PAST PRESENT FUTURE IEAA SPONSORED STUDENTS FORUM 2016 PAST PRESENT FUTURE IEAA SPONSORED STUDENTS FORUM 2016 IEAA’s Sponsored Students Forum Academics will also report on provides a unique opportunity recent research looking at how for government representatives, scholarships have shaped Australia. sponsorship bodies and institutional Present: With competing priorities staff to explore a range of issues and multiple stakeholders, and opportunities. managing sponsors within Building on the success of the educational institutions can be inaugural event in 2015, this year’s a difficult task. We will address forum will focus on the past, current operational activities, present and future of scholarship issues and concerns from the programs into Australia. perspective of sponsors and education providers. Past: From the inception of the Future: From geopolitical conflict original Colombo Plan in the to the price of oil and budget early 1950s, scholarship students constraints, there are numerous have been a fundamental external issues that impact on part of Australia’s international major scholarship programs education landscape. We will in Australia. We will speak to look at scholarship programs that sponsorship bodies, including the have influenced Australia socially, Department of Foreign Affairs and economically and diplomatically. Trade (DFAT), to find out what they are planning for the future. #pastpresentfuture DATE Thursday 7 – Friday 8 April 2016 LOCATION Australian National University Commons Function Centre Corner Barry Drive and Marcus Clarke Street Acton, Canberra ieaa.org.au/sponsored KEY THEMES KEY SPEAKERS ■ How have scholarships shaped ■ Clare Boutchard, Department generations of alumni and of Education and Training influenced Australia and its ■ Professor David Lowe, neighbours? Deakin University ■ What are the key issues for ■ Dr Jemma Purdey, institutions and sponsors, and how Monash University can they best be managed? ■ Laura Ralph, Department ■ What support is provided by of Foreign Affairs and Trade sponsors to their students in Australia? ■ Alison White, Scope Global ■ What are the major sponsors TARGET AUDIENCE planning for the next few years in ■ professional staff working relation to priority areas of study, with sponsored students additional funding, course length and selection processes? ■ sponsors and sponsorship bodies ■ academics researching in scholarships, public diplomacy and international development. This event is led by IEAA’s Sponsored Students Special Interest Group (SIG). # pastpresentfuture 1.30pm REGISTRATION 2.00pm WELCOME ■ Hon. Phil Honeywood – CEO, IEAA ■ Anna Kent – Convener, IEAA Sponsored Students Special Interest Group DAY 1 2.15pm SPONSORS IN FOCUS Representatives from a number of sponsorship bodies – including the Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission and the Embassy of Brazil – will speak to the theme of the ‘Past, Present and Future’ of their respective scholarship programs. Followed by Q&A. Speakers include: ■ Michael Holder (Facilitator) Deputy Convener, IEAA Sponsored Students Special Interest Group; Manager, International Scholarships, The University of Queensland ■ Dr Fahad Al-Qurashi – Academic Director (Victoria), Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission ■ Bianca Abreu – Deputy Head of Mission; Head of Education, Science and Technology, Innovation and Culture Section, Embassy of Brazil in Canberra ■ Ana Paula Lacerda – Manager, Education, Science and Technology, Innovation and Culture Section, Embassy of Brazil in Canberra 3.15pm AFTERNOON TEA 3.30pm STUDENT VOICES Obtaining a scholarship is just a beginning. This panel of current sponsored students will reflect on their experiences – from pre-departure to on-scholarship support. In particular, it will focus on the expectations of sponsors and the support students need to achieve success. Panellists include: ■ Gina Abarquez (Facilitator) – Deputy Convener, Sponsored Students Special Interest Group ■ George Carter, Fiji – PhD (University Merit), Australia Awards alumnus ■ Maria Sandoval Guzman, Mexico – Postgraduate, Endeavour Awards alumnus ■ Keat Hui Ng, Malaysia – Undergraduate, JPA alumnus ■ Ristian Supriyanto, Indonesia – PhD, LPDP alumnus 4.30pm OPEN FLOOR This session provides an opportunity for ‘open floor’ discussion between sponsors and participants. ■ Anna Kent (Facilitator) Convener, IEAA Sponsored Students Special Interest Group 5.00pm NETWORKING EVENT 6.30pm CLOSE # pastpresentfuture 9.00am WELCOME 9.15am THE PRESENT: ROUNDTABLE SESSION This roundtable session will give attendees an opportunity to speak directly with sponsors and follow-up on key issues. Attendees will be free to move from table to table to each sponsor. 10.30am MORNING TEA DAY 2 11.00am THE PAST: RESEARCH Academics report on recent research looking at how scholarship programs have shaped Australia. WHERE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND DIPLOMACY MEET: THE MULTIPLE ROLES OF DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIPS ■ Anna Kent – PHD Candidate; Deakin University; Convener, IEAA Sponsored Students SIG SCHOLARSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS This project recorded over 100 life stories of students from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea who were sponsored to study in Australia from the 1950s–2010. These interviews deepen our understanding of scholarship programs and their capacity to build mutually beneficial linkages between Australia and partner countries. ■ Professor David Lowe – Chair In Contemporary History, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University ■ Dr Jemma Purdey – Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts and the Australia Indonesia Centre, Monash University 12.00pm ALUMNI PANEL ■ Gina Abarquez (Facilitator) – Deputy Convener, Sponsored Students Special Interest Group ■ Lily Yulianti Farid – Australia Awards and Endeavour Awards alumnus ■ Didin Hidayat – Indonesia, AusAID ADS ■ Butet Manurung – Indonesia (AusAID ADS) ■ Van Kien Nguyen – Vietnam (AusAID ADS) 12.45pm LUNCH 2.00pm THE FUTURE ENDEAVOUR SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS ■ Clare Boutchard – Director, International Scholarships (International Mobility Branch), International Group, Department of Education and Training DEFENCE COOPERATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ■ Alison White – Program Manager, Defence Cooperation Scholarship Program, Scope Global 3.00pm AFTERNOON TEA 3.15pm AUSTRALIA AWARDS ■ Laura Ralph – Acting Director, Scholarships and Fellowships Scholarships and Alumni Branch, Public Diplomacy Division, DFAT 4.15pm WRAP-UP AND HOT TOPICS 4.45pm CLOSE # pastpresentfuture Contact us IEAA Secretariat PO Box 12917 A’Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 8006 Australia +613 9925 4579 [email protected] ieaa.org.au/sponsored.