Welcome to the EU AU Global
Leadership Forum
Join fellow students from around the world and Australia at the EU-AU Global Leadership Forum in Sydney.
The Forum is based on an exchange agreement between Europe and Australia, though students from all nations
and disciplines of study are welcome to participate. The Forum is jointly coordinated by Macquarie’s
Division of Humanities and the Macquarie Global Leadership Program (GLP).
The Forum is designed to introduce you to themes of global leadership and global citizenship in an
Australian context. The innovative program includes academic seminars, experiential learning in the
Sydney community, visits to relevant organisations and project work in teams.
The main themes of the event will include:
- Australia’s historical context and global outlook
- Immigration, culture & media
- Australia’s place in the Asia Pacific.
You will find these three themes not only provide relevant insight into Australia and the Asia Pacific region,
but are globally relevant. Students will be divided into project teams and will have a simulated problem to solve over the three days.
The project topic will relate to the main themes of the Forum. Project teams will be require to develop a
presentation to be given on the final evening.
The Forum is also an excellent opportunity to establish friendships with other Australian and international
students learning about global citizenship.
Feedback from participated students
- ‘What I found most enjoyable was the tour given by the lovely indigenous woman (can't remember her name). It was really informative and insightful. It showed a completely different way of viewing the world’
- ‘The history and culture of Sydney Australia was thoroughly covered most efficiently. The excursions were interesting and entertaining.’
- ‘I liked the seminars, I liked the open air-cinema, I liked the tours, the theatre and especially meeting all these people with same interests.’
- ‘I learned a lot about global citizenship, it changed my mind and made me think about it. Polished up on my Australian history.’
- ‘Meeting everyone from Europe was excellent. It was the International Relations degree in action. ’
- ‘Learning about my own backyard. They often say that people visiting Australia know more about Australia than Australians. It’s often true. It was good learning about the nature of Australia as an immigrant nation.’
- ‘It was a fantastic program.’
- ‘Meeting all the people from different countries and cultures’
- ‘This helped me to switch from being nervous about going on an exchange to being excited about it.
Source: post summer school survey
