Australian National University (ANU)

The students were lauded for their successful completion of a summer school program at the esteemed Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.

The summer school opportunity was made possible through the ANU-UPNG partnership, a collaborative effort supported by the Australian Government under the Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership.

These students were at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University for the annual ANU-UPNG summer school. Ling-Stuckey also met with two UPNG economics tutors who are studying their Master’s in International and Development Economics at Crawford, and who will return to UPNG after graduation to lecture.

These programs are part of the ANU-UPNG partnership which sees five ANU lecturers in economics and public policy living in Port Moresby and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UPNG School of Business and Public Policy.

This week they completed the second ANU-UPNG summer school, run by the Development Policy Centre and the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.

Though it was a great experience, they almost did not make it, writes Dek Joe Sum.

The summer school is part of the ANU-UPNG partnership funded by the Australian government through the Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct. The students take part in a five-week international program: an economics and public policy boot camp.