The Jim Anderson Scholarship Award is funded by the NSW Government and administered by the NSW Department of Education. Every recipient of this award was approached to interview about their trajectories and experiences in university since year 12 and the time of application. Dataset comprises; 1. Scanned year 12 application documents for the Jim Anderson scholarship award at WSU. 2. Audio recordings of interviews with recipients conducted during their degrees at Western Sydney 1-5 years after the scholarship was awarded. 3. Transcripts of interviews. This dataset contains sensitive information not for publication. To discuss the data, contact Susanne Gannon
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