New Project Global Citizens

Study Sunshine Coast welcomed the newest cohort of students into the Semester 2, Project Global Citizen Program. The 20 Sunshine Coast students were awarded a fully subsidised scholarships into the highly sought after program.
 
Workshop 1 held last week kicked off the scholars 8-week cultural competency program, joining the worldwide movement of global citizens. The Project Global Citizen movement creates a foundation for global citizenship with cultural competence.
 
The international and local Sunshine Coast students from UniSC and TAFE Queensland are developing a suite of practical skills that will enable them to succeed here in Australia or anywhere in the world as truly global citizens.

Study Sunshine Coast Director Tracey Coobula said once again the program was oversubscribed with students. “The student response to this Project Global Citizen program as once again been extremely positive. We have Sunshine Coast students participating from a diverse mix of countries including China, Australia, USA, Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, Hungary, Philippines, Cambodia, Colombia, Russia and Zimbabwe,” Coobula said.

Project Global Citizen graduate and former Study Sunshine Coast student Ambassador, Joe Bautista was the guest speaker at the first workshop. Joe shared details of his story here on the Sunshine Coast as a UniSC student and then as a graduate working and thriving in the local Sunshine Coast workforce.

“Joe is such an inspirational speaker and it was so engaging for the current PGC student cohort to hear his story first hand of being an international student on the Sunshine Coast and then choosing to stay on and call the Sunshine Coast home,” Coobula said.

“There is so many fantastic examples of local and international students choosing to study here on the Sunshine Coast and then transition straight into the workforce as graduates.”

The Semester 2 PGC cohort of students will now undertake an 8-week blended learning program that radically improves their cultural competency skills for studying, living and working across cultures as a truly global citizen.

The program creates an understanding of culturally-influenced expectations (the “unwritten rules”) of employers and how to bridge the gaps that could limit your ability to survive and thrive in your new host country.

At the end of the program, the Project Global Citizen graduates are certified with a micro credential they can use in their CVs and LinkedIn profiles.

For more information go to Study Sunshine Coast's website.

Study Sunshine Coast is proudly supported by funding partners Sunshine Coast Council as an initiative of the Regional Economic Development Strategy and Trade and Investment Queensland (Study Queensland).