Student exchange program
The Copenhagen Connection
The National Centre for Australian Studies has forged strong and enduring links with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Since 2006, scholars from the Centre have participated in research and teaching programs at Copenhagen and from 2009 Danish students will attend a Study Abroad program at Monash specially designed to meet their interests and needs.
Monash Study Centre in Prato, Florence
One of the most exciting aspects of this international exchange with the University of Copenhagen is a common teaching program run through the Monash Study Centre in Prato, Florence. Students from Australia can spend up to 6 weeks studying abroad and complete accredited units fielded by both Monash and Copenhagen. It’s a culturally rich learning experience and it culminates in an excursion Anzac battlefields in Gallipoli and/or Crete. View more information about the Anzac battlefield tours.
NCAS visiting fellows at Copenhagen include: Professor John Rickard, 2007 Dr Jeff Jarvis, 2008 John Arnold, 2008.
View more information about the Monash Study Centre in Prato.
Graduate tourism program Estonia initiative
The graduate tourism program was the first division of the university to establish a link with a former republic of the Soviet Union when it commenced an innovative tourism development assistance program in 2003 with the Baltic country of Estonia. The program is associated with the objectives of Monash University in regard to international research, innovation and engagement.Partnerships
- Estonian Business School (EBS)
- Estonian Tourist Board
- The Graduate Tourism Program, National Centre for Australian Studies
- Monash International
The initiative is strongly supported by the Australian Ambassador to Sweden, Finland and the Baltic Countries, Mr Richard Rowe as well as Ms Malle Tohver the Estonian Consul General in Australia.
Key strategic objective
The key strategic objective of the program is for staff and students of the Graduate Tourism Program to assist in the future sustainable development of the Tourism Industry in Estonia. Mr Andrew Meek, Ambassador Richard Rowe, Mr Jeff Jarvis and Mr Endel Laanvee (Estonian Business School) High achieving Australian students from the Master of Tourism program travel to Tallinn to study on exchange at the Estonian Business School. The students undertake an internship with the Estonian Tourism Board (or an industry partner) and work on research-based special projects. In exchange, students from the Estonian Business School, who are interested in further developing the tourism industry in Estonia, study subjects offered as part of the Master of Tourism for a semester in Melbourne.Program coordinator
The program is co-ordinated by the Director of the Graduate Tourism Program, Mr Jeff Jarvis. In 2003, he was responsible for assisting in the development of the Estonia: Nordic with a Twist winter brochure. This brochure, co-authored by Mr Jeff Jarvis and Masters student Mr Chris Canty, was developed to address the issue of seasonality in the Estonian Tourism Industry.
In September 2004, Masters student Mr Andrew Meek and Graduate Tourism Program director Mr Jeff Jarvis presented seminars on Australia in association with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Austrade as part of the first ever "Estonia-Australia Day" with the Australian Ambassador, Mr Richard Rowe at the Estonian Business School.
Also in 2004, Masters student, Mr Glen Clark in association with Jeff Jarvis conducted a pilot study on backpackers in Estonia.
