05 May 2011
Nazia joins UAE conference
Nazia Nawaz, a PhD candidate at RMIT University, was one of five student ambassadors from Australia who took part in the Education Without Borders (EWB) conference in the United Arab Emirates recently.
The student delegation members meet a representative of the UAE's Knowledge and Human Development Authority.
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The Victorian Government selected and sponsored the students on the basis of accepted conference papers and the scope of their research.
The EWB is a biennial international student conference that creates networks across cultures among students and experts from all over the world to discuss the globe's most pressing social challenges and generate solutions.
EWB 2011 involved 131 nationalities and about 700 participants from 300 international universities.
The sixth EWB conference, it was held under the theme of "Innovative Solutions to Global Challenges".
Sub-themes focused on education, economics, science, engineering and technology, new media and policy.
After the conference, the five Victorian students met John Butler, High Commissioner - MENA, State Government of Victoria, Knowledge and Human Development Authority, to see the educational facilities provided by Australian Government for UAE at school and higher degree levels.
Mr Butler said: "Victoria has many and growing links with the Middle East in areas like infrastructure project services and education.
"With education, we have seen a strong rise in the number of students coming from the Middle East in the last decade.
"We are sponsoring the students from Victoria to attend the EWB conference to help further strengthen our education networks and links in the Middle East region."
While in the UAE, the students visited the Emirates Palace and the Sheikh Zaid Mosque, and went on trips to nature parks and deserts.
Ms Nawaz, who is from Pakistan, is researching textiles that will help improve protective clothing for Australian firefighters. She is with the School of Fashion and Textiles.
