Australian National University Students Ready To Leave Lasting Mark In Indo-Pacific

Study in Australia: Students are excited to fly to Indo-Pacific reason and leave a lasting mark. The students are ready to immerse themselves in the local culture.

Seventeen students of Australian National University (ANU) have received the New Colombo Plan scholarships 2025. It is the largest cohort of students who received this scholarship since its inception in 2014.

The students are all set to fly to the Indo-Pacific to study and do the internship. The students will be based in Nepal, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Fiji, Vanuatu, and China. They will immerse in the local culture of these regions and create life-long connections.

Law and Arts student Rosie Bendo said, “It's been a goal of mine to be a part of this [New Colombo Plan] network and contribute to better Australia—Indonesia relationships going into the future. While I will learn about the overlap between law and culture in the human rights context, I'll be sharpening my language skills in Bahasa Indonesian and learning Tetum.”

“I'll be undertaking internships in Indonesian government departments and NGOs. I know that the New Colombo plan scholarship will take me in the direction I want to go, but I'm not quite sure yet what those next steps will look like,” Bendo added.

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Lourdes Bernadette is going to study international relations in Indonesia and Hindi language in India. “The diverse identities I had growing up as Chinese Indonesian means that I want to immerse myself and embrace the cultural diversity in Indonesia and India because I know how important it is to listen to marginalised voices. I look forward to a career in national security and with the NCP I can improve my Asian literacy and deepen my cultural and linguistic understanding, along with my life experiences," Bernadette says.

While Hughes, a Bachelor of Economics student commented, “I think I’m most excited about and enthusiastic about the South Korean cuisine because it is really good, and I would love to be able to come back to Australia with some of that knowledge. The scholarship will really jumpstart my professional and academic development. I would love to make original contributions in the research area, particularly within green finance, and I think this scholarship will really enable me to have the skills to do so upon my return to Australia.”

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