Four young women were each awarded a $20,000 Nicholl scholarship to help offset the cost of their undergraduate and graduate studies.

Akilah Beckles, Jennifer Gracie, Gabriella Shorto and Sarah Lusher were chosen by the trustees of the scholarship for the 2005/06 year.

Ms Beckles will be pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies at Queen?s University in Ontario, Canada. Ms Gracie is doing a double Honours Degree in Economics and Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in the UK. Also studying in the UK, Ms Shorto will be pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Nottingham University. Ms Lusher who won a postgraduate scholarship and is pursuing a Juris Doctor in Law at the University of Queensland in Australia.