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www.vu.edu.au
Victoria University of Technology (VU) was established by legislation of the Victorian Parliament, the Victoria University of Technology Act 1990. From law and engineering to tourism, multimedia and education, VU offers more than 700 courses throughout 12 campuses servicing 47,000 students. Its international network extends to 86 exchange partners worldwide and more than 8,000 international students.
VU has the best student to staff ratio in the state (Australian Vice-Cancellors’ Committee Report 2005). In the 2005 Good Universities Guide, Victoria University graduates gave VU the maximum rating of 5 stars for the educational experience they received at the University. This category rated courses for overall satisfaction, teaching quality and learning of generic skills.
VICTORIA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The Victoria Graduate School of Business manages all postgraduate programs in the Faculty of Business and Law. Officially opened in January 2000 and have already attracted almost 4000 students enrolled across seven campuses in Australia and Asia, the school covers all aspects of business administration from marketing, law and criminology to finance, information systems and international trade.
Students learn from more than 150 teachers, including a dedicated core staff and supported by highly qualified and experienced staff members who have taught at Victoria University’s overseas campuses and are attuned to the needs of a multicultural student body. This approach ensures courses are consistent in their content and have rigorous standards, regardless of where students are enrolled.
The Victoria Graduate School of Business is a member of ANZAM: the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
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www.unb.ca
Our History
• UNB’s Fredericton campus, located in New Brunswick’s capital, was established in 1785; it’s Saint John campus, located in New Brunswick’s largest city, was established in 1964.
• UNB is among the oldest public universities in North America and the oldest English-language university in Canada.
Our Faculties
• UNB has more than 75 undergraduate and graduate programs.
• There are 14 faculties on the Fredericton and Saint John campuses.
• Fredericton: arts, business administration, computer science, education, engineering, forestry and environmental management, kinesiology, law, nursing, Renaissance College and science.
• Saint John: arts, business, and science, applied science and engineering.
• UNB employs more than 3,000 full- and part-time staff, including faculty, support staff and students.
• The College of Extended Learning makes UNB accessible around the world through distance education and web-based courses.
• UNB Saint John’s language institute, Saint John College, and UNB’s College of Extended Learning welcome hundreds of international students every year, helping them to improve their language skills for academic purposes.
• UNB’s faculty of law ranks among the top five in Canada (Canadian Lawyer Magazine).
Our Achievements
• UNB ranked among the top five comprehensive universities in the 2008 Maclean’s university survey.
• UNB hockey player Rob Hennigar was named the 2007-08 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Male Athlete of the Year.
• In 2008, four students from UNB’s faculty of business administration in Fredericton won the North American championship at the second annual Global Investment Research Challenge in New York City.
• In 2008, UNB president John McLaughlin was named one of Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEOs for the second year in a row.
• Two UNB professors have received a 3M National Teaching Fellowship. Katherine Frego (Biology, UNB Saint John, 2008) and Pierre Zundel (Renaissance College, UNB Fredericton, 2003).
• UNB Fredericton nursing professor Nicole Letourneau was named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 list for 2007.
• In 2005, UNB Saint John professor Anne Compton received the Governor General’s Literary Award in Poetry.
• The research of UNB Saint John professor Karen Kidd was featured as one of the top 100 science stories of 2007 by Discover Magazine.
• UNB Fredericton researcher Kevin Englehart is the recipient of a 2007 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award.
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www.uwe.ac.uk
The University of the West of England (UWE) is a modern, growing university in the thriving city of Bristol. UWE is one of Britain's most popular universities, with more than 30,000 students and 3,000 staff and is the largest provider of higher education in the south west of England. Students come to Bristol UWE from all parts of the UK, as well as a significant and growing number of international students from over 50 countries worldwide.
Courses and teaching
The University offers more than 600 programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and short course levels. UWE has a history of providing high-quality education and training to students, achieving consistently high assessment scores for teaching quality. The University’s strong links with major employers brings visiting lecturers to share their professional experience and provides excellent placement opportunities for students. The University prides itself on giving its students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their chosen career.
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