The Embassy and the Group of Eight to strengthen their partnership
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Source: Republic of France – Foreign Affairs in French
Signed with Ms. Vicky Thomson, executive Director of the Go8, and in the presence of the Teacher. Michael Spence, vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney, this agreement formalizes the participation of the top eight research universities in australia to the internship initiative in France, launched as a pilot in 2017 in the framework of the programme of assistance to the mobility Nicolas Baudin. This initiative enables australian students to undertake a period of research in a laboratory academic French, in collaboration with an industrial partner. The winners receive financial support from the embassy, the host institution in France and their home university in Australia.The objective of this program is to establish long-term relationships involving both of the universities of the two countries and French companies, in particular those who want to develop their presence in Australia.Vicky Thomson, and ambassador Christopher PenotTrois students of the university of Sydney selected in the framework of the call for applications 2018 were unable to attend this meeting. Dominic Albertson, Nicholas Barbara and Chamal Perera will start in Toulouse in November to undertake a period of research at the ISAE SUPAERO, in collaboration with Airbus. They had the opportunity of exchanging views with the Ambassador and with Mal Benfer, Vice-President of Airbus, Australia and the Pacific. The university of Sydney is the only australian university to be part of the network, Airbus Global University Partner Program.Ambassador Christophe Penot, students Chamal Perera, Nicholas Barbara, Dominic Albertson and Mal Benfer, Vice-President of Airbus Australia PacifiqueLa meeting was also the occasion of a wider discussion on the partnership between the university of Sydney and France, as illustrated by the presence of Corinne Caillaud, vice-dean of the faculty of health, university of Sydney and Céline Boehm, director of the department of physics, two representatives of the “diaspora” scientific French who continue to strive for co-operation between their countries of origin and their country of adoption. Links academic and scientific strong of the university of Sydney with Sciences Po or INSERM as well as its desire to develop a privileged partnership with a major research university French – in the course of identification – were on the agenda for discussion.Céline Boehm, Corinne Caillaud, Stephan Williams, Michael Spence, Duncan Ivison, Ill Chell, Vicky Thomson, Ambassador Christophe Penot, Chamal Perera, Nicholas Barbara, Dominic Albertson, Nicholas DuhautL’Ambassador also visited the university of New South Wales (UNSW) where he was able to meet Mr. Laurie Pearcey, Pro-vice chancellor in charge of international relations, in the company of Nicolas Croizer, Consul-general in Sydney. UNSW also maintains close relations with France, particularly in the area of research in the field of quantum computing, renewable energy, space and artificial intelligence. Several of these collaborations have resulted in the signing of cooperation agreements with leading French research bodies (CNRS, CEA, CNES) during the visit of the President of the Republic in may 2018.
At the university of Sydney such as UNSW these meetings have helped lay the foundation of the bilateral discussions that will be held in 2019 on the occasion of the Joint science and technology meeting (JSTM) franco-australian.For more information :Program Nicolas Baudin – internship initiative FranceAFRAN – The Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation
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