15 December 2010

Congratulations to Michael Jones - Rhodes Scholar

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The ANU, in a busy news day, has announced that arts/law honours student has won a prized Rhodes Scholarship and is therefore off to Oxford.

For me, the Rhodes Scholarship means the opportunity to study at Oxford, and becoming a member of an international community of public spirited scholars,” he said.

“Beyond the exciting opportunity of studying at Oxford, I hope that the Rhodes Scholarship might assist me in furthering the community work I have done with Indigenous communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

“At Oxford I aim to get an international perspective on issues I have studied within the context of Indigenous affairs in Australia.

“My hope is to return and usefully apply this international perspective in Australia,” he said.

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eyeLikeCarrots10:21 am 16 Dec 10

Grats.

I’m not sure how plushing it up in Oxford for a year or so will help the first australians ?

The English fracked it up pretty badly on thier first try.

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