Dear Austudy-Africa visitors 

Study in Australia stand at the Rotary Careers’ and Education Fair in Mauritius

Visit the Australian Pavilion at this year's Rotary Careers' and Education Exhibition, to be held at Swami Vivekananda International Conference Centre, Pailles from 10-13 May 2006.

Timings for the event are as follows: Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 May 2006 from 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m with an evening session on Friday 12 May from 5.00 to 7.30 p.m. to target postgraduate or more mature students, and Saturday 13 May from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

This year, the Australian Pavilion will feature representatives of the Australian Government and numerous institutions of higher education including Australian School of Tourism and Hotel Management (WA), Flinders University (SA), Holmesglen Institute (VIC), La Trobe University (VIC), Monash University (VIC), RMIT (VIC), Swinburne University (VIC), TAFE NSW (NSW), University of Notre Dame (WA), University of Queensland (QLD) University of South Australia (SA), University of the Sunshine Coast (QLD), University of Western Sydney (NSW), William Angliss Institute of TAFE (VIC).  The Australian Trade Commission will be compiling all enquiries from students interested in any of these institutions and organising follow-up sessions with the institutions after the exhibitions, so that students may communicate directly with the relevant contacts.  Look for the Australian Pavilion at booths 34-36, 39 and 40.

New Scholarships

South Africa-Australia Minerals Sector Scholarship Fund

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and several Australian and South African companies in the sector have established a fund to provide scholarships for Australian and South African resident students and junior professionals to carry out honours level project work of particular relevance to the minerals sector. South African students and junior professionals must undertake their project in Australia at or under supervision of the Australian National University (ANU), but may be located at the laboratory or site of another entity, such as a mining company or research institute.  It is anticipated the successful candidate will spend 8 to 12 weeks in Australia on the research project and travelling and visiting mines, geological sites, professionals and academics to broaden experience in both academic discipline and culturally. The selection criteria are merit and relevance of the project, potential of the applicant to be a good communicator and a good young ambassador for their country and university, academic ability, interest in and enthusiasm for a successful career in the minerals sector or directly facilitates others to do so.  The scholarship is for a fixed sum and to cover living expenses while carrying out project work overseas. The fixed sum is set at A$5000 and may be increased at the discretion of the Coordinator taking note of increases in cost of living and balance of moneys in the Fund.  The Fund will not provide additional funds for travel costs to/from Australia/South Africa, but may be able assist successful applicants in securing assistance to cover the cost of the airfare.  One scholarship will be awarded each year to a South African. If there is no suitable candidate an additional scholarship may be awarded in the following year.  Initial enquiries can be made to Peter Hancock, AusIMM South Africa-Australia Scholarship Coordinator, Earth and Marine Science Dept, ANU by 31 August 2006 Peter.hancock@anu.edu.au or Tel +61 2 6125 5019.

Study Tourism, Hotel and Event Management

The tourism, hotel and event industries are rapidly evolving and can offer dynamic career paths.   Australia has highly developed education programs in these areas to give aspiring professionals a competitive edge in the global market.  The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE) encourages excellence in this field of education and endorses a range of high quality education programs available from its member institutions.  To further encourage excellence, THE-ICE offers a series of scholarships at Masters, Bachelor and Diploma level to international students to study tourism, hotel and event programs in Australia. Visit www.the-ice.org for details, application criteria and form.  Applications are judged on outstanding merit. The current offer closes 29 September, 2006.

Winner of iPOD competition

We’re pleased to announce the first winner of the iPOD competition is Ayesha Ismail from Johannesburg.  Ayesha is a fourth year medical student at the University of the Witwatersrand and attended the Study in Australia exhibition at Roedean School.  Ayesha has done quite a bit of research about Australian universities as she is hoping to transfer from Wits to study in Australia in about 12 months time.  She believes Australia universities offer good quality education in addition to multicultural campus communities. She’s thinking of using her new iPOD to record university lectures!  If you are registered on our website, you still have two more chances to win an iPODs so stay tuned to Austudy-Africa.com! Alternatively, if not, you can register on www.austudy-africa.com.

Kind regards

Marie Hill, Yvonne Dusabe and Romina Panray
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
Sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean Region
Tel +27 11 784 0620 ext 200
Fax +27 11 784 0446
E-mail: yvonne.dusabe@austrade.gov.au
Web: www.austrade.gov.au