Mr Wun Kwan Chan1 1Borderlands Cooperative, Hawthorn , Australia Numbers of international students in Australia have increased greatly in recent years. It is not an easy journey for them to start a new life in the new environment. They could...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Anna Kent1 1Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia The provision of international student support in 2019 is vastly different from what it was when international (overseas) students first appeared in large numbers on Australian campuses in the 1950s. At that...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Lauren Orlando1, Dr. Marsha Nicholson-Ramdeen1, Dr. Roxann Lewis-Roberts1 1St. George’s University, True Blue, St. George’s, Grenada St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies, is home of four schools (medicine, veterinary, graduate, and undergraduate) which attracts faculty and students from...
- July 10, 2019
Miss Georgia Killick1, Miss Ashleigh McIntyre1 1Newcastle University Postgraduate Students Association (nupsa), Newcastle, Australia Last year, Newcastle University Postgraduate Students Association (NUPSA) launched its International Student Mentoring Initiative, which sees international students paired with a mentor prior to their arrival...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Catherine Fitzgerald1 1The University Of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia There is growing awareness that medical students experience unique and significant stressors throughout their program which have the potential to adversely affect their mental and physical health, as well as their...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Mahin Mahjabeen1 1Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia This presentation will showcase how Flinders University has evolved and reshaped its international student orientation program adopting a “Just in Time” information dissemination model delivered through the first semester. The most significant innovation...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Sahinde Pala1 1Education New Zealand, New Zealand The success story of the international education industry in New Zealand is predicated on a positive student experience, as outlined in the International Education Strategy 2018 – 2030. Education New Zealand has...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Belinda Meggitt1, Dr Zoe Richards1, Mr Simon Mullard2, Mr Doug Hawkins3 1University Of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, 2YMCA NSW, Sydney, Australia, 3Coogee Surf Life Saving Club, Coogee, Australia Water and beach culture are part of the quintessential Australian...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Wendy Blastock1, Mr Lloyd Gordon1 1Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Monash University has developed a new program to enhance the transition of new international students and enable engagement with other students’ pre-arrival. The program provides our large and diverse international...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Klara Major1 1Commonwealth Ombudsman, Australia International students are required to maintain satisfactory course progress. If they don’t, education providers may need to cancel the student’s enrolment and report them to the Department of Home Affairs. Before reporting the student,...
- July 10, 2019