Canberra Thursday 19 April 2001
Overseas students graduate from campus they have never seen
In an ANU first, nearly 80 Chinese executives will graduate at The Australian
National University from a locally-developed course, taught off-shore
in a foreign language. A total of 78 participants including some high-profile
telecommunications executives will travel to Canberra from China for the
Master of International Management graduation ceremony at Llewellyn Hall
on Friday 20 April, 2001.
The ANU's National Graduate School of
Management began teaching a post-graduate "mini-MBA" in China under
a unique deal with telecommunications giant Ericsson (China) in 1998.
A year later the program was extended to allow participants to articulate
into the Master of International Management (MIM)
"The course is a real success story for the NGSM, particularly in the
face of tough competition inside China," NGSM Executive Director Professor
Mark Dodgson said. "We are proud the model has become a market standard
for a number of international programs which have followed."
Telecommunications is recognised as a major growth area within the Chinese
economy. "The linkages created through this course with high level executives
in Ericsson and their clients will have a lasting and positive effect
for Australia and the ANU," Professor Dodgson said.
The course is not simply a collaboration with a Chinese partner institution,
but a program run specifically for Ericsson and its clients by the ANU.
Classes were held in Mandarin at the Ericsson China Academy, Beijing with
full control over content and academic quality in the hands of ANU staff.
The Master of International Management (MIM) program is worth almost
$1.5 million dollars a year to the National Graduate School of Management.
CANBERRA PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
The students will be available for interview and photos at 12 Noon following
the morning graduation ceremony Friday 20 April, 2001, at Llewellyn Hall,
Childers St, ANU, Canberra.
For further information or to arrange interviews contact:
Melinda Muir, Program Director, 0409 815 586 (mob)
or Clarissa Thorpe, ANU Media Liaison (02) 6125 5575 (w), 0416 249 245
(mob)
No:34/2001
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