Connectivity

Ms Megan Short1 1Trade And Investment Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2The Queensland Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance, Brisbane, Australia The Student Innovation Challenge, Shaping Queensland’s Entrepreneurs is the first-ever internationally focused state-wide innovation competition for young people (14-21 years). It represents...

Ms Nicole Patterson1 1Trade And Investment Queensland, Brisbane, Australia The Queensland international education and training sector is working together to bring local and regional level student experience projects to life, solving local problems identified by the sector with both project...

Vicky Simao1 1UNSW This presentation looks at engagement strategies that are carefully integrated across the student lifecycle of pathway students, and across their transition to university, providing benefits to multiple stakeholders. Students have the opportunity for professional development in areas...

Mr Henness Wong1 1New South Wales Medical Students’ Council (NSWMSC), Sydney, Australia International medical students in Australian medical universities are not guaranteed an internship position, which is essential to complete their medical training and registration. The number of internship applications...

Ms Samantha Schofield1, Mr Daniel Kenny1 1Australian National University, Canberra, Australia As Australia’s national university the ANU is inclusive to a vibrant international student community, welcoming students from around the world. Canberra is an educational destination; a university city that...

Mr Oliver Batten1 1University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia Networking After 5 (NA5) was established in 2012 with the aim of providing students from the University of Wollongong (UOW) with the opportunity to engage with local business professionals and develop their...

Dr Clint Arizmendi1 1Sonder Australia, Surry Hills, Australia International student enrolments – especially in higher education and VET – have increased significantly, almost doubling in the past decade to approximately 500,000 in 2018[1]. As intake has increased, so too has...

Ms Mary Ann Seow1, Ms  Ewa  Rutt1 1University Of Adelaide College, Adelaide, Australia In February 2018, there were 27,498 non-award international student enrolments (AEI, February 2018) and 302,513 in Higher Education in Australia. These figures also include students enrolled in...

Ms Laurynda Giles1  Nick Ko1 1Deakin Univeristy, Geelong, Australia; Deakin University’s International Student Support Team has been working actively toward including students alongside decision making, particularly around student engagement on campus and international student health and wellbeing. Student success and wellbeing...

Mr Vinh Dang1, Ms Shawna Hooton1 1The University Of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia This paper showcases the efforts made by International Peer Mentors to engage the international cohort on campus and build community internally within their pods. Weekly morning teas for...