India has pledged to work with the Australian Government, universities and vocational education trainers to establish themselves in India following a successful two-day mission that has also delivered key advancements on ‘train the trainer’ course offerings and research collaboration. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Turnbull Government had secured important progress on…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the Australia India Skill conference 11 April 2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, and good morning ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to be with you, and a particular pleasure to follow on from my friend and colleague, Minister Rudy. Thank you for your remarks. Thank you for the…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to Australia India Mining Workshop 11 April 2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, Jim, for that welcome, and thank you for chairing and convening today’s workshop for this very important and very valuable workshop on mining skills, a great example of how it is that the partnership, the knowledge partnership as…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the Association of Australian Education Representatives in India 10 April 2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you for that welcome and the opportunity to join you here at this AAERI event to say a few words tonight in recognition of the important role that you all play as part of the Australian-Indian education…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to Australia India Knowledge Partnership Dinner 10/04/2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much for that welcome. Ladies and gentlemen, Prime Minister Turnbull, ministers, the Indian Government, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen; an absolute pleasure an honour to be with you tonight to celebrate the Australia-India Knowledge Partnerships Dinner. The transfer of knowledge…
DetailsTRANSCRIPT E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the Universities Australia fostering engagement with alumni 10 April 2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, Jane. And congratulations to you and Chancellor John Stanhope and Deakin on your wonderful accomplishment today with the two prime ministers commissioning the project and I look forward to the unveiling, cutting the ribbon,…
DetailsTRANSCRIPT E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the Go8 Excellence in India Research Showcase and Strategy Launch 10 April 2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you, thank you very much Peter. And in fact we are far later than most of you have any appreciation for because there was actually a meeting scheduled between the conclusion of the event…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News PM Agenda with David Speers Topics: Education opportunities in India, higher education reforms and Future schools funding arrangements 10/04/2017 4:07PM David Speers: The other big export after resources is education. About 68,000 Indian students studied in Australia last year at both the skills training level and the higher education…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at Knowledge Partnership Roundtable Topics: Education opportunities in India 10/04/2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, Craig, for that welcome. I’m not quite sure that I’m delivering you a presentation today. I was to deliver you a few welcoming remarks prior to the signing of the MOUs just to head the day…
DetailsAustralia will showcase its international education, training and research offerings during a high-level visit to India next week. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham will join the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the visit to New Delhi on April 10-11. It will be Minister Birmingham’s first visit to India in his role as Minister…
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