![From left, Michael Lucas; UQ Global Engagement Deputy Director Dr Jessica Gallagher, Caitlin Gordon-King, Sophie Ryan, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, Kate Goodfruit, Rachel Dodds, Elsie Schuster and Alexander Williams](/files/21694/COLOMBO17PIC.jpg)
Seven University of Queensland undergraduates will study in destinations around the Indo‑Pacific region after being named as 2017 Fellows and scholars under the New Colombo Plan.
The cohort includes two UQ Law School students. Sophie Ryan, studying a Bachelor of Arts/Law, received her Fellows' award at a ceremony in Canberra. Alexander Williams, also studying a Bachelor of Arts/Law, received a scholarship to study international law, Indonesian civil and criminal law, and Islamic law at the University of Indonesia.