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It's the start of the semester at one of Australia's top universities and 37,000 students are about to embark on their studies. University is make or break time; a time that can change people forever. From free education in the 1980s to HECS fee debt and a large increase in full fee paying students, university education is now big business. Through a variety of stories this four-part series explores the contemporary Australian university experience of both international and Australian students from a range of different backgrounds. Downunder Grads gives a special insight into the particular challenges facing this generation of students. Each character-driven story reveals the trials and triumphs of young people as they strive to make a life for themselves. A Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Big Island Pictures and the Pacific Film and Television Commission. Produced in association with SBS Independent. Copyright - 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Pacific Film and Television Commission Executive Producer: Penny Robins. Producer: Mark Chapman Director: Phoebe Hart, Randall Wood, Suzanne Howard (segments) Writer: Suzanne Howard, Phoebe Hart DOP/Cinematographer: Craig Lucas Narrator/Presenter: Deborah Mailman

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Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 2007

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English