Dr Nicole Bart (to study D.Phil. at Oxford University)
Nicole is a doctor with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of New South Wales. She is a well known mountaineer, having climbed Mt Everest and the Seven Summits with her mother in 2008. She is involved in developing world health having worked in Guatemala and is a winner of the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition. At Oxford she will study hypoxia – oxygen deprivation – and the clinical implications in acute and chronic disease.

Phoebe Downing (to study M.Phil. at Cambridge University, progressing to a D.Phil.)
Phoebe has completed a Bachelor of Philosophy from the Australian National University (to be awarded in December 2009). She is a musician and proficient in languages, and was the highest academic ranked valedictorian from Burgmann College in 2008, and one of the founders of the Doomadgee-Burgmann Community Partnership. At Cambridge Phoebe will commence with the one year Masters in English Studies, preparatory for a D.Phil in English Studies.

Joseph Gattas (to study D.Phil in Engineering Science at Oxford University)
Joseph is a civil engineer with a special interest in advanced structural technologies, and the development of low cost and rapidly deployable housing. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Queensland, and is a proficient musician (cellist and pianist). Joseph will pursue a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science focussed on deployable structures. He will develop technologies for an emergency housing system to be used as temporary housing in the wake of natural disasters. Joseph developed this interest as the difficulties of relocating families in Australia’s recent bushfires and floods highlighted the shortcomings of post-disaster infrastructure.

Jonathan Kummerfeld (to study Doctor of Science at MIT)
Jonathan has a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) with first class honours and the University Medal from the University of Sydney. He is a trumpeter, a vocalist, and a long distance runner. He intends to undertake a Doctor of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) in Computational Science, developing new computational approaches to problems in chemistry, with particular application to sustainable power generation and storage.

Sylvia Lockyer (to study Masters of Public Health at Otago University)
Sylvia has a Bachelor of Science (Nursing) from the Curtin University of Technology. She is an advocate and leader in indigenous mental health in the Pilbara. She is an artist, and has language and cultural connections in the Pilbara, and the Kimberley. At Otago University in Wellington she plans to undertake the Masters in Public Health, focussing on tobacco control issues in indigenous communities, including those of Australia, British Colombia, and New Zealand.

Catherine Stubberfield (to study M.Sc. at Oxford University)
Catherine has a Bachelor of Arts and an LLB (Hons) from Flinders University and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Adelaide. She has undertaken studies in both German and French, and is currently working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ethiopia. She intends to take a Masters of Science in Forced Migration at Oxford to explore opportunities for Australian regional leadership, and particularly bilateral relations with Indonesia.

Sam Wills (to study D.Phil. at Oxford University)
Sam has a Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Studies and Finance with first class honours and the University Medal from the University of New South Wales. Currently Sam is studying the M.Phil in Economics at the University of Oxford. He is an active sportsman and musician, and has worked in public and corporate strategy for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and McKinsey & Company. At Oxford Sam will investigate ways that policy makers can limit the effects of the ‘resource curse’ in both developing and developed nations.

Zelie Wood (to study LLM at Cambridge University, followed by a D.Phil.)
Zelie has a Bachelor of Arts and LLB from the University of Sydney with the University Medal in Law. She is currently an associate to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and was formerly an associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court. In 2009 she worked on the report of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee. Zelie is a keen debater and mooter, and was part of a team that won the world championships of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot in 2007. Her LLM will be followed by a D.Phil., focussing on international and human rights law.