Month: September 2023

Yuen D1 1NEAS Australia, Sydney, Australia Study NSW tasked NEAS Australia with developing quality standards for homestay accommodation. NEAS engaged a wide cross-section of stakeholders as part of the project, conducting four workshops with representatives from schools, universities, government, homestay...

Tran G1, Tarzia L2, Forbes-Mewett H3, Tran L4, Hatch M1 1Multicultural centre for women’s health, Melbourne, Australia, 2University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 4Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia While international students experience high levels of SV/IPV, little is...

Miles S2 1Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 2The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia International tertiary students from Brazil and Colombia are two of the most rapidly emerging cohorts coming to Melbourne and Australia to study. They are both currently Top 10...

Kim M1 1University of New South Wales, The University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia Multilingual international students now make up a large proportion of the total student cohort in Australian universities. Such high-level study in English poses challenges for...

Cherniak O1, Gilpin C1 1Welcoming Australia, Kangaroo Point, Australia Post-covid there has been extensive reporting in the Australian media about the return of international students to study in Australia.This reporting has discussed the current housing shortage and cost-of-living pressures and...

De Liseo K1 1UOW College Australia,  Wollongong, Australia Peer Assisted Learning provides much needed academic support, which is essential in higher education. It is also one such program that builds a sense of belonging, to help all students become involved...

Bedford J1, Kim M1, Ciyu Qin J1 1University Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Open AI’s large language model (LLM) ChatGPT has significantly impacted higher education, largely due its capacity to produce text that resembles the work of humans. While...

Brooker C1, Shaw G1, Gibson M1, Taylor J1 1The University Of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia As a dedicated and experienced Project Officer in the field of Higher Education, Melanie Gibson has been making significant contributions to the student experience landscape for...

Sun L1 1Education Boulevard, Australia This 15-minute presentation aims to provide a more in-depth understanding of the current issues faced by Chinese international families and the broader Chinese-speaking community. The presenter will share case studies and survey results to identify...

Arthur N1 1University Of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia A lot of attention has been paid to preparing students for international learning experiences through pre-departure programming and helping them to get ready for immersion into new cultural and country contexts. Yet,...