Australia Awards ___ Development Awards

Australia Awards are an Australian Government initiative designed to promote knowledge, education links and enduring ties between Australia, our neighbours and the global community. Australia Awards include Development Awards administered by AusAID and the Endeavour Awards administered by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.Development Awards are an important component of Australia’s investment in education They provide a range of opportunities for study, research and professional development in Australia. 

Australia's Development Awards provide opportunities for all.They are targeted to provide enhanced leadership, knowledge and technical skills to partner governments, tertiary institutions and strategic organisations that are driving sustainable development. Australia's Development Awards have been an important component of the Australian Government’s efforts to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development since the 1950s.

They aim to:

• develop capacity and leadership skills so that individuals can contribute to development in their home country
• build people-to-people linkages at the individual, institutional and country levels.

Long term awards include

1. Australian Development Scholarships (ADS),
2. Australian Leadership Award Scholarships (ALA Scholarships) for high achieving applicants and
3. Australian Regional Development Scholarships (ARDS).
4. Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships (ALA Fellowships),
5. Prime Minister's Pacific-Australia Awards and short courses.

To ensure equity and broad participation, AusAID encourages women, people with disability, ethnic minorities, people living in rural areas and members of socio-economically disadvantaged groups to apply.

WHY STUDY IN CANADA?

Canada's Education System

Excellent and ranks among the best in the world. Moreover Canadian tuition fees are among the lowest as compared to other English-speaking countries.

Internationally Recognized Degrees

Canada boasts a wide range of quality educational institutions for both degrees and diplomas in technical and professional disciplines. 

Possibility To Work In Canada After Graduation

A foreign graduate from a Canadian post-secondary institution with at least one year of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada can apply for permanent immigration while living there.

A Safe, Stable Country

Canada is a peaceful, politically stable, and safe country. 

Excellent Health Care

Compared to other countries, medical insurance is inexpensive in Canada.

Canada Two Official Languages

Canada's two official languages (English and French) . 

A Multicultural Country

Over the past century and a half, Canada has welcomed 15 million immigrants. Canada has a national policy for multiculturalism and works to ensure that people's customs and traditions are preserved and respected. 

Spends More On Education

The country spends more on education (as a percentage of GDP) compared to the OECD average, and is the second highest among G-8 countries.

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Barrier lifted to jobs for foreign graduates:

French officials have instructed the local authorities to review work permit applications from foreign college graduates following criticism from students, heads of universities and companies that immigration rules were forcing highly qualified graduates to leave the country, reports The New York Times.

AUSTRALIA AS AN ACADEMIC DESTINATION

AUSTRALIA AS AN ACADEMIC DESTINATION


The six states and two territories of Australia are responsible for providing higher education to their residents, but the federal government pays about 40 percent of the costs. In 2007 nearly one-million students were enrolled in the country’s 42 public and two private universities. 

Most students pay a portion of their tuition. The amount they pay is determined by the cost of instruction and their likely future earnings. 

The country offers six post secondary degrees: the diploma, advanced diploma, bachelor’s degree, graduate certificate/graduate diploma, master’s degree, and doctoral degree. The diploma and advanced diploma require two and three years of study, respectively. The bachelor’s degree requires three or four years; additional study of up to one year can result in a graduate certificate /graduate diploma. The master’s and doctoral degrees require an additional two and three years, respectively. 
  
The education ministry intends by 2012 to give a national agency the power to regulate accreditation and auditing of education providers. 

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HIGHER EDUCATION IN UK

Approximately 1.8 million students are currently enrolled in the UK higher education system; about one third of young people go on to higher education at age 18 (with almost 50% of students in Scotland), and an increasing number of "mature" students are studying either full-time or part-time for university degrees. Higher education is a current policy priority for the government, with a target set to attract 50% of 18- to 30-year-olds to higher education.

Undergraduate degrees take three years to complete in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while at Scottish universities they last four years. At the graduate level, a master's degree is normally earned in a single year, a research master's degree takes two years and a doctoral degree is often completed in three years.

Professional courses, such as medicine, veterinary medicine, law and teaching, usually are undertaken as five-year undergraduate degrees.

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CANADA AS ACADEMIC DESTINATION

The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), an organisation composed of Canadian universities, defines two distinct types of post-secondary institutions in Canada: universities and colleges. Universities grant university degrees, which include bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees; and colleges, also known as community colleges, provide diplomas. In some cases, universities must be a member of AUCC to be able to grant university degrees. However, in other provinces membership is no guarantee of university status. Provincial and territorial governments provide the majority of funding to their public universities, with the remainder of funding coming from the federal government, tuition fees, and research grants. The primary variation between universities in the provinces is the amount of funding they receive. Universities in Quebec receive the most funding and have the lowest tuition fees, while universities in Atlantic Canada generally receive the least funding. Among G7 countries, Canada has the highest proportion of post-secondary education graduates in the workforce. It also has one of the highest percentage of university graduates in the workforce, with 22%.


There are 83 universities in Canada that are independent post-secondary education institutions with degree-granting authority. Seven of these universities are in Montreal, Quebec. Since 2008, there are also five recognized universities within Metro Vancouver. Six are in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Five of these universities have campuses in Toronto, Ontario, the most populous city in the country. Three universities are in Ottawa, the country's capital city. The oldest university in Canada, Université Laval, was established in 1663. The Quest University is the smallest university in the country, with 80 students, and the University of Quebec is the largest, with 87,000 students.

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