. This is a…
August 3, 2020
Matthew keen to make good on return to regional Australia
Growing up on his family’s black angus and fine merino farm in Harden was the…
July 21, 2020
Despite Disruptions, Helana is Stuck on Science
Helana Trantino from Young NSW is facing the challenges of moving away from home, university…
June 22, 2020
The science behind a love of biology
For country students, picking your life up and moving to the city requires acclimatisation. Clare…
June 15, 2020
Ben’s Big Heart
THE BASICS ABOUT BEN LOCAL CEF FOUNDATION: Country Education Foundation of Orange & Districts SCHOLARSHIP:…
April 20, 2020
Student Zach says the key to success is all about balance
A couple of months ago we asked Zach Leach-Deahm, a Charles Sturt University Bachelor of…
April 14, 2020
Isabel sees value in CEF’s wider community impact
Isabel Gahan was supported with a grant from CEF Young and is in her third…
March 30, 2020
New partnership helps Lochie get to Sydney
A new partnership established between CEF and Dunmore Lang College at Macquarie University has helped…
March 26, 2020
Education leading the way to cure or containment of COVID-19
Living with COVID-19 is already a difficult situation. It’s nothing like most of us have…
March 20, 2020
Financial advice from a student in the know
Entering his second year of a double degree in the Bachelors of Law and Applied…
February 24, 2020
Keeping on track with Abby
Second year Southern Cross University nursing student Abby Loiterton is driven by a will to…
October 10, 2019
Significant financial assistance available to Broken Hill students looking to make better
Country Education Foundation of Australia (CEF) is excited to once again offer four scholarships to…
September 30, 2019
Student blog: Hannah says scholarships were vital in her making it to uni
From my early high school years, I was set on the idea of attending university…
September 30, 2019
Leap into 2020 studies with financial assistance via the 2020 CEF Scholarships Guide
Country Education Foundation of Australia (CEF) is excited to launch the CEF 2020 Scholarships Guide…
September 24, 2019
Student success: Dylan’s swimming against the tide to succeed
Basking in the genius of nature has always been a nurturing time out for Hastings'…
September 2, 2019
University of Sydney Gap Year Research Project
Have you taken a gap year? Did you complete your HSC in a regional area?…
July 10, 2019
Matilda is a true leader
Could Matilda Langford be Australia’s first Indigenous female Prime Minister? Whether or not that’s a…
July 3, 2019
New partnership with The University of Sydney
Extra support for young students from rural and regional communities’ results from a new partnership…
June 4, 2019
The sky’s no limit for Clayton
For most of us, aerospace engineering is only for the movies. But for Gunnedah’s Clayton…
May 17, 2019
Cooper’s Story Of Where Ambition Leads…
Cooper Lawson from Tibooburra in Far West NSW had a dream and was not going…
May 1, 2019
Ability despite challenges across the spectrum
Growing up in Far West NSW, 19-year-old university student Connor Rogers has personally experienced many…
April 17, 2019
Grace to live her Best life
2019 Country Education Foundation of Australia Audi Foundation scholarship recipient, fourth-year the University of Newcastle…
March 12, 2019
There’s no stopping Cooper
It seems nothing will stop Cooper Lawson from achieving his ambitions of working in the…
December 18, 2018
‘No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything’
CEF CEO, Wendy Cohen, was recently invited to be the keynote speaker at the Charles…
November 19, 2018
Love of community and education inspires CEF’s Community Alumni Champion
Crystal Stewart is proud and excited to be named the inaugural Origin Foundation CEF Community…
November 19, 2018
No place like home for CEF’s Young Achiever award winner
“Griffith (NSW) was able to give me so many opportunities growing up and I cannot…
September 3, 2018
Why scholarships make all the difference
Hey there! I’m Brody from Cowra, NSW, and have recently graduated from the Australian National…
August 30, 2018
Chipping away helps Ross achieve his computing goals
For Ross Hurley, chipping away at his goal of becoming a computer programmer has ensured…
August 28, 2018
Jess’ uni experience enhanced by CEF’s help
I tried to think of a fun way to start this little blog post off,…
May 18, 2018
Ash’s Story
Meet Ash Nielsen. Ash epitomises what we do at CEF, create opportunities for young rural…
May 2, 2018
Passion for sport drives Jaylee’s career dreams
CEF ALUMNI Jaylee Ismay has always loved sport – watching games and reading about athletes…
November 21, 2017
Determined, ambitious, strong: Ashley takes charge of her future
For 21-year-old Ashley Nielsen the $3000 grant from Great Lakes Education Fund, a CEF local…
November 20, 2017
Medical aspirations open up for Jacob despite isolating start
Isolation and distance have been a huge hurdle for one of Country Education Foundation of…
August 18, 2017
Stars align for James
We first met James Ansell in 2013 when a grant from the Central Australian Education…
Recent Comments