Ms Katie McPhee1 1Swinbourne University, Hawthorn, Australia International students must navigate through a multitude of issues: a different culture, different academic expectations, independence, financial pressures from parents or sponsors, and they have to work through these issues in English! The...
- July 10, 2019
Ms Caroline Halliday1, Dr Clint Arizmendi1, Ms Christina Thurn1 1Sonder, Waterloo, Australia Safety and wellbeing are primary factors for international students and parents when deciding where to study. Positive perceptions of safety and wellbeing increase the likelihood of a student’s...
- July 9, 2019
Miss Belle W.X. Lim1 1Council Of International Students Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 2Monash University, Parkville, Australia, 3Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Australia Waves of women’s rights movement, magnified by the global communication platform, has led to the emergence of multiple campaigns...
- July 9, 2019
Mrs Karen Kemsley1 1Wintec, Hamilton, New Zealand In 2018 the Centre for Languages at Wintec, catered for over 1000 international and domestic students from over 30 countries around the world, aged between 16 and 74. The range of student backgrounds...
- July 9, 2019
Lena Mete1,2, Jack Stathis1,2 1Education Queensland International, Brisbane, Australia, 2Department of Education International, Brisbane, Australia Education Queensland International (EQI) presents the highly innovative ‘Your Passport to Queensland’ mobile application and shares its experiences in developing an industry-first app that is...
- July 9, 2019
Mr Nick Ko1, Mr Jack Yang2,3 1Deakin University, Burwood, Australia, 2Bridging Translation, Melbourne, Australia, 3CITAA (Chinese Interpreters and Translators Association of Australia), Melbourne & Sydney, Australia Language barriers are one of the most common issues internationals students are facing when...
- July 9, 2019
Dr Laurie Berg1 1University Of Technology, Sydney, Australia The Information for Impact project, funded by StudyNSW, reflects a groundbreaking collaboration among key stakeholders across the international education sector to collectively address exploitation of international students at work and in relation...
- July 9, 2019
Mrs Louise Myers1, Mr Alex Salvador1 1James Cook University, Townsville, Australia The ISB Survey identified the need for international students to have more opportunities to engage, on a regular basis, with both International and Australian students outside the academic environment. ...
- July 9, 2019
Ms Ana Bratkovic1 1NEAS, North Sydney, Australia Students deserve the best quality educational experience that they can get including the support services to ensure they achieve their goals. Through NEAS’ unique stakeholder driven feedback model of quality assurance, students have...
- July 9, 2019
Mrs Carolyn Slattery1 1NSW STI Programs Unit, Sydney, Australia International students, including university students, are a priority population of the NSW Sexual Health Promotion Action Plan (SHPAP) 2018-2020 within the NSW Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) and HIV Strategies 2016-2020. To...
- July 9, 2019