21 December 2004
Charles Darwin University is set to benefit from an Australian Government and European Union agreement which will see $500,000 committed to the study of European and Australian heritage in universities in Australia and Europe.
Master's degree students from Australia and the European Union will live and study for one semester in a partner institution on the other side of the world.
The project will introduce 80 Master's students to culturally diverse learning experiences, including Master Classes in built heritage at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris, and cultural and natural heritage at the Kakadu World Heritage Site in the Northern Territory.
The three-year project, Sharing Our Heritages: Master Classes in Cultural and Natural Heritage Management, was submitted by a consortium of four Australian and four European institutions.
The Australian institutions are:
- University of Western Sydney;
- Charles Darwin University;
- Curtin University of Technology; and
- Deakin University.
The European institutions are:
- Brandenburgische Technische Universitat Cottbus, Germany;
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium;
- Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain; and
- University College, Dublin, Ireland.
This is the third in a series of pilot projects with the European Union aimed at encouraging cooperation between Australian and European universities. The total funding committed by the Australian Government for all three pilot projects is $1.5 million.
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