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A new scholarship to support women who wish to undertake a Master of Teaching degree but who are experiencing financial hardship has been established by the Beshar Family in honour of Dr June Jones, one of Western Australia’s most respected educators.

The scholarship is called the CTW Dr June Jones Masters Scholarship in Education.

Ms Sarah Beshar and the Beshar family have donated funds to provide an annual scholarship in honour of Sarah’s mother, Dr June Jones AM, who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education by The University of Western Australia  in 2007 and an Order of Australia for Education Services.

Dr Jones served on the Senate of the UWA for thirteen years. For five years she was the inaugural chair of the UWA Centenary Trust for Women, which was established in 2002 to assist disadvantaged women to receive resources to enable them to benefit from education at UWA.

Dr Jones is a Patron of the Hackett Foundation, a member of the Senate Development Committee and the UWA Press Advisory Board.

The Scholarship is offered in 2012 for the equivalent of 2 year full-time duration of the recipient’s course. One new Scholarship will be awarded in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

The value of the scholarship is $5,000 per annum, indexed annually to CPI.

(photographed: Dr June Jones (2nd from left), her daughter, Sarah Beshar (centre) and family members with the Vice Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson)