Prime Minister's Australia Asia Awards success for Monash students
Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor David Copolov OAM with Prime Ministers Australia Asia Award winners
Six Monash University students have been awarded Prime Minister's Australia Asia Awards, allowing them to continue their research at some of the most influential educational institutions in Asia.
Monash University post-graduate students Vicki McConville, Sarah Henderson, Jack Maher and Robert Seccombe and undergraduate students Anna Lam and Maxine Lange were among 40 students nationwide awarded the prestigious scholarships at Parliament House in Canberra last night.
Monash University Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Ed Byrne AO congratulated the students on their awards.
“As a globally-focused university, Monash is committed to encouraging our students to look at how Australia engages with the world,” Professor Byrne said.
“This commitment is reflected in the large number of successful Monash students again this year in the Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Awards.
“The continual success of our students with awards such as these shows the desires of our students to further their study, research and professional development overseas.”
The Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Awards provide scholarships for the best and brightest university students from Australia and Asia. The Awards provide the opportunity for students to undertake not only international study, but also internships.
Current Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture PhD candidate Vicki McConville, is looking forward to undertaking further research in the theoretical and critical study of the cinematic, visual and performing arts at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.
Jack Maher, a Master of Laws Juris Doctor student, will travel to the Tsinghua University in Beijing where he will study intellectual property law.
Alexander Seccomb currently undertaking a Master of Public Policy and Management will study economics, law, institutional design and financial management for the public sector at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Sarah Henderson, a Master of Laws Juris Doctor student, will further her legal studies at the University of Indonesia law faculty which will include study of Indonesian public welfare law, law and economics, international trade law and transnational law.
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law student Maxine Lange, will study International trade law, international human rights law as well as intensive Mandarin language classes at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing.
Anna Lam, also undertaking a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law, will study subjects towards her Bachelor of Law at the University of Hong Kong.
Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor David Copolov OAM added his congratulations to the six students.
“Winning a Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Awards is a wonderful opportunity for this group of students to extend their learning and research opportunities and increase their skills and enhance their global awareness,” Professor Copolov said.
Other Prime Minister's awards presented to incoming Monash University students:
2102 Prime Minister's Pacific Australia Awards:
Charmaine Lenora Kwan
2012 Incoming Postgraduate Award recipients:
Wesley Robertson
Tao Xu
Christopher Rivet
Sherin Tariq
Haiyan Wang
Elida Zairina Machsoen Ali
Andrea Vestrucci
Syed Saifuddin Hossain
Nu Nhu Huong Ton
Farzana Zebeen Khan
Ngoc Thuy Dinh
Nadia Sultana Deen
Md. Ariful Haq Kabir
Bach Le Truong
Van Tran Nguyen Le
Andrey Shubin
Bao Tran Huynh
John-Christopher Boyer
Pavel Kratina
Esteban Freidin
Cuong Dinh Viet
Thanh Thuy Pham
Iftikhar Rashid
Thi Mai Xuan Hoang
Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen
Kanditadt Sricharatchanya
Ariadne Juwono