Scholarships
Bruce Longmore Scholarship
The Bruce Longmore Scholarship is for students who are completing undergraduate or postgraduate studies at the University of Waikato (Tauranga or Hamiton Campus) in the fields of Marine Science, Environmental Science or Ecology and Biodiversity. Students must have completed at least two years of undergraduate study and have proven academic ability and show a clear passion and future commitment to their chosen field. Applicants will be passionate about their community and able to provide examples of support and involvement in their local community or field of interest.
The Scholarship has a total value of $5,000 and will be tenable for a maximum of one year.
Apply via the University of Waikato Scholarship’s office by 15 October for study in the year following.
About Bruce Longmore
Bruce Longmore was born on a British Naval Base in 1950, while his father was serving in the British Navy, and his mother was a member of the WREN’s (Women’s Royal Naval Service). He spent his English childhood on the Isle of Portland surrounded by ocean.
Bruce emigrated to New Zealand with his family as a “Ten Pound Pome”. While being marked a "technical boy" at school, he became a life-long learner, driving himself to knowledge in a wide range of genres: carpentry, first aid, alternative health, cooking, diving & boat craft.
He served New Zealand in the Army, and the Fire & Ambulance Services, and was very practical and applied in all he did. In the last years of his life, Bruce ran a successful fishing charter business and was most happy on the ocean or with a fishing rod in his hand. He loved to help people, and with this fund, his legacy continues to assist like-minded adult students to achieve their goals and realise their potential, in the nurture of what he loved.
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