Sector: Building Cultural Understanding / Society and Culture/Geopolitics
Country location: Australia, Republic of Korea
Grantee: INSEARCH LIMITED

Project Description

In an Australian first, education pathway UTS:INSEARCH, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, through the Australia-Korea Foundation, and the South Korean Ministry of Unification are working in partnership to offer an innovative new scholarship program for students formerly from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) who are now South Korean citizens.

These scholarships will enable five students annually to study English Language for up to 30 weeks each at UTS:INSEARCH, the provider of the leading Academic English Language program in Australia. The Scholarships cover the cost of the students' English Language tuition, return flights from South Korea to Sydney, and accommodation and living expenses while in Sydney.

Key dates:

• Students commence studies, Sydney, 12 September 2016
• MOU launch, Seoul, 29 February 2016

Social media: www.insearch.edu.au, www.insearch.edu.au/kr, @UTS_INSEARCH, #UTS_INSEARCH

Australia-Korea Foundation grant offer: $64,322.50

Total project value: $190,000.00