“Ushoda ngothando uMampintsha njengoba kubo akhula ubaba wakhe engekho esejele, umama wakhe engekho eduzane kwabo, okwakugcina ngokuthi uMampintsha ahlale komakhelwane aze alale khona. Ngesikhathi siqala ukuthandana konke kwakuhamba kahle. Izinto zaqala ukonakala ngemuva kokuphuma kwengoma ethi, Wololo, kwaba khona ukuthi akangithembi la ngihamba khona ukuyonandisa naye,” kusho uBabes. Ngo 1993, le University of Wollongong in Australia opened what was to become the University of Wollongong in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Initially called the Institute of Australian Studies (IAS), this centre made UOW the first foreign university to open a campus in the UAE, and the first Australian tertiary institution represented in the GCC. IAS initially offered English language programs, before becoming a ‘feeder college’ by 1995, where students completed part of a degree in Business or IT in Dubai before coming to Australia to complete their studies. Ngo 1999, it was the first foreign-owned institution in the world to be issued a licence from the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates, and was formally opened as University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus in October 2000. It was officially incorporated as University of Wollongong in Dubai in 2004.