Asia skills: Australian stories
myfuture: Asia Skills and My Korea: Australian Stories provide 30 short films about Australians currently working in or with Asia, and classroom resources you can use to find out how Asia skills have enriched the lives and careers of these professionals.
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Asia Skills: A Taster
From fashion and the arts to sport, from growing produce to preparing food fit for celebrities. See how Asia Skills set these Australians apart.
Video: 3:38
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My Korea: A Taster
Discover Australians who have developed Korean intercultural and language competencies that support them to work in Korea, for Korean enterprises in Australia or to engage productively with Korean-Australian communities.
Video: 1:46
View individual films showcasing 30 Australians currently working in or with Asia
Read about what it means to have Asia skills
Learn why your students need Asia skills
Access our Fast Facts on Asia skills
And don't miss Asia skills in action(PDF: 3.5 MB), a user-friendly resource for ideas, activities and interview synopses.
"Whether you want to be a doctor, or work in the not-for-profit sector, in the arts, in law or in finance, whatever discipline... the benefits of Asia literacy are so immense because so many roads lead to, or go through, Asia."
Christian Bennett, Marketing Director, Santos
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 My Korea: Australian Stories was supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. |
Related
View the Asia skills section in myfuture, Australia's career information and exploration website.
A major new Ai Group/Asialink survey, citing gaps in expertise on Asia at the highest levels of Australian industry, calls for Federal and State investment in a National Asia Literacy Plan. Engaging Asia: Getting it right for Australian Business(PDF: 3 MB) was launched by Trade Minister Dr Craig Emerson in Canberra on 2 March 2011.
The Asia Literacy Ambassadors–Partnering Businesses & Schools project supports interactions between businesses and schools to stimulate and increase student and school community demand for Asia literacy.