Project summary
Priority area: Media
Flagship program: Media Internships
Country location: Jordan
Grantee: University of Technology Sydney
The Foreign Correspondent is a study tour for journalism students from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia, to the Arab world, where students get to learn and experience what it means to be an international reporter outside the boundaries of the classroom.
The inaugural Foreign Correspondent study tour was held with Swinburne University students in June 2015. In 2016 and 2017 the study tour will run as a joint program with UTS.
The Foreign Correspondent study tour is supported by the Commonwealth through the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR), which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, under their 'media interns' flagship program.
Key dates
- Information Session, Sydney, 20 January 2017
- Information Session, Melbourne, 25 January 2017
- Journalism Tour to run in mid to late 2017
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Council for Australian-Arab Relations grant offer: $42,152.00 GST inclusive
Total project value: $38,320.00
