Australia and New Zealand: January 2007

...More pictures!

Esta ciudad es muy parecida al Sur de Chile.

Personalmente, me encantó.

AUT UNIVERSITY

Dear Students

Please visit the following website of this University:

http://www.aut.ac.nz/international/

AUT UNIVERSITY

Meeting with:

Mr Chris Hawley
Director International Relations and Development

Frances Niuloa-Little
International Director
International Centre

Michael Giacon

Head of School

AUT International House

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AUT?

So where in the world is AUT?

Physically, AUT is located on two campuses in Auckland, but AUT is an international university with relationships around the globe.

Relationships with International Tertiary Institutions.

AUT has cooperative relationships and partnerships with tertiary institutions in Mexico, Chile, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Taiwan, Korea, China, Fiji, Tonga, the United States, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.

Training and Consultancy Work.

AUT successful record in consultancy work means they are often called on to provide educational and strategic development planning and capacity building expertise. Projects of this nature focus primarily on countries in the South Pacific and Asia. They also undertake short courses for educators, business people and government officials either at our AUT campus or at international sites.

Promoting Technology and Business

The AUT Technology Park undertakes information and communication technology research and the incubation of related businesses. The park is a member of the United States Association of University Research Parks and the National Business Incubator Association. They also have a dedicated office at the Singaporean incubator, Phase Z.Ro and they continue to work closely with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise to promote new technologies and start-up businesses in overseas markets.

Research Collaborations

Their researchers undertake collaborative projects with researchers at universities and research institutes around the world. These collaborative efforts include work with researchers in the United States, Europe and the Pacific Island nations.

International Students

International students enrich AUT campus and broaden the world view of AUT domestic students. They have students from 72 countries studying at AUT, and had a 41 per cent growth in international enrolments in 2003.

Student Exchange Programmes

They have international staff and student exchange programmes with universities in Europe, Asia and Central and North America.

Desde y Fuera del Hotel!

Llegando al hotel!

Rumbo a NEW ZEALAND!!

Ahora directo al hotel!

Estamos en Auckland!

MONASH UNIVERSITY: III

Estimado estudiante,

Si deseas mayor información sobre Monash University, por favor visita la siguiente dirección web:

http://www.monash.edu.au/international/oid/

MONASH UNIVERSITY: II

Sostuvimos una reunión con:

Mr. David Pearce

Manager

Monash Abroad

Dr. Stewart King

Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Catalan Studies

School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Faculty of Arts

Karel Reus

Senior Advisor, International Relationships

Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)

Lindsay Spedding

Manager, Offshore Student Recruitment

Marketing and Student Recruitment

MONASH UNIVERSITY

Al llegar a esta Universidad nos llamó la atención la gran cantidad de estudiantes asiáticos que participaban de las actividades extracurriculares preparadas para ellos. Todos bailaban, cantaban al son de una canción en inglés.

Ésto me trajo a la memoria el siguiente texto: Asian Students flocking to Australia

Australia is growing in popularity among Asian students, while the UK and the US are losing ground as the place to study for a degree, claims an international survey.

Three quarters of Asian students polled in Australia said it was their first choice, compared to less than half when the same survey was carried out by JWT Education in 2000.

The UK and American parts of the survey, covering students from the main higher education markets in Asia, have yet to be carried out, but JWT partner Allison Doorbar expects them to show that the UK is no longer the preferred destination it was, despite still being seen as offering the best education in the world.

She said: "Australian universities have done a really good job of promoting Australia as well as their own universities."

Australia was seen as good value for money and was attracting the more price-sensitive students, said Ms Doorbar.

Australia's overseas student enrolments have doubled since 2000 to 200,000 at a time when they have declined in the US and the UK's share of the global market is declining.

Reflecting this increase, Australia's education exports rose 17.8% last year and were valued at more than $5bn for the first nine months of 2004.

Ms Doorbar said that the London bombings and the government's decision to raise student visa charges and abolish appeals did not yet appear to be affecting student attitudes in Asia.

But she believed this effect was seen in the US following the terrorist attacks on September 11 and a clampdown on foreign students, which made them feel unwelcome. As a result, applications to American universities declined. She said this could happen in the UK and if students found it hard to get visas they would question whether the country really wanted them.

Another factor in Australia's growing popularity was the wish of some members of the growing Asian middle class to settle in the country after studying there, she said.

Her report, published last week, said: "The relative costs of studying in Australia, as opposed to other destinations, continue to be a leading reason students choose to study in Australia (34% said they selected Australia because they thought living expenses were relatively less expensive and 22% made their decision because tuition fees were cheaper).

"Australia is perceived by international students studying here to offer the third highest standard of education behind the UK and the USA, but ahead of other destinations like Canada, NZ [New Zealand] and Germany."

Ms Doorbar added that despite the emergence of transnational education programmes, 81% of students did not consider undertaking a foreign degree in their home country. "Perhaps the concern that these programmes are going to diminish the number of foreign students is a bit premature," she commented.

Donald MacLeodMonday October 17, 2005 Guardian Unlimited

Melbourne...!

Después de las horas de trabajo, la mayoría de la gente prefiere ir a los restaurantes al aire libre. Dada la gran cantidad de comensales, muchos restaurantes utilizan tecnología de avanzada para realizar los pedidos: Una pantalla plasma donde solamente tienes que seleccionar el menú que te agrade o "crearlo" a tu medida.

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY: V

¡¡¡Fue un Christmas Lunch inolvidable!!!

¡¡¡Muchas Gracias!!!

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY:IV

Qué mejor que ir de shopping .... en el campus de una universidad!!!

En esta Universidad encontré ...my Tasman Devil!!!

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY: III

¡En reunión!

Martin van Run

Director International Office

Jonathon Wyss

Marketing & International Relations

Language Centre

Lynda Yates

Associate Dean (International)

Faculty of Education

Jan Clohessy

Education Abroad Manager

International Programs Office

Larry Marshall

Project Officer

Australian Studies

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY: I

Sí! al interior de la Universidad hay bancos que aplican Oh! Oh! Oh! interés! (o% de interés)

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY

Durante la mañana del viernes 15 de diciembre estuvimos visitando las dependencias de LA TROBE UNIVERSITY.

Ms. Arlene Peace
International Development Manager
AusAID, Research and Latin America
ARLA
International Programs Office
La Trobe University
Melbourne 3086 Australia
Tel: (+613) 9479 3619
Fax: (+613) 9479 1809
www.latrobe.edu.au/international/

Mr. Jonathon Wyss
Marketing & International Relations
La Trobe University Language Centre
www.latrobe.edu.au/international/

In David Myers Building
LUNCH

Viajando por tren

En la foto: Carlos Ruiz (Universidad de Aconcagua) y Renzo Uccelletti (PROCHILE)

The SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: III

Estimados Estudiantes from Worldwide,
Les invitamos a navegar en el siguiente sitio web del área Internacional de Swinburne University of Technologu
http://www.international.swinburne.edu/

The SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: II

The SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Meeting with
Ms. Sarah Price
Regional Team Leader ,
(Americas & Europe
Swinburne International
Swinburne Place
Level 1 West Building
Wakefield Street, Hawthorn 3122
Swinburne University of Technology

Llegando al hotel Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne

Vista nocturna del río Yarra

La estación de la calle Flinders en Melbourne

From Sydney to Melbourne via QANTAS

Melbourne es una ciudad australiana, la segunda ciudad del país en población, tras Sydney, con aproximadamente 3,6 millones de habitantes en su área metropolitana. El centro histórico, la Ciudad de Melbourne, tiene tan sólo 69.670 habitantes (según datos del censo de 2001).

La ciudad es la capital y la mayor ciudad del estado australiano de Victoria. Fue capital de Australia entre 1901 y 1927. Melbourne ha sido votado varios veces en estudios internacionales como la ciudad con mejor calidad de vida en el mundo.