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June 2008
May 2008

Applications are now open for the 2009 Australia Korea Internship Program (AKIP).

AKIP is an initiative of the Australia–Korea Foundation (AKF), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and has been managed by RIAP since the first program was implemented in 2005.

The program offers a 7 week internship to outstanding post-graduate and senior undergraduate students who wish to experience a cultural exchange while pursuing a business-related career in the Asia-Pacific Region.

For further details about the program and how to apply, see the AKIP website

RIAP conducted an intensive 5-day Executive Education Program on Management and Distribution of Pharmaceuticals for 24 senior government officials from China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) at the University of Sydney in May 2008.

The program’s overall objective was to improve the regulators’ understanding of key concepts and practices underpinning management and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Australia, and current government policies and regulations enforced on its pharmaceutical sector. The role of leadership was also central to this program. It put emphasis on tools and techniques to enhance proficient administrative management, and presented policies, procedures and practices to help facilitate continued development of advanced management strategies in the delegates’ own organisational settings.

The training was conducted with the aid of high-level expertise from the University of Sydney Faculty of Pharmacy and the School of Public Health and external partners. The program also comprised site visits to key pharmaceutical organisations, including Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) Parramatta Distribution Centre, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) (NSW Branch), giving the delegates an opportunity to access expertise in the applied side of administrative management of pharmaceuticals and the development of leadership skills.

Foundations of PET-CT
As integrated imaging technologies develop rapidly, the need for continuing education to update the knowledge and skills of nuclear medicine professionals is in much demand. The Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP) at the University of Sydney now offers a professional development course on Positron Emission Tomography - X-ray Computerised Tomography (PET-CT) designed to integrate the most recent knowledge and skills related to safety, and technical and clinical practice.
This comprehensive 10-day training course is suitable for physicians, scientists and technologists. Through lectures, workshops and clinical sessions the course will provide essential strategies for creating quality assurance and best practice for a safe environment and an efficient clinical service. The course also promotes team coordination for effective application of the technology.
In 2008, the course will be offered twice: 30 June to 11 July and 3 to 14 November. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply by completing the Application Form, attached. Deadlines are 23rd May and 19 September, respectively.
For further program details, please see the Program Flyer and Application Form.

In the first 3 months of 2008, RIAP has hosted three programs for trainees from Japan.

From 3rd March, RIAP will host 20 students from Tohoku University. The program was brought to us by our Vice Chancellor Professor Gavin Brown, in conjunction with the Dean of Graduate Studies, and is being managed by RIAP. The 4 week program will see the students stuyding English at the Centre for English Teaching, and participating in a number of lectures at the University.

From 11 - 23rd February, RIAP hosted 19 Japanese students from Meiji Gakuin University. They were here to study English language and Global Business Management, and their program included visits to such organisations as Austrade and JETRO.

On 14th February, RIAP and the Faculties of Health hosted 4 Professors from Tokyo Medical and Dental University for a half day training program on how these subjects are taught at the University of Sydney. Topics covered included General Practice Training in Australia, postgraduate coursework programs, admission procedures at the University of Sydney, and combined teaching and learning between Dentistry and Medicine.

23 October 2007
Generational Change and new policy challenges - Australia and South Korea

RIAP and the Australia Korea Foundation (AKF) will be launching our new publication, Generational Change and new policy challenges - Australia and South Korea at 6pm on 23rd October 2007 at the University of Sydney.

To register your interest in attending this event, please email . We will then send you further details of the event.

Publication Details - Cover blurb

What is the ‘sandwich generation’ and why is ‘care’ its key defining characteristic?

What are the different effects and responses to the digital generation in Australia and Korea?

How are Australia and Korea addressing the needs arising from the pressing social issue of our time, the ageing of our populations?

How might scholars, practitioners and students approach these diverse generational issues in a comparative context?

You will find insightful responses to these and other questions in this book. Leading researchers in their fields such as national demography expert, Professor Peter McDonald, leading gerontology researcher, Professor Hal Kendig, childcare policy expert, Associate Professor Deborah Brennan and a number of Korean counterparts provide strong analytical discussions on key issues for the future of the two countries.
Arising from a conference held in late 2005 that brought together key researchers across a number of disciplines, this edited collection draws together critical concerns of two countries that are experiencing extraordinary generational change. With support from the Australia Korea Foundation, this book has been produced as an important resource for anyone interested in how Australia’s responses to generational change compare to Korea’s engagement with very similar problems. It highlights similarities and diversities in experiences and responses within Australia and Korea and analyses the major social policy challenges in the present and for the future.

The Editor
Dr Ruth Phillips is a Senior Lecturer in the Social Work and Policy Studies Program in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has edited this book in partnership with the Research Institute of the Asia Pacific based on a strong research interest in social policy and social work in Korea, having been involved in a long-running program of seminars for visiting Korean social work and welfare practitioners and academics.

September 2007
We have now selected the 10 successful candidates for the 2007 Australia Korea Young Leaders Exchange Program, which focuses on the environment.

For program details, please see the AKYLEP website

August 9-10 and September 27-29, 2007

The Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific secured funding from the Taiwan Ministry of Education to develop and deliver the Taiwan-Sydney Professional Development and Academic Exchange program. This program is for academic staff from Chienkuo Technology University, Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology and National Taipei University of Technology.

The program consists of two components:
The Sydney component of the program included industry visits to Austrade, Australian Technology Park, PinPoint Pty Ltd, Australia-Taiwan Business Council and networking events at the University of Sydney (Program dates: 8-10 August, 2007)

The Taiwanese component will involve lectures by University of Sydney staff in 3 participating Taiwanese universities. Also included are workshops and industry visits (Program dates: 27-29 September, 2007)

Tuesday 26 June 2007, registration commences at 2.15pm

The Women’s College, University of Sydney
15 Carillon Avenue, Newtown

Forum flyer