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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2004 Articles >> Student Support

    Julie Hockey and Dr Carolyn McSwiney

    Abstract: Concern for newly arrived international students must extend beyond the more obvious group of first year students to include a growing cohort of articulant students arriving in Australia having completed part of their degree in their home countries. This paper describes a dual ‘pre-departure’ and ‘on-arrival’ academic library program developed to meet the differential needs of this cohort in the University of South Australia. It is designed to…

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  • 03:18 - 17.01.2009 Articles >> Academic

    Dr Mary Roberts

    Abstract: Many academic staff members find assessing written work by international students to be frustrating and
    worrying. “Should I correct the language errors or stick only to the academic topic?”, “Should I correct all the
    errors or only some?”, “Should I correct any errors at all?” and “Why doesn’t it seem to make any difference
    to the students’ written English, no matter what I do?”. Partly because of teachers’…

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  • 00:00 - 30.11.2007 Articles >> Policy

    Cheryl Cook

    Abstract: This workshop reviews the challenges of engaging with revised legislative environment and looks at these encounters from three angles – practical application, recognition of content and function and, issues discussions. The aim is to engage industry professionals, both physically and mentally, in consolidating their awareness and examining the National Code 2007 in relation to their work requirements and encourage them to consider informed options. Through teamwork, problem solving, and strategy discussions, participants…

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  • 00:00 - 30.11.2007 Articles >> Student Support

    Chris Nyland, Helen Forbes-Mewett, Simon Marginson, Gaby Ramia, Erlenawati Sawir, Sharon Smith

    Abstract: The growth of the international education market has generated a community of student-workers that is vulnerable, growing and under-researched. Drawing on interviews with 200 international students, we show that a very high proportion of these students are employed and that this workforce is segmented and that while all student workforces are segmented, many international students must accept forms of work and levels…

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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2006 Articles >> Academic

    Shengjie Su

    Abstract: This presentation bases on a PHD research project, which is a detailed case study with the focus on exploring the academic adaptation experiences of a group of Chinese coursework postgraduate students studying in a faculty which is a popular choice of international students at one Australian university.

    In twenty years, international education has become Australia’s fourth-highest export earner and the second largest service export industry (Australian Trade Commission, 2006). International students not…

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  • 00:00 - 30.11.2007 Articles >> Student Support

    Hedley Reberger

    Abstract: This paper examines the academic performance in a longitudinal study or group of 25 students who were admitted to an Australian University in 2004. The cohort all studied secondary education and made application to the University through Tertiary Admission Centre. Quantitative data examining the performance for this group has been collected at the conclusion of each semester or total of 7 semesters, living a data et panning for the proposed three years…

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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2006 Articles >> Multi-ethnic Communication

    Carmela Briguglio

    Abstract:It is a common belief that tertiary students acquire intercultural communication competence through interacting with each other in multicultural classrooms. Much research undertaken in Australia, however, indicates that having culturally diverse classrooms will not, by itself, necessarily promote student development in this area. This is particularly true of students working in multinational/multicultural teams, where often the experience can reinforce negative stereotypes instead of promoting understanding. What is required, instead,…

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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2004 Articles >> Student Support

    Clare Rhoden & Kathryn Boin

    Abstract: I’ve settled in, but it’s a hard question because there are no methods, it’s just like an ongoing thing. It’s just like a transition thing – you can’t say ‘If you do this, it will make it better’ because it is based on the individual.*

    International students, who choose to pursue study in a foreign university, are among the highest-achieving candidates in most institutions. Nevertheless they experience a number…

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  • 03:51 - 17.01.2009 Articles >> Academic

    Felicity Fallon, Terry McGrath

    The workshop addresses the interests and needs of those working with international students at
    the secondary school level. It has three main emphases: how to enable both the international and
    the local students to gain the most from the presence of international students in the school,
    academic and classroom management issues and the support and welfare issues associated with
    the education of younger international students.

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  • 03:40 - 17.01.2009 Articles >> Cross-cultural Communication

    Shanton Chang

    Abstract:  This paper discusses ways in which student interaction and integration may be
    achieved through curriculum design. It approaches the challenge of localinternational
    student interaction by addressing the shortcomings of traditional
    curriculum development that may not take into consideration the diversity of the
    student cohort adequately. The paper highlights and integrates important
    considerations for internationalisation with various key issues in curriculum
    development, including; rationale and philosophy behind…

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  • 05:24 - 18.01.2009 Articles >> Cross-cultural Communication

    Chong Zhou, Guiyun Chen

    Abstract:   In this study, the researcher intends to make some contributions to the research literature regarding
    the analysis of secondary students’ cross-cultural adjustment through investigating a group of
    Mainland Chinese students’ experiences in secondary schools in South Australia. The study
    explores the perceptions of Chinese students in a more naturalistic way through conversations with
    them in their own language. It focuses on the cultural challenges faced by…

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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2004 Articles >> Academic

    Anne Ellerup Nielsen, Peter Kastberg, Ph.d.

    Abstract:  Recent years have seen a gradual burring of boundaries between core academic disciplines such as linguistics, economics, politics, sociology, etc. There are many factors which have contributed to this change, for example our global economy where networking, transparency, learning, and knowledge management seem to be the key to capital, consumers, the press, etc. Such developments point towards increasingly interdisciplinary knowledge. Some universities have reacted to this demand for…

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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2006 Articles >> Student Support

    Greg Calvert

    Abstract:  The paper draws on research of 110 international fee-paying students studying Science and Engineering courses in the Schools, Vocational Education and Training, and Higher Education sectors in nine institutions in five Australian states and territories. The research identified that 68 percent of the sample had not had career advice before coming to Australia. This has implications for students’ understandings of Australian education and training, especially entry procedures into…

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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2004 Articles >> Policy

    Lorraine Macmaster, Annalise Tindal

    Abstract: Graduation celebrates the completion or the commencement of an academic career. It has been considered a rite of passage in which we emphasize confronting new responsibilities, opportunities and threats and adjusting to the nostalgia of leaving a familiar scene. At PIBT and CIC, International students can fast track to their 2nd year of University by completing their Diploma. As Student Advisors at these Colleges we are particularly involved with the…

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  • 03:23 - 17.01.2009 Articles >> Academic

    Rachel Baron and Rodney Carr

    Abstract: Student peer mentor programs are recognised as a valid component of a multi-faceted strategy to
    improve student engagement within higher education. This paper reports some preliminary results
    from research investigating how such programs help support diverse student needs in a multicultural
    environment.
    Our results are from a study of a pilot postgraduate student peer mentoring program set up to support
    new students in the…

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  • 05:19 - 18.01.2009 Articles >> Academic

    Pang, David

    Abstract:
    Many universities in western countries attest with eloquence that international students are now an important
    learning community in their campuses. In the case of New Zealand, international education is synonymous with
    educating Asian students because of the numerical domination of fee-paying students from Asia. Often referred
    to as non-traditional, these students bring with them different academic learning styles. Addressing their
    learning needs has often been a challenge…

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  • 00:00 - 30.11.2007 Articles >> Student Support

    Cathy Saenger

    Abstract: Being a mentor to International Students in the Faculty of Business and Computing at a polytechnic in New Zealand, the author has experienced the trials and tribulations of International Students first hand. They begin fresh faced with many expectations, but very soon find that things are not as easy as expected. Some graduates have indicated that they have found it nearly impossible to find jobs and that they are not…

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  • 05:40 - 18.01.2009 Articles >> Student Support

    Peter Kell, Virginie Schmelitschek, Anne Maree Smith and Gillian Vogl

    ABSTRACT:  This paper reports on a community action project that was developed by a
    community committee to assist international students to feel more welcome in
    Wollongong. Research with international students carried out since 2005 by Peter
    Kell and Gillian Vogl found that international students who were well connected to
    their communities experienced greater well being and performed better
    academically. In…

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  • 00:00 - 01.12.2004 Articles >> Academic

    J. Kapnoullas, N Love, J Reidy

    Abstract: Many people involved in Higher Education in Australia are currently discussing the many issues related to the quality of the large and complex field known as ‘international education’. This is not surprising, given that in 2003, a total of 136, 807 international students were studying onshore in Australia with another 73, 590 students enrolled offshore (Morris, 2004). Of particular importance to the students and their families, as…

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  • 00:00 - 30.11.2007 Articles >> Cross-cultural Communication

    Ms Kim Edmunds

    Abstract: This paper examines gender and the social change impact of an overseas education for a group of Indonesian graduates of Australian universities. Twenty five respondents participated in this research, the majority being Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) recipients from the University of Newcastle. Data collected by survey questionnaire and interview are analysed in relation to the impact of an overseas education on gender relations and social change in the family, community and…

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