Category: Global Citizenship (BUILD)
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Two weeks ago, I had the privilege to attend Humanitarian Affairs Asia’s 5th Global Peace Summit at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok as a Peace Ambassador and delegate for UTS BUILD. This opportunity marked the halfway point of my 2025 New Colombo Plan Scholarship Program in Vietnam. I found the summit gave me…
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From 5–8 August I had the privilege of attending the 13th University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS) in Kuala Lumpur as a delegate representing the University of Technology and Australia. It’s difficult to distil such a meaningful week into so few words. Over the course of the next few days, we heard from a range of incredible speakers.…
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This semester, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to intern as an Environmental Consultant with MRA Consulting, thanks to Arcadia Abroad. As someone passionate about both chemical engineering and sustainability, this internship has been the perfect way to explore the intersection of my interests while gaining valuable, hands-on experience in the field. MRA Consulting is one…
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Over the Winter [ break I had the incredible opportunity to study bee biology and bee keeping in the vibrant city of Barcelona. The hands-on aspects of the class were the most memorable experience of my trip, we were able to suit up in our beekeeping outfits and venture into the apiary to see the…
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Last month I was honoured to represent UTS and UTS BUILD at the Humanitarian Affairs Asia 4th Global Peace Summit, located in the United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok! Attending this Summit was a transformative experience that I’m forever grateful for. The summit boasted over 400 delegates from over 40 different countries, which created a unique…
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If you had told me before I started my University BUILD experience at UTS that I would be helping to achieve the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Goals, I would say keep dreaming! In my first year of university, I joined BUILD to expand my global mindset and think like a global leader so that one…
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I was unsure what to expect when I attended my first BUILD event, the Introduction to Leadership Workshop. I expected it to be a boring conference in which we sat and did icebreakers for the entire time before hearing the speaker lecture. I was mistaken and was pleasantly surprised by the outcome! This event focused…
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One of my interests when I first came to this country as an exchange student from the United States was learning about the indigenous people. I never learned anything about Australian history in school back home, let alone the history of the aboriginal people. Since I’m not very interested in history or museums, I was…
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From managing group assignments, all the way to hopefully one day becoming an activist for social justice, the ability to be a leader is an essential set of skills that I need to master. At a workshop called ‘Introduction to Leadership’ with Franked.io’s Tina Wyer, I felt inspired after learning that leaders can indeed be…
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When you are walking in your neighbourhood, what do you see? Maybe you see other people living their lives, maybe you see trees and birds and the natural world, maybe you can see the history of that place embodied in in its landscape… As an exchange student, I’ve been on my fair share of excursions…
