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Scholarship gives UNE research a global audience

October 13, 2005

Benji.thumb.jpgA timely and valuable scholarship from The University of New England (UNE) has allowed the long arm of quality Australian research to make an impact in three distant countries.

A UNE PhD candidate in Ecosystem Management, Benjamin Villa-Castillo (pictured here), spoke to packed forums in Spain, Uruguay and Argentina during September. His trip was made possible when he received the UNE-Keith and Dorothy Mackay Short-Term (Conference) Scholarship for 2005.

In Spain he attended the World Conference on Ecological Restoration and presented a research paper entitled “Ecological Restoration of Eucalyptus-Paspalum Plantations for Native Biodiversity Conservation in Bongil Bongil National Park, Coffs Harbour, NSW”.

In Argentina and Uruguay he visited three universities to present his PhD research and visited natural grasslands to study the management of his target species, paspalum. These universities were the University of Mar Del Plata, Argentina and, in Uruguay, the National Institute of Agricultural Research and the University of the Republic.

Benjamin was enthusiastic in thanking UNE for the opportunities provided by his scholarship, wishing “a long life and progress to UNE post-graduate scholarships".


Media contact: John Kauter, Public Relations Manager, UNE (02) 6773 2779.

Posted by Jim Scanlan at October 13, 2005 01:30 PM