Deakin University was established in the 1970s as a new generation Australian university. Named after Alfred Deakin, Australia's second Prime Minister, Deakin combines a university's traditional focus on excellent teaching and research with a desire to seek new ways of developing and delivering courses.
Once again, Oxford College students have emerged on top, bagging two world prizes in the recent round of ABE examinations, held in December 2010. Ms. Mariya Noordeen Akberally achieved the high-scoring result for her efforts in "Management in Action," tutored by Mr. Sampath Thrimavithana, while fellow student, Ms. Jayani Raveena Gunasekera won the world prize for Mr. Sanjika Perera's subject, "Economics Principles & Their Applications to Business."
