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Business students plan trip to South Korea
Can 14 University of the Sunshine Coast business students and their lecturer help sell Aussie lobsters, abalone and fish to South Korea?
That’s the intention of an 11-day field trip to research a selected Asian seafood market and identify export opportunities for the Australian industry.
Organised by USC Lecturer in International Business Joanne Freeman, the student research team will enhance educational as well as trade relations while staying at USC partner university, Kookmin, from 13-24 September.
“Kookmin University business students will help us with translation, setting up meetings and research collection,” Ms Freeman said.
“Our research will focus on the potential for exporting Australian abalone, tuna, yellow tail kingfish, southern and western rock lobster.”
She said it was a prime opportunity for the mix of international and domestic USC students, whose reports from the trip would be assessed as part of their export management course. It is the final semester of their degree.
The students’ work also will provide valuable information to an Australian Government Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
“CRC Seafood will receive a group report from the USC team, which will reinforce this on-the-ground industry experience,” Ms Freeman said.
Austrade and Trade Queensland will provide assistance to the group in Seoul.
Ms Freeman said the trip would be a pilot for ongoing USC research into overseas seafood markets, including Japan.
“It also will be a diverse cultural experience that will look fabulous on students’ resumes and raise their awareness of international trade and business,” she said.
This year, the USC Faculty of Business awarded a $500 travel scholarship to each participating student.
— Julie Gatehouse