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Communication students from The University of Western Australia are among more than 300 undergraduates from 24 universities across Australia who have been successful in their applications for New Colombo Plan mobility grants to support students commencing study programs in Semester 1, 2014.

The students will receive support to study abroad in the Indo-Pacific region under the Australian Government's $100 million New Colombo Plan announced by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Education Minister Christopher Pyne and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Brett Mason.

Senator Mason welcomed the broad range of innovative New Colombo Plan study programs being devised for students by universities during the 2014 pilot phase.

"The New Colombo Plan is designed to deepen Australia's connections with the Indo-Pacific and to bring about a cultural shift by helping to make study in the region the rule and not the exception for Australian students," Senator Mason said.

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David Stacey (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 3229  /  (+61 4) 32 637 716