Resources
Useful Links
- Australia Awards Useful Links
- Preparing A Research Degree Proposal
- Preparing for English Language Test
- Australian Institutions
Australia Awards Global Site: https://www.dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/australia-awards
Australia Awards Policy Handbook: https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/australia-awards-scholarships-policy-handbook
Australian High Commission to PNG: https://png.embassy.gov.au/
PNG Australian Alumni Association: https://www.pngaaa.org/
Australian Visa Information: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/
Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students: https://cricos.education.gov.au/
English Language Courses in Australia: https://www.studyaustralia.gov.au/english/australian-education/english-courses
IELTS English Language Test Information: https://www.ielts.org/
The following links may help you in preparing a research proposal for your Australia Awards application.
- https://sydney.edu.au/study/how-to-apply/postgraduate-research/how-to-write-a-research-proposal-for-a-strong-phd-application.html
- https://www.anu.edu.au/students/academic-skills/research-writing/research-proposals/writing
- https://www.studential.com/postgraduate/study/PhD/writing-a-research-proposal
- http://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/students/proposals/format
- https://www.writingclearscience.com.au/ten-stages-of-the-phd-journey/
These resources may help you in preparing for your English Language Test (IELTS):
- IELTS Preparation Guide: https://bit.ly/IELTSPreparation_Guide
- IELTS Masterclass Pack: https://bit.ly/IELTSMasterclass_Pack
- IELTS Academic Masterclass: https://bit.ly/IELTSAcademicMasterclass (Specific for PNG test takers covering all 4 skills)
- IELTS Masterclass Playlist: https://bit.ly/IELTSMasterclassSTF
Central Queensland University
Email: international-enquiries@cqu.edu.au
Website: www.cqu.edu.au
Video: ‘Why International Student Choose CQUniversity Australia’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4dY-BoYpY
Charles Sturt University
Email: internationalclient@csu.edu.au
Website: https://study.csu.edu.au/international
Macquarie University
Email: Matt Monkhouse, Director, Southeast Asia & Eurasia, matthew.monkhouse@mq.edu.au
Website: mq.edu.au
RMIT University
Website: www.rmit.edu.au
https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/virtual-tours/virtual-campus-tour
University of Melbourne
Student Contact Officers: Catherine Navon & Stephanie Gleeson
Email: aus-awards@unimelb.edu.au
Website: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/
For a good overview of the university: https://youtu.be/z2STrELVids
University of Melbourne Law School: https://youtu.be/KiIdnA3U28c
University of Sydney
Contact: Julia Wibowo
Email: australiaawards@sydney.edu.au
Website: www.sydney.edu.au
https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/australia-awards.html
www.sydney.edu.au/international-events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8qn9b3TJcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuxvW2cLSC4
University of the Sunshine Coast
Email: sponsoredstudents@usc.edu.au
Website: usc.edu.au/international
University of Tasmania
Enquiries: https://www.utas.edu.au/international/enquire
International Future Students ‘Courses’ and Student Stories: https://www.utas.edu.au/international
Research institutes and centres: https://www.utas.edu.au/research/institutes-and-centres
University life: https://www.utas.edu.au/uni-life
University of Technology Sydney
Website: www.uts.edu.au/international
University of Western Australia
Email: admissions@uwa.edu.au
Website: https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/international-students
University of Wollongong
Website: www.uow.edu.au
https://www.youtube.com/c/uownow
Victoria University
Email: ausawards@vu.edu.au
Website: www.vu.edu.au
Services provided to International Students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=669NZ5Jn1e0
Our Stories
Nurses saving lives
Mecklyn, from Kompiam District in Enga Province, is an awardee of the Australia Awards PNG Scholarship. She obtained a Diploma in General Nursing through this scholarship program in 2021 and is now serving at the Kompiam District Hospital.
Passion of a male midwife
Even though midwifery is a female-dominated profession, Clinton Danny Saupere decided to become a midwife after seeing his sister-in-law’s untimely death following childbirth.
Clinton is an awardee of the Australia Awards PNG Scholarship and a native of Hauna Village in the East Sepik Province’s Ambunti Drekikier District.
More midwives could reduce maternal mortality
Lois Namia, a midwife and Australia Awards alumna thinks the best approach to reducing the maternal mortality rate in Papua New Guinea is to train more midwives and conduct more health education on sexual reproductive health and family planning.