Australian Trade Commission launches education exhibition

The Australian Trade Commission in West Africa will launch the first-ever Australia-focused education exhibition at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra tomorrow.

Organised under the auspices of the Australian government, the exhibition is a demonstration of confidence in the future of the Ghanaian economy.

To be launched on the theme: “Australia: Future unlimited West Africa Education Exhibition 2015”, the exhibition will offer an excellent opportunity for all to learn more about the opportunities an Australian education presents and also hear from  a number of leading Australian educational institutions.

The Australian Trade Commissioner for West Africa, Mr Gordon Chakaodza, who disclosed this in Accra, said 17 leading Australian educational institutions would participate in the exhibition and provide parents and students with a full range of educational options.

He mentioned the institutions as the Australia Institute of Business and Technology (AIBT), the Bond University, the University of Canberra, the Central Queensland University, the Deakin University, the Flinders University and the Holmesglen Institute.

Others are the James Cook University, the KAPLAN Business School, the Macquarie University, Navitas Limited, the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the Queensland Institute of Business and Technology (QIBT) and the Griffith University.

The rest are the University of Queensland, the RMIT University, the University of Western Sydney and the University of South Australia.

“Australia has a strong track record of innovation and success. It is the home to some of the world’s leading educational institutions, researchers and academics – including 15 Nobel Prize winners,” Mr Chakaodza said.

For many years, he said, students from Ghana had chosen to study in Australia due to the opportunities that an Australian education opened up for them for the future.

Australia also had four of the 10 most exciting cities in the world, he noted, adding that that was why students would wish to study with some of the best minds in some of the safest and most liveable cities in the world.

For students interested in studying in Australia, he said, the exhibition would provide an excellent opportunity to discuss their study plans directly with the representatives.

The exhibition will include seminars on Australia’s educational system, student visa requirements, living in Australia, as well as provide some important insights into Australia.

The Deputy Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Tim Millikan, who was present at the briefing, expressed happiness at the deepening of diplomatic and economic relations between Australia and Ghana.

He said the Australia Education Exhibition would, among others, help improve people-to-people relationships.

Those interested are urged to visit: www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/africa/Exhibition2015.