Aus university starts special service to guide Indian students

Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, Oct 30 (PTI) In a bid to provide first-hand
information on education facilities available Down Under, a
Melbourne-based university has launched a special service to
help Indian students find out more about "life at university".

Through a variety of communication avenues --
including phone, SMS and online -- the "Ask-a-SwinMate"
service run by Swinburne University of Technology near here
allows prospective Indian students and their parents to learn
more about campus life, a statement said.
Indian-origin student Nischint Vora will answer
questions on Swinburne's student services, clubs, lectures and
teachers, scholarships and university life in general.
Vora's answers will be honest and sincere, but most
importantly, they will be answers backed by personal
experience, the university statement said.
"It is often difficult for international students to
attend university events to learn what life at Swinburne and
Australia is really like. 'Ask-a-SwinMate' allows these
students to learn more about student experiences from someone
who has been in their situation," Swinburne Ask-a-SwinMate
co-ordinator Julia Makin said.
Vora who is currently studying for a Graduate Diploma
in Human Resources Management has been living in Melbourne for
15 months and said that life at Swinburne has been a very
rewarding experience. (MORE) PTI NC
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