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Tuesday, 12 July 2016

UWA’s UniStart team has won the 2016 International Education Provider of the Year - Best Practice/Innovation at the Council for International Students of WA (CISWA) awards for the ConnectMe@UWA Program.

The ConnectMe@UWA program provides comprehensive transition support to commencing international students by matching them, before they even leave home, with a current student mentor to answer questions and give advice about life in Perth, as a UWA student. Upon arrival in Perth, students are met at the airport by mentors and UWA staff providing them with a warm welcome to university life as well as their new city.

Mentorship continues during Orientation Week and throughout the first weeks of the semester, sometimes lasting for the duration of the year. Since 2011, almost 3000 commencing international students have participated in the ConnectMe@UWA program.

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