Month: May 2018

Miss Alexandra  Kay1, Justin Vandertouw2 1Scope Global, Adelaide, Australia; 2The University of Adelaide Students with disabilities should have access and opportunities for education like any other student, but across the world, there remains many barriers that stop their equal participation in...

Ms Mollie Dollinger1, Dr Ian  Teo1, Professor Sophia Arkoudis1, Dr Daniela Aquaro1, Professor Peter McPhee1 1The University Of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia Internationalisation has been defined as a “general term for a broad range of activities in teaching and research which...

A/Prof. Catherine Gomes1, Edgar Gomez Cruz2, Jolyna Sinanan3 1Rmit University, Melbourne, Australia, 2UNSW, , , 3University of Sydney Melbourne and Sydney are international student cities with large parts of the Central Business District host apartment blocks catering almost exclusively to...

A/Prof. Catherine Gomes1 1Rmit University, Melbourne, Australia ‘Publish or Perish’ is the mantra PhD candidates and early career researchers (ECRs) are often confronted with, when navigating through the minefield that is publishing. Additionally, postgraduates and ECRs are often told that...

Ms Anne Burnett1 1 University Of Newcastle (English Language & Foundation Studies Centre), Newcaslte East, Newcastle, Australia The Student Experience Passport was developed to drive further engagement with the Language Centre’s Student Engagement Program through strategically aligning the program’s activities...

Natali Smud1 1Multicultural HIV & Hepatitis Service, Camperdown, Australia The Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis service is a NSW state wide service hosted by Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health. Recent NSW HIV notification data suggest there has been an increase...

Ms Anouschka  Inglis1 1The Council Of The City Of Sydney, Sydney , Australia The City of Sydney is the epicentre of international students studying in Sydney and NSW with over 35,000 enrolled across more than 150 education providers including universities,...

Dr Kwang Cham1, Dr Heather Gaunt1 1University Of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia Introduction/background: Students recognize the key role digital literacy has in enhancing employability. Scholarship on teaching health ethics is limited in Optometry. There are no existing research focussing on the...

Dr Mark Thorley1 1Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom Music production is international – practitioners collaborate globally (Watson 2014), working with others in keeping with Tapscott and Williams’ (2006) concept of ‘peer-production’. Whilst emerging technology facilitates this, it draws on the...

Prof. Rory Mcgreal1 1Athabasca University, Edmonton, Canada This paper will explain the rationale for and the implementation of free first year university courses using open educational resources for elearning. The OERu is an international consortium of more than 30 higher...