Our newest export: awards!
 Achievement
The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide took out the Premier's Award for excellence and high achievement in exporting at the Export Awards recently. It also won the education award category for outstanding export achievement in the field of education services, facilities, expertise and curriculum. "South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ becoming an education centre is part of the , with the seeking to double the levels of international students within 10 years," said ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Vice-Chancellor Professor James McWha after the awards. "It is appropriate that the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is leading the charge to make South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ an international education centre of excellence." The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide currently has students and staff from more than 80 countries and has outperformed the tertiary sector in international growth, achieving a 24.7% increase in its international student load while the corresponding figure for all ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n universities was 8.5%. "International students from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide not only inject many hundreds of millions of dollars into the economy annually, they take fond memories back home with them and become ambassadors for our State throughout their business lives, which has great potential effects for our economy over a long period," Professor McWha said. All winners of Business SA export awards go on to the , held in Sydney on Thursday, December 1.
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