Media Room
Below are some examples of the media attention Global Experience has received in the past. To view each story in full, please click the link at the bottom of each article.
Global Experience exceeds expectations
Appeared in UniSA News
May 2009 Edition A program designed to give students a competitive edge in the global jobs
market is taking off at UniSA. Student interest in Global Experience
has soared since it was introduced at UniSA last year, with numbers
enrolled in the required course Global Experience Professional
Development (BUSS 1056) already exceeding the 2010 target. Click here to view the full story. |
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Reaching out to make a difference
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Appeared in UniSA News October 2008 Edition Final year human resource management student, Briony James is taking her passion for making a difference to a new level. The 23-year old has just returned from Nuang Kyo Met School in Mae Sot, Thailand where she worked at an orphanage with underprivileged children and says that while the experience was challenging and exhausting, its just one of the ways she hopes to make a real contribution. |
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Careers without borders
Appeared in UniSA News August 2008 Edition
By Vincent Ciccarello
An exciting new, university-wide program will give UniSA students a broader international perspective, improving their global career prospects.
It's a cliche but, more than ever, the world is a 'global village'. Technological and social advances allow people with the right skills and experience to move through a variety of jobs, with different employers and in different places, with greater ease than ever before.
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Passport: Citizen of the world
Appeared in UniSA News August 2008 Edition
By Vincent Ciccarello
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Two UniSA students can already see the benefits of Global Experience. The future-seers might be forecasting strong global competition in coming years among employers looking for people with the right skills and experience, but that's no cause for complacency for UniSA students Carolyn Wall (pictured here on the right) and Pattabhiraman Perambalam (pictured here on the left). |
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Travel broadens the degree
This article appeared in the
Australian Financial Review
on Monday 16 February 2009 (pages 27-28)
By Joanna Mather
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The university sector will invest at least $20 million in study abroad programs this year in a bid to help Australian graduates brush up on their international knowledge and stand out in an increasingly global employment market. The number of students going abroad for study had been growing each year and about 6 per cent of those who graduated in 2007, or 8354 undergraduates, spent some time overseas as part of their course. |
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Live and learn
This article appeared in The Advertiser on Tuesday June 9 2009 (page 34). By Lauren Novak
Jade Cooper spent most of her last year living in a dorm room,
surrounded by Japanese students, trying not to speak a word of English
and "having fun". The 21-year-old University of Adelaide student took
part in a year-long exchange to a university in Osaka, Japan, to improve
her language skills and live out a long-held dream.
"I've always wanted to do it, since I was really little...to get out and challenge myself and do something completely different," the fourth-year law and international studies student said. " It was exciting- it was the best thing I've ever done and absolutely amazing."
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