Citation
(2005), "EU-Australia and EU-New Zealand education co-operation intensified", Education + Training, Vol. 47 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.2005.00447cab.010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
EU-Australia and EU-New Zealand education co-operation intensified
Two pilot projects, which started last autumn, will enhance education co-operation between the EU and Australia and the EU and New Zealand. European students will have the opportunity to study high-level interaction design in New Zealand and cultural and natural heritage management in Australia, thanks to the pilot projects selected in the new and intensified higher-education exchange programmes. A minimum of 36 EU students will take part in the three-year project. The European universities will host a similar number of New Zealand students.
The Directorate-General for Education and Culture, in co-operation with the Tertiary Education Commission in New Zealand, has selected a project named “Leonardo: a Multinational Exploration in Interaction Design Education and Research”. The project is managed, on the European side, by the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg and brings together partner universities in Slovenia and in the UK and, on the New Zealand side, the University of Canterbury as managing institution, as well as two other higher-education institutions.
The project with Australia is entitled “Sharing Our Heritages: Master Classes in Cultural Heritage Management”. Managed in Europe by the Brandenburg University of Technology in Germany, and in Australia by the University of Western Sydney, this third pilot project between Australia and the EU since 2002 involves a total of eight universities. The project was jointly selected by the European Commission and the Department of Education, Science and Training in Australia, both sides committing 300,000 for it. The funds are allocated for the exchange of faculty members and for the exchange of 40 European and 40 Australian students, who will also follow courses at the Unesco World Heritage Centre.
In total, four partnerships presented their bids for the EU-Australia co-operation and three partnerships applied for the EU-New Zealand funding.