Exchange program expands
Five Macquarie University students have been awarded scholarships to attend an exchange program at Tel Aviv University's Coller School of Management, departing this month.
Thanks to the generous support from the Australian Friends of Tel Aviv University (AFTAU), five Macquarie University students have been awarded scholarships to attend an exchange program at Tel Aviv University’s Coller School of Management, departing this month.
It’s the first time MBA students from Macquarie are participating in the nine-day Doing Business in Israel program, which is designed to introduce Israel’s high-tech and entrepreneurship sectors.
They will gain a comprehensive view into the Israeli business environment, integrating academic perspective and insights with hands-on case studies.
The program includes tours of Israeli companies at different business life cycle stages, such as Babylon, Given Imaging and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, plus talks with start-up entrepreneurs, CEOs and Israeli government officials.
Macquarie’s MBA course director, Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal, said, “I am delighted that we can offer this amazing opportunity to our students.
“The program is remarkable, offering unforgettable learning experiences and visits to the top companies in the start-up nation.”
Special thanks go to former AFTAU president and Macquarie University alumnus David Dinte for enabling and sponsoring this life-changing experience for MBA candidates.
Dinte created the scholarship program to support Australian students doing exchange programs at TAU, and expanded it to now include Macquarie University business students.
“I’m so excited that I was able to create this exchange program between Macquarie University and Tel Aviv University,” Dinte said, adding he hopes the students absorb as much as possible, experience Israeli society, culture, cuisine and the nation’s thriving innovation ecosystem.
Most importantly, he hopes the program’s participants “learn directly from the start-up nation and bring those skills back to their careers in Australia.”
He also thanked AFTAU CEO David Solomon for his support.
Dinte told The AJN last week that another positive and unique aspect of the scholarship fund is that “the majority of the university students from Australia who are going to Tel Aviv University through this program are not Jewish and have never been to Israel before”.
“Wanting to create something that had more general appeal, like this, was front of mind when I came up with the idea for an entrepreneurial exchange between students from my old university, Macquarie, and Tel Aviv University, and I was very pleased to launch it last month at Macquarie’s CBD campus.
“Macquarie University has been incredibly supportive of anything to do with Israel for many years.”
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