FUTURE UNLIMITED. Deepening engagement between Brazil and Australia. Ms Sheila Lunter, Consul Australian Consulate-General, Sao Paulo

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1 FUTURE UNLIMITED Deepening engagement between Brazil and Australia Ms Sheila Lunter, Consul Australian Consulate-General, Sao Paulo Mr Nic Jonsson, Counsellor (Education & Science) Australian Embassy, Brasilia

2 1. Australia: a growing choice 2. Agreements between Australia and Brazil 3. Research collaboration 4. New activities

3 UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AUSTRALIAN TRADE COMMISSION (CONSULATE-GENERAL, SAO PAULO) Education agent workshops (June Fortaleza / Sao Luis) Participation in AC Expo (August SP / Rio / BH) Further development of LinkedIn Australia-Brazil Network

4 EDUCATION OFFICE ACTIVITIES (EMBASSY BRASILIA) Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships Alumni networking events in six cities in May 2015 Visiting Researcher s Program March-May 2016 Placements for 10 Brazilian PhD students in Australia FAUBAI

5 AUSTRALIA: A GROWING CHOICE

6 GROWTH IN STUDENT RECRUITMENT 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6, ,000 2,000 0 Higher Education VET ELICOS Schools Other (Scholarships)

7 SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS 5,963 scholarships received by Australia so far Australia is in 5 th place Majority students come from: São Paulo; Minas Gerais; Rio de Janeiro; Rio Grande so Sul; and Paraná Top receiving institutes: University of Queensland; University of New South Wales; Monash University; University of Sydney; and University of Adelaide FAUBAI

8 AGREEMENTS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL 8

9 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH BRAZIL IN EDUCATION, RESEARCH, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING Work plan between Department of Education and Training and the Ministry of Education Provides framework for government to government education engagement FAUBAI

10 RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH AUSTRALIA 10

11 PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA Growth in number of agreements with universities and funding bodies such as FAPESP etc: University of Melbourne ANU University of Sydney University of New South Wales Australian Technology Network Victoria University University of Queensland (FAPEMIG) Growth in research collaboration projects Continuing to look for other collaboration projects FAUBAI

12 CASE STUDY: WATER The water crisis in Sao Paulo offers an opportunity for Australia to highlight its capability in water expertise The experience of the Millennium Drought has provided Australia with many learnings that they are keen to share and work on with Brazilian partners Recent visitors: Prof Stuart White, University of Technology, Sydney Mission from the State of Victoria Upcoming events July: mission from the State of Queensland November: Australian session at ABRH water symposium FAUBAI

13 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SHADOWING PROGRAM 13

14 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SHADOWING PROGRAM Based on successful concept with Chinese universities Universities Australia, with COALAR funding, invited four senior representatives of Brazilian universities First week: British Council meeting and meeting of Universities Australia. Presence of all senior management of universities Second week: shadowing program at partner university Initial feedback indicates Brazilian participants found it very useful FAUBAI

15 PARTICIPANTS University of Melbourne University of Technology Sydney Macquarie University Swinburne University Universidade de Sao Paulo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UNICAMP Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina FAUBAI

16 HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM BRASILIA 9-10 JUNE Up to 30 universities from Australia and Brazil attending Collaboration between Australian Embassy (Brasilia), Universities Australia and Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Brasileiras Opportunity to explore in-depth the potential for academic and research collaboration. Dr Paulo de Souza from CSIRO, Australia will be the Master of Ceremony FAUBAI

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