2010 International Undergraduate Prospectus nts. u.au
2010 International Undergraduate Prospectus nts. u.au
2010 International Undergraduate Prospectus nts. u.au
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Business and economics<br />
Bachelor of Commerce<br />
Jun Wei is a member of<br />
Stude<strong>nts</strong> in Free Enterprise<br />
(SIFE) Australia, which<br />
runs a range of programs<br />
challenging stude<strong>nts</strong> to<br />
apply what they learn in the<br />
classroom to real‐life situations<br />
to benefit their communities.<br />
The Enviroselect program<br />
places stude<strong>nts</strong> into a team<br />
setting to provide solutions to<br />
environmental problems faced<br />
by small business.<br />
“One of the main reasons I wanted to join<br />
SIFE is that I wanted to meet and integrate<br />
with locals, mix with a different crowd.<br />
It’s been going really well, it really unites<br />
people,” Jun Wei said.<br />
“Our project managers are brilliant and very<br />
inspiring.<br />
“I’ve learnt so much from them and my<br />
team-mates as well.<br />
“Enviroselect is all about encouraging small<br />
businesses to act in a more sustainable<br />
manner and what we do is educate the<br />
general public about what these companies<br />
are doing – thereby encouraging the public<br />
to make a sustainable choice.<br />
“Small businesses sign up to our program<br />
and then we conduct an environmental<br />
<strong>au</strong>dit, and based on the data we collect<br />
we identify problem areas which can be<br />
improved on and give suggestions and<br />
recommendations,” Jun Wei said.<br />
“So far we have worked with small<br />
businesses and cafes, but we’re expanding<br />
into the city next semester.<br />
“We’ve had environmental <strong>au</strong>diting<br />
training from a professional consultancy<br />
organisation, Green Steps.”<br />
Jun Wei worked with three other stude<strong>nts</strong><br />
in a consultative project with a café on<br />
campus at the University to minimise the<br />
business’s impact on the environment. As<br />
a result of the project, the café now offers a<br />
20c cheaper coffee to customers who bring<br />
their own mug, thereby reducing the amount<br />
of paper cup waste, providing a cost benefit<br />
to the customers and raising awareness<br />
about the small, everyday actions that can<br />
make a difference to the environment.<br />
“We educate the public, we give<br />
recommendations, and hopefully we see<br />
change,” Jun Wei said.<br />
Jun Wei Tong<br />
Second Year, Bachelor of<br />
Commerce (accounting and<br />
finance majors)<br />
Malaysia
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