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October 2005 Issue
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Our newest export: awards!

 Achievement

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± took out the Premier's Award for excellence and high achievement in exporting at the Export Awards recently.

It also won the education award category for outstanding export achievement in the field of education services, facilities, expertise and curriculum.

"South Australia becoming an education centre is part of the , with the seeking to double the levels of international students within 10 years," said University Vice-Chancellor Professor James McWha after the awards.

"It is appropriate that the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± is leading the charge to make South Australia an international education centre of excellence."

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± currently has students and staff from more than 80 countries and has outperformed the tertiary sector in international growth, achieving a 24.7% increase in its international student load while the corresponding figure for all Australian universities was 8.5%.

"International students from the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± not only inject many hundreds of millions of dollars into the economy annually, they take fond memories back home with them and become ambassadors for our State throughout their business lives, which has great potential effects for our economy over a long period," Professor McWha said.

All winners of Business SA export awards go on to the , held in Sydney on Thursday, December 1.

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