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Founder & Director, Afghanistan National Institute of Music
PhD (Arts)
"Completing his PhD in Music in 2005, Dr Ahmad Sarmast became the first ever Afghan to receive such a degree. He become the Founder and Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) which is committed to preserving Afghanistan's rich musical history and providing a safe learning environment for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds."
Director Interchange and Place Development, Department of Transport Victoria
Bachelor of Arts
"Learning a language provides a completely different perspective and it also means you are comfortable in different environments. Cultural intelligence is a vital skill in the work force. To have the ability to be completely flexible, open, respectful and curious is really important."
Musician
Bachelor of Music
"By the time I finished my degree I had a level of proficiency and skill that no one could dispute or take away from me. This has been very important as a woman in the jazz scene."
Victorian Ombudsman
"What continues to motivate me is the feeling that it is better to be fair than popular, and that ultimately justice is the best reward. I carry with me a strong set of values focussed on integrity and the public interest that I believe were nurtured at Monash."
Founder, Institute for International Peace Building in Indonesia
"I don’t like the fact that terrorism has been preying on humanity’s desire to belong. Therefore I decided to change it. When you do study here at Monash, you have a massive impact on society."
Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Arab States
"The Arts degree gave me the opportunity to study a wide array of subjects so that I could figure out what I wanted to specialise in eventually. I majored in politics, and supplemented that with courses in economics, sociology, Mandarin Chinese and French, which are valuable when pursuing an international career."
Marketing and Communication Manager
Master of International Sustainable Tourism Management
"I found the course co-ordinators are connected with industry and have knowledge and links into various organisations.The theoretical knowledge I gained in my degree directly relates to my day to day role, I find the marketing trends I learnt about in my degree I use on an everyday basis, and it really helps me with my marketing strategies."
Author
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education and Master of Education
"Writing offered me versatility and I could continue to learn in different fields. I've collaborated with psychologists, directors, scientists, puppeteers and illustrators. I've had the opportunity to work in Antarctica. I've been a writer in residence at a former prison and in a mining community and a visiting author to schools in Indonesia and China."
International Tourism Development Expert | Senior Project Specialist at World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
"The potential of the tourism sector to engage stakeholders, generating benefits both economically and sociocultural, is immense. The knowledge gained through my Master’s highlighted to me how I want to contribute as a professional, helping me to develop my critical thinking and analytical skills."
Senior Manager Financial Planning Analysis, Traveloka
Master of Cultural and Creative Industries
"What I learned through academic writing is structural thinking. This skill applies in any job, including finance. In my current role, I need to be able to convey and deliver the right message and interpret numbers, graphs and diagrams. I learned these skills during my master’s degree and I really treasure them."
Health and Education Program Specialist
Master of International Development Practice
"I chose Monash because [it] is the most internationally exposed and diverse university in Australia. Second, the content of the course was designed in such a way which was practical – it was applicable to the field."
South-east Asia correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Bachelor of Arts, Master of International Relations
"I'll never forget the day Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals. I was covering the story from Canberra as a political reporter and immediately rang a couple of former Monash lecturers of mine. Neither had heard the news yet—it had become public about five minutes earlier—and neither of them quite believed me at first."
