Published: 05 Jun 2025 12 views
This innovative project aims to close this growing digital divide, by adopting a participatory approach and developing a novel conceptual framework to guide the co-design and delivery of a bespoke digital literacy program that meets the needs and preferences of seniors with sensory loss. The resulting digital inclusion tools and resources will be embedded into existing services offered by seven partner organisations who are community-based charities, social enterprises and small business, thereby ensuring long-term adoption of study findings and uptake on a national scale. This Australian-first project will help ensure that seniors with sensory loss can maintain independent living, reducing residential numbers and leading to substantial government cost savings.
The PhD student along with the Project Coordinator will be responsible for all day-to-day activities related to the project including:
The scholarship comprises:
The value of each stipend scholarship is $38,500 per annum (full time, indexed) for three years.
Seniors with sensory loss (vision and/or hearing loss).
This scholarship is available to eligible candidates to undertake a direct entry three-year PhD program. The PhD student will be located within the Public Health and Policy pillar at Macquarie University Hearing, and be in the field of medicine, public health, psychology and/or allied health.
Contact bamini.[email protected] to get an enquiry on how to apply.
For more information, kindly visit Macquarie University scholarship webpage.
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