David Kim
Two of the nine available ‘Key Partner’ Keystone Scholarships have been awarded to Unitec students, announced last week by the Keystone Trust which supports students who have financial need or have been affected by adverse circumstances to take up tertiary studies in the property sector.
The one-year Key Partner Scholarships are available to tertiary students, usually in their penultimate year or later. This year, the Trust received more than 250 applications, with each successful recipient given a $5000 scholarship, work experience with their sponsor, a mentor, site visits and access to the Keystone network.
The two Unitec recipients are:
- David Kim who is studying a Bachelor of Construction, and was selected for the 2021 Barnes Beagley Doherr Quantity Surveying Scholarship
- Te Kitohi Tamanui-Fransen, also studying a Bachelor of Construction, selected for the 2021 Alf Russell Property and Construction Scholarship
David and Te Kitohi went through a rigorous selection process, including in-person and Zoom interviews, before attending the scholarship awards night in late October. It is particularly impressive to have be selected this year, after the Trust saw a 30% increase
in applications.
Te Kitohi Tamanui-Fransen
Keystone Trust is the only charity in New Zealand dedicated to building the capability and capacity of leadership in the property, construction and infrastructure sector.
Amanda Stanes, General Manager of Keystone Trust, says the Trust is conscious of bringing diverse talent into the sectors. “Our students truly represent New Zealand’s broad diversity of cultures and ethnicities,” she says.
Keystone Trust will be supporting 50 students in 2021, studying a range of degrees from architecture, law, engineering, construction and project management, quantity surveying, property management/development/finance at seven tertiary institutions around the country.
Read more about Keystone Trust on their website.
Unitec Construction student Te Kitohi Tamanui-Fransen (third from left), with Kerin Russell-Smith, Director, Russell Group and Keystone Trust trustee, and her team