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For Fiona Mikic, a two-week international leadership placement in India supported by the New Colombo Plan (NCP), has eclipsed anything she has experienced in life so far.

Women in front of the Taj Mahal.
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Tahlia's love of languages and their importance in cultural understanding that is a mainstay for the New Colombo Plan alum as her international career unfolds.

Tahlia Smith sitting at a desk participating in the United Nations Outer Space Security Conference
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University of Newcastle honours student, Jess Rodham visited Tuvalu as part of her New Colombo Plan scholarship.

Jess Rodham sitting with a local resident of Nui Island
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Bachelor of Commerce student, Ariel is currently undertaking a semester exchange at Peking University (PKU) in Beijing as part of the NCP Mobility program.

Image of Ariel with the Forbidden City in the background.
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Supporting Central Queensland University sonography students to take up international placements with Vietnam’s Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Group photo of the Central Queensland University sonography students in front of a clinic.
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A desire to contribute to humanitarian causes drive Jasmine's career in chemistry.

Jasmine in a white coat, goggles on head and holding helixes.
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For Scott Fordyce, travelling to Fiji for his New Colombo Plan Scholarship has been a life-changing experience – and one that was unimaginable to him only a few years ago.

Scott Fordyce
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2020 New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholar Shannon Schulz is a champion for finding sustainable ways to move from fossil fuel reliance to a clean energy future.

Scholar Shannon Schulz participated in freshwater quality sampling expeditions to collect and analyse plants species used in traditional medicines.
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Cody Gray, who uses a wheelchair, says the extra support she received through the NCP, including access to accessibility and inclusion service Maven, has helped facilitate her scholarship program in Japan.

NCP scholar Cody Gray in Japan
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This year the New Colombo Plan is expanding its First Nations Cultures and Environment Study Tour in the Northern Territory, delivered in partnership with Charles Darwin University.

Harine leaning back on a railing, draped with flags up on top of a mountain
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