Last weekend I visited Jakarta. In addition to meeting with potential university partners, I was very pleased to be invited to meet with the former Indonesian Vice President and UWA Business School graduate, Dr Boediono. Dr Boediono has a distinguished record of public service at the highest levels. As well as serving as Vice President, he was State Minister of National Planning and Development, Minister of Finance, and Governor of the Indonesian Central Bank. He has also for many years been a professor of economics at Gadjah Mada University. Dr Boediono is a great believer in the power of education to change lives, and of the need to make educational opportunities widely available. His studies at UWA were undertaken as a Colombo Plan scholar. It was inspiring to meet such a talented and committed statesman.