Oral Presentation

Terry McGrath2, Sylvia Hooker3, Sherrie Lee1 1University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2ISANA NZ, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 3Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand International postgraduate (PG) students have generated valuable returns for universities, not just in terms course fees,...

Mr Roger Best1 1Nsw Police Force, Armidale , Australia The international education sector is all too familiar with media coverage of crimes against students, including alleged poor responses from law-enforcement. Consequently, the NSW Police in partnership with Study NSW, developed...

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...

Ms Jieyan (Mera) Tan1, Ms Melanie Jones-Leaning1, Ms Yoko Kishi1 1University of Waikato, Hillcrest, Hamilton, New Zealand For those of us engaged in mentoring our students through to academic success, the journey can be perilous and fraught with unforeseen serendipities. ...

Ms Kelly Atherton1 1Victoria International, Victoria University Of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand In New Zealand and many other western nations, Chinese students make up the largest cohort of international students, with greater numbers predicted to study offshore in upcoming years....

Ms Shawna Hooton1, Mr Arthur Yeow1 1The University Of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia This paper presents a transferrable leadership pipeline framework, based on a case study of International Peer Mentors’ social program – Language and Cultural Engagement (LCE) at The University...

Mrs Diana Earl1 1The University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia This presentation will report on the 4 week Healthy Relationship series conducted at the University of Queensland and discuss what worked, what needs improvements and provide ideas into how similar...

Louise Peters1 1Fair Work Ombudsman, Sydney, Australia The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is an independent statutory office responsible for promoting harmonious, productive and cooperative workplace relations and ensuring compliance with Australia’s workplace laws. The FWO’s free services for employees and...

Mrs Usha Rao1 1La Trobe Melbourne, La Trobe University, Australia In August, 2017, the Australian Human Rights Commission published the report “Change the Course: National Report on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at Australian universities”. On March, 2018, the CEO...