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UN internship an Australian uni ‘first’

(From left) United Nations Population Fund consultant Roderick Buskool, international relations student Laurelle Neugebauer, former Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Rui Maria de Araújo, and Paulina Providas, wife of Country Director for UNDP Timor-Leste Claudio Providas, during the launch of the Knua Juventude Fila-Liman youth centre.

Friday 9 February 2018

Laurelle Neugebauer’s six-month internship in Timor-Leste is believed to be one of the first times that an Australian student has been based at a UN office in a post-conflict state.

By Daniel Jauk | Campus and community; Humanities | Leave a comment

Students experience real international relations in Timor-Leste

Thursday 11 February 2016

Sixteen Curtin students took their international relations knowledge beyond the classroom with a weeklong study tour to Timor-Leste.

By Nikky Lee | Campus and community; General; Culture, language and Indigenous; Humanities

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