2010 Study Abroad Grants  - For Study in 2011

now open -  close 1 October 2010.

Guidelines and Application Forms have been posted on this site.

2009 Study Abroad Grants- for study in 2010

The Study Abroad grants( for study in 2010) have closed and been completed. Congratulations to our successful applicants, who have departed for study in China, Japan, Spain, Chile and Mexico.

Visiting Fellow at The University of Melbourne

The Fund is pleased to announce that the 2010 Visiting Fellow, Professor Shuhei Hosokawa from the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Japan, has completed his Visiting Fellowship .

He is a world renowned expert in interdisciplinary and comprehensive research on Japanese culture from an international perspective. He speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian as well as Japanese and is an excellent cultural ambassador for understanding between peoples, that is a central mission for the Man gold Trust.

Professor Hosakawa arrived in Melbourne in early April and undertook his Fellowship until July 2010. He delivered The Walter Mangold Trust Lecture as a public lecture on Thursday 17 June 2010. 

His visit has been a great success.

The search for a 2011 Visiting Fellow will now commence.

In  2009, The Walter Mangold Trust Visiting Scholar was  Professor YONG ZHAO 

Professor Zhao is the Director of the Center of Technology and Teaching and Director of the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence at the University of Michigan, and is internationally renowned for using innovative technologies to support Chines language teaching.

Professor Zhao undertook his Fellowship from 2-15 May 2009, and gave a series of outstanding and thought provoking presentations and master classes,and participated in forums, with leading educationalists and teachers in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

Professor Zhao delivered the Walter Mangold Trust Lecture as the keynote address to the Asia Education Foundation National forum at the Melbourne Airport Hilton on 4 May 2009.Details of national summit pod cast can be accessed at

 htpp;//asiaeducation.edu.au/public HTML/summit may2009.htm

The thanks of the Fund go out to Professor Zhou and The University of Melbourne for a most important contribution to the discussion and debate about education and education philosophy in Australia.

Overseas Students Studying in Australia

Congratulations are extended to the 8 Timorese students who have been awarded scholarships to study English in Melbourne and Ballarat. It is hoped that they will be able to use their improved english language skills to further their own careers and for the benefit of Timor Leste in general.

7 have arrived and have successfully commenced their studies. The 8th is due to arrive at the end of August 2010. 

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