WHENUA MAGAZINE | ISSUE 37
KO TE AMORANGI KI MUA - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Whenua talks to previous Te Rau Matatau / Scholarship recipients. This issue: Paula Anderson
HE PUĀWAI NŌ ROTO I TE RAUKURA PHD ASPIRATIONS STILL STRONG, DESPITE COVID-19
Last year, the scholarship gave Paula the support sheneededtocompleteaMasterofContemporary Education from tertiary provider The Mind Lab, in Auckland. Herresearchexploredtheuseofgamificationgaming) ( anddigitaltechnologyinaliteracyprogrammeforKura KaupapaMāoristudentslearningEnglishasasecond language. She then planned to move straight into studying for a doctorate.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have knocked Paula Anderson’s doctorate dreams off course, but the 2020 Charles Bailey Scholarship winner is still determined to get her PhD.
“Butmycertificatewasheldupinthepostthrough Auckland being in lockdown. I received it two months later. It was too late - the doctorate course had already started.”
HerplanisstilltocompleteherPhDinthenextfiveyears AdrianPoa,TeRauTātaiKura/ShareholderEngagement AdvisoratPKW,saysCOVID-19andthedi‹erent lockdownlevelshavealsoa‹ectedthestudyplansof other scholarship recipients.
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