Global Opportunities
Learn local, act global.
International internships, events and opportunities.
The Academy knows that you don't get to the top by standing still or exclusively sitting in a class room.
The understanding that real leadership is built on relationships, empathy and a wider experience of the world is what encourages The Academy to offer remarkable opportunities to participate in top-level conferences and volunteer programs, nationally and internationally.
Upcoming Global Experiences
The timing of our international travel opportunities are currently being reviewed due to the situation with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Social Entrepreneurship, India
Location: Centurion University, Odisha/India
Duration: 3 weeks
Funding: $3000 New Colombo Plan funding available to eligible students
Participants will immerse in a multi-disciplinary, inter-cultural learning ‘incubator’ to creatively address challenges facing the world by developing a plan for a social enterprises/businesses. Students will spend 18 days studying social entrepreneurship and be immersed in the development of social businesses that improve people’s lives in a globalised context.
iNight Market, Taiwan
Location: Feng Chia University, Taichung/Taiwan
Duration: 2-3 weeks
Funding: $3000 New Colombo Plan funding available to eligible students
Students had the opportunity to participate in multi-disciplinary learning 'incubators' that idenitfy solutions to challenges faced by business, visitors, government and communities at the Feng Chia Market (Taichung), Taiwan's third largest night market. Over 2 weeks they collaborated with international peers to produce outcomes that might include exhibitions in Taiwan and Australia, a website and catalogues and applied their skills to the Indo-Pacific mobility, heritage, smart city design, creative industries and business enterprises.
Chinese Cultural Immersion, Taiwan
Location: Chinese Culture University, Taipei/Taiwan
Duration: 2 weeks
Funding: $3000 New Colombo Plan funding available to eligible students
Mandarin language course and cultural immersion. This program is academically rich and includes immersive cultural activities such as Calligraphy, Chinese Paper-Cut, and Tai-Chi Quan. You will be visiting famous attractions including hot springs in Xinbeitou, the traditional streets of Jiufen and Jinshan that still hold their historical characteristics, and a geologist’s dreamland, the Yehliu Geopark.
Global Citizenship and Innovation: Flexing the Mind for a Sustainable Future, Taiwan
Location: Tamkang University, Tamsui/Taiwan
Duration: 2 weeks
Funding: $3000 New Colombo Plan funding available to eligible students
This two-week program has a strong sustainability focus and is culturally rich with interesting classes, field trips and industry visits combined with cultural excursions where students will partake in activities such as Chinese martial arts and traditional tea ceremony. Students live on the Tamsui campus and interact with Tamkang University students which will allow them to immerse themselves in the local culture and foster relationships with their Taiwanese counterparts.
Past International Events
The understanding that real leadership is built on relationships, empathy and a wider experience of the world is what encourages The Academy to offer remarkable opportunities to participate in top-level conferences and volunteer programs, nationally and internationally.
Some recent events offered to The Academy's students, partly or fully funded by the University, include:
University Scholars Leadership Symposium
An international humanitarian leadership program where outstanding university students from many countries come together to learn about, explore, and address global issues concerning the plight of those living in extreme poverty. Find out more ...
Democracy & Citizenship International Program
Stellenbosch University/South Africa
Our students work with South African peers to investigate what citizenship means in our world, and examine the intersection with democracy and systems of representation. Read Students' reflections and watch their videos...
Indian Cultural & Ecological Immersion Tour
Lucknow/India
Case studies in the rural and tribal communities on water and health challenges, peer learning at Lucknow University, farm stay at Suhelwa Sanctuary, visit to Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Find out more...
Green Materials and a Sustainable Environment: Taiwan Immersion
Tamkang University/Taiwan
Summer program with strong environmental and water focus, cultural immersion including tea ceremonies, martial arts, basic Mandarin language lessons and interaction with Taiwanese students. Find out more...
International Democracy Forum for Young Leaders
United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok/Thailand
The International Diplomacy Forum, organised by Humanitarian Affairs Asia, presents an opportunity in the development of soft-skills for aspiring diplomats and future world leaders. It is hosted to recognise, enhance and develop the next generation of diplomats and world leaders.
Other Global Experiences
Academy students have also participated in and attended:
- CRCC International Internship Program for Engineering, China
- G20 Youth Summit, USA and Russia
- Harvard Project for Asia and International Relations Conference, Manila
- International Internship Program for Engineering, China
- International Special Study in Kruger National Park, South Africa
- International Student Energy Summit, Bali
- International Youth Leadership Conference: Dubai UAE
- Kasetsart University Thai Immersion - Bangkok, Thailand
- Kochi University of Technology, Kochi Japan – Summer School and Yosakoi Festival
- Leadership Symposiums on Humanitarian Affairs, Thailand and Bali
- Nuremburg Moot Court, Germany
- Peace Summit, United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand
- Talloires Network Leaders Conference, Stellenbosch South Africa
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, South Africa and Qatar
- Vesabroad School Infrastructure, Education and Village Homestay Project, Fiji Island
- Volunteering Through Voice (Volunteers in Community Engagement) – Vanuatu, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cambodia and The Northern Territory
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