Australian Alumni Association Cyprus

History made! 👩‍🚀🇦🇺

Overnight, Katherine Bennell-Pegg became the first qualified astronaut under the Australian flag.

After 13 months of training with ESA - European Space Agency in Germany, Katherine graduated alongside the Class of 2022, nicknamed "The Hoppers" - a reference to "hopping" back and forth between different classrooms during their training.

“When I dreamed of becoming an astronaut as a child, I never thought it possible to do so representing Australia. It's an honour to be graduating as an astronaut with the Australian flag on my shoulder,” says Katherine.

Congratulations Katherine, we are so proud of you!

Explore: https://www.space.gov.au/Katherine-Bennell-Pegg-graduates-as-Australian-astronaut

We hope to see many members and friends at today’s Cobber Coffee Cyprus which we’ve organized in collaboration with undergraduate and postgraduate students from all over Australia studying medicine at the University of Nicosia.
Saturday, May 6, at 4:00pm
Arabica Coffee House Engomi,
28th October 2, Nicosia 2414

We're kicking off tomorrow, folks! Get excited for five huge days of Moomba magic on the banks of the Yarra. Explore the program now > bit.ly/3ZrGm2o

Excellent news! 👏 Degrees from 45 Australian universities are now recognised in Greece - with a very simple and straightforward process! 🇦🇺🇬🇷 🎓
Greece has passed law 4957/2022 making the process for the recognition of degrees from universities in its National Register of Recognised Foreign Universities much more straightforward. Holders of a Bachelor's Degree (minimum duration of 3 years), a Master's Degree (minimum duration of 1 year), a Juris Doctor or a PhD from the 45 Australian universities in the list can now expect to be granted academic equivalence in 60 days from the day of application to DOATAP (Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Centre) 👉 https://www.doatap.gr/.
The almost automatic recognition of Australian university degrees is a very important step that will foster job mobility, knowledge transfer and closer people-to-people links between Australia and Greece! 🇦🇺🇬🇷❤️

The Australian universities that are in the list of recognised foreign universities at the moment are:
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – CANBERRA
THE FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – ADELAIDE
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY – MELBOURNE
MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY – SYDNEY
MONASH UNIVERSITY – CLAYTON
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE – ADELAIDE
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE – PARKVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES – SYDNEY
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND – BRISBANE
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY – SYDNEY
UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA – HOBART
UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG – WOLLONGONG
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY OF NORTH QUEENSLAND – TOWNSVILLE
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY – NATHAN
SYDNEY COLLEGE OF DIVINITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND – ARMIDALE
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – MELBOURNE
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, NEPEAN – KINGSWOOD
NORTHERN TERRITORY UNIVERSITY – DARWIN
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – SYDNEY
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, MACARTHUR – CAMPBELLTOWN
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – MELBOURNE (RMIT)
SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – HAWTHORN
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY – GEELONG
NEW SOUTH WALES COLLEGE OF NATURAL THERAPIES – SYDNEY
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL QUEENSLAND – ROCKHAMPTON
EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY – CHURCHLANDS
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE – NEWCASTLE
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – ADELAIDE
CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT
BOND UNIVERSITY
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND – TOOWOOMBA
CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY
CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY – CAMPUS WAGGA WAGGA
SYDNEY COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION
SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
NEW SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY
ENDEAVOUR COLLEGE OF NATURAL HEALTH
MONASH UNIVERSITY – CAULFIELD CAMPUS

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