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South Africans visit Australian campuses

23 November 2005

A contingent of 11 staff and students from Monash's South Africa campus has arrived in Australia to take part in a 10-day familiarisation tour.

Visiting students, from left: Heather Bangwayo, Bobo Dube, Hans Haupt and Mpho Kubayi.

The group will visit all of the university's Victorian campuses to look at and learn about the services and facilities on offer.

The visit began on Monday with a tour of the Clayton campus, followed by an afternoon meeting with the general manager of Sport, Mr Martin Doulton, where the students signed up for their sport passes. On Tuesday, the group visited the Caulfield campus.

The visit is intended to strengthen staff and student links between Monash's Australian and international campuses. It includes 10 students from the South African student association, whose main focus will be to look at student services.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins said the aim of the visit was for the students to take back ideas to their home university and enable them to contribute to the design of increased student services at Monash South Africa.

Professor Larkins said a new Monash mobility intercampus program, scheduled to start in 2006, would greatly enhance the opportunity for two-way exchange of students and staff between international campuses.