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2 – 5 October 2012
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria
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Australian International Education Conference 2012 Conference Program
ISBN – 978-0-9872019-1-1
Sponsors
The Australian International Education Conference 2012 wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the sponsors who have contributed to the success of this year’s event.
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Welcome General Information
Other Services Information Sessions
Social Program Suggested Restaurants
Exhibitor Competitions and Giveaways
CONTENTS
5 7 9 10 13 15 16
AIEC Exhibition and Directory
Venue Floor Plans Melbourne Map and Accommodation
Optional Workshops
Conference Program Overview
Conference Program
18 21 22 23 31 43
Conference Hosts
IDP Education Pty Ltd
Level 8, 535 Bourke Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
P: +61 3 9612 4400
W: www.idp.com
IEAA
PO Box 12917
A'Beckett Street
Melbourne, VIC 8006
Tel: +61 3 9925 4579
W: www.ieaa.org.au
Conference Management
Epic Conferences & Events
PO Box 291
Kensington NSW 1465
P: +61 2 9281 0024
F: +61 2 9281 0284
W: www.epicconferences.com.au
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Dear Delegates,
On behalf of IDP Education and the International Education Association of Australia we give you a very warm
welcome to the 26th Australian International Education Conference in Melbourne, one of Australia’s most attractive
cities for study and a focal point for the 160,000 international students studying in Victoria.
The theme for this year’s AIEC is International Education in the Asian Century, which squarely addresses the major
global realignment towards Asia which is underway and the profound impact it is having on international education.
International education has been a key driver of Asia’s economic development for many decades. Millions of
students from Asian countries have graduated from international education programs and are now leaders in
business, politics and culture in their home countries. Now, as Asia takes its place as an economic powerhouse,
these graduates retain strong ties to the countries where they studied – whether Australia, the United States, the
United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand or elsewhere – creating a lasting bridge between Asia and the countries of
the west, which will shape how the Asian Century develops.
This year’s conference will go deep into these issues as well as a wide range of other topics covering policy
and research, the student experience, transnational education, student mobility, marketing and recruitment,
teaching and learning, and professional development. The workshops and sessions are designed to extend your
professional knowledge and provide the most up-to-date information on issues affecting the industry and each of
its sectors.
We particularly welcome delegates attending their first AIEC, including those who are new to international
education. We hope that it will offer you valuable professional development and network building across all
education sectors which will enhance your professional life. We also offer a warm welcome to overseas delegates,
whom we particularly acknowledge for making the AIEC truly international.
We are delighted to be holding this year’s AIEC in Melbourne’s new Convention and Exhibition Centre. We wish
you a very enjoyable and productive conference.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Thompson
Stephen Connelly
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Conference Advisory Committee
The Australian International Education Conference 2012 is co-hosted by IDP Education Pty Ltd and the International Education Association of Australia
(IEAA) and is supported by a joint IDP/IEAA conference management committee comprising:
James Bennett Key Account Manager, NSW/QLD/ACT/NT, IDP Education Pty Ltd
Helen Cook Vice President IEAA & Associate Director, Client Relations, ETS TOEFL
Stephen Connelly President IEAA & Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International & Development) RMIT University
Louise Goold Director, Murray-Goold International Pty Ltd
Phil Honeywood Executive Director, IEAA
Lyndell Jacka Head of Research, IDP Education Pty Ltd
A/Prof Betty Leask IEAA Board Member & ALTC National Teaching Fellow, Division of Business, University of South Australia
Dennis Murray Director Murray-Goold International Pty Ltd and Director Research and Business Development, IEAA
Davina Park Conference Manager, IDP Education Pty Ltd
Andrew Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, IDP Education Pty Ltd
Stephen Connelly
President, International Education Association of Australia (IEAA)
Every year, more than 150,000 students from around the world come to Melbourne, to secure their future.
MelbourneWhere your future takes off
Melbourne, Victoria’s capital, is Australia’s knowledge, manufacturing and innovation capital and represents 25 per cent of the nation’s economic activity.
Melbourne’s greatest asset is its people, who come from more than 200 countries and speak over 230 languages and dialects. Melbourne’s rich cultural diversity, talented people, world-class education and superior infrastructure attract more than 150,000 students from around the world each year.
Melbourne is Australia’s leading city for international students. In 2012, the London-based QS World University Rankings judged Melbourne as the leading student city in the Asia-Pacific region and among the world’s top four student cities along with Paris, London and Boston.
Melbourne has given the world four Nobel prize winners in medicine and physiology. The tradition continues in this global centre for excellence in education, research and innovation.
Choosing Melbourne means choosing a superior education while enjoying life in the world’s most liveable city.
Learn more about the benefits of living and studying in Melbourne by visiting studymelbourne.vic.gov.au
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Venue InformationMelbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 Convention Centre Place,
South Wharf, Melbourne Victoria
All conference workshops, sessions and the AIEC
Exhibition will be held in the Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre located on the banks of the
Yarra River.
Parking
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre has
two car parks close by with up to 1600 spaces and are
open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Melbourne
Convention and Exhibition Centre car park and South
Wharf car parks are accessed from Normanby Road.
The maximum daily rate at the Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre car park is $36 for a 24 hour
period. An Early Bird rate is available for $13 for entry
between 6am and 9am and exit between 3pm and
midnight, Monday to Friday. The maximum daily rate at
the South Wharf car park is $28.
Disabled Facilities
All public areas of the Centre are accessible by
wheel chair. Lifts are located in the main foyer of the
Convention Centre. Accessible toilets are available on
each level of the Convention Centre.
Toilets
Male and Female toilet facilities are located in each of
the foyers on all levels.
Lost Property
Should any assistance be required in the case of lost
property please see the staff at the Security Office,
located on the ground floor, past the Customer Service
Desk at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition
Centre.
Cloaking
Cloaking facilities are available through the Customer
Service Desk located on the ground floor of the
Convention Centre. The cloakroom will be available
to conference delegates between 8:00am – 8:30pm
Tuesday, 8:00am – 5:30pm Wednesday and
Thursday, and 8:00am – 4:30pm Friday.
Smoking
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre is a
smoke free venue. Smoking is only allowed outside the
building.
*Prices correct at time of print.
AIEC Registration Desk
Ph: 03 9235 8653
Fax: 03 9235 8761
The AIEC Registration Desk is located on the
ground floor of the Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre and will be open at the
following times times:
Tuesday 2 October 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday 3 October 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday 4 October 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Friday 5 October 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
AIEC Exhibition
The AIEC Exhibition is located on the ground
floor of the Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre, entry via Door 6. Please refer
to the Exhibition Floor Plan on page 18 for
opening and closing times each day.
Speakers’ Preparation Room
All speakers should check in to the Speakers’
Preparation Room which is located on the
second level in Meeting Room 214. Speakers
are to submit PowerPoint presentations to
the technicians in this room. Please ensure
you visit the Speakers’ Preparation Room as
soon as possible and no later than the lunch
or tea break which occurs before you are due
to present.
Catering
Arrival tea & coffee, morning & afternoon
tea and lunch will be served in the AIEC
Exhibition on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Food will be available separately for
delegates who have requested special
dietary requirements in their registration. A
separate serving station will be available for
you to collect your meal. This is located near
the IDP/IELTS booth. Please present your
dietary requirement card to the staff to obtain
your meal.
Social Functions and Venues
Please see Social Program on page 13 for
full details of all social functions.
Dress Code
Conference dress for delegates is smart
casual / business throughout the conference.
Dress for social functions is detailed within
the social program information.
Conference Proceedings
Following the conference, session
presentations and papers will be available on
the conference website: www.aiec.idp.com
Conference Feedback
Your feedback on this conference is highly
valuable. Delegates who complete the online
feedback survey by 2 November 2012
will go into the draw for a free registration
to the Australian International Education
Conference 2013 in Canberra.
Website: www.aiec.idp.com
AIEC Conference App
Stay connected at the AIEC 2012
Conference with the Conference App. Use
your smartphone, mobile device or laptop to
view the conference program, see session
information and presenter biographies, view
sponsor and exhibition information, get the
latest program updates and information and
create your own personalised schedule of
session you want to attend.
To access the Conference App:
Go to: aiec2012.com
Or scan the QR Code
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Conference Information
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Other Services
Message Board
A message board for delegates will be located
in the AIEC exhibition near the IDP/IELTS booth,
located on the ground level of the Melbourne
Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Meeting Spaces
Two meeting spaces are available in the AIEC
Exhibition to registered delegates in which you
can conduct small meetings for up to 6 people.
The meeting spaces can be booked in advance
by adding your name to the booking schedule
located on the outside wall of each meeting
space. Meetings can be booked for half hour or
one hour slots.
Business Centre
Sponsored by
A Business Centre is located within the AIEC
Exhibition and is available for delegates during
the Exhibition opening hours.
Wireless Internet
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
has free Wi-Fi throughout the Centre which
covers the meeting rooms, exhibition bays and
foyer areas. The Wi-Fi is suitable for webmail,
Facebook, Twitter and basic internet browsing
but not for streaming video such as Skype.
Wireless internet cards are not available for
purchase.
Automatic Teller Machines
ATMs are located adjacent to the Convention
Centre entry (closest to the Hilton Melbourne
South Wharf) and on the Exhibition Centre
concourse, located near Door 3.
Local Knowledge
Look out for locals who are
identified with a green ‘Ask Me’ on
their name badge and gain local
knowledge from them – where to eat, drink,
shop, what to do around town and much more.
Taxis
A dedicated taxi rank is located adjacent to the
Convention Centre entry (closest to the Hilton
Melbourne South Wharf) and at the main entry to
the Exhibition Centre on Clarendon Street. If you
require a taxi to be booked, please see the staff
at the MCEC Customer Service Desk located on
the ground Level of the Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre.
SkyBus
The SkyBus provides a regular scheduled bus
service between Melbourne Airport and the
Melbourne CBD. The SkyBus drop off point is
Southern Cross Station where you can transfer
to their complimentary SkyBus Hotel Transfer
Service which drops and picks up from most
major city hotels. Tickets can be purchased from
the airport desk or online. Hotel pick ups can be
arranged by your hotel by contacting SkyBus 24
hours prior to your collection time. For further
information, visit the website:
www.skybus.com.au
Newcomer Activities
• Newcomers can be identified by the sticker
on their name badge
• The Welcome Reception provides a great
networking opportunity for Newcomers
to meet other newcomers and regular
delegates. The Newcomer Meeting Point,
located between the IDP and IELTS
booths will be the best point to meet other
newcomers
• The Conference Dinner is a great way to
meet other people. If you are a newcomer
to the AIEC Conference, come to the
Registration Desk before the end of lunch
on Thursday and book on to a table with
other newcomers
Meeting Point
If you are meeting delegates during the
conference, why not meet them at the ‘Meeting
Point’ located inside the AIEC Exhibition, near
the IDP/IELTS booth. Look out for the ‘Meeting
Point’ sign which designates the point.
Phone Charging Station
If you require your phone charged during
the conference, please see the staff at the
Registration Desk during Morning Tea, Lunch
or Afternoon Tea and sign your phone in for
a charge. There will be limited iPhone and
Blackberry chargers available.
If you don’t have an iPhone or Blackberry, bring
your own charger along and sign it in for a
charge.
Opening Hours:
Tuesday 2 October - Thursday 4 October:
10:00am – 5:00pm
Friday 5 October:
10:00am – 2:00pm
ASKME
MONDAy 1 OCTOBER
6:00pm BritishCouncilEvent Silks Restaurant, Crown Melbourne Invitation Only
WEDNESDAy 3 OCTOBER
1:30pm – 2:25pm IEAATransnationalEducation Room 212 Open Meeting
1:30pm – 2:25pm IEAAInternationalisationoftheCurriculumSIG Room 213 Open Meeting
1:30pm – 2:25pm IEAAMarketingandCommunicationsSIG Room 218 Open Meeting
1:30pm – 2:25pm IEAAOutboundStudentMobilitySIG Room 219 Open Meeting
1:30pm – 2:25pm IEAAFoundationPathwaysSIG Room 220 Open Meeting
5.30pm – 7.00pm IEAAMarketing&CommunicationsSIGSpeedNetworking Melbourne Public during the IELTS Happy Hour event (look for the tables with the SIG signs)
THuRSDAy 4 OCTOBER
12:40pm – 2:25pm IEAAAGM&Lunch Room 216
FRIDAy 5 OCTOBER
1:20pm – 2:20pm SIGsLeadershipMeeting Room 216 Invitation Only
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Additional MeetingsAdditional meetings will be held throughout the conference. Please check the notice
board located in the AIEC exhibition near the IELTS exhibition booth for details and
updates.
Information SpaceThe Information Space in the AIEC Exhibition is open to all
registered delegates to attend the sessions delivered by a
variety of our sponsors. The sessions run for 20 minutes
and we invite you all to attend:
WEDNESDAy 3 OCTOBER
10:35am – 10:55am
PTE Academic – helping you recruit students faster
than any other test
Sasha Hampson – Head, Language Testing (Australia/New
Zealand), Pearson
PTE Academic is the fastest growing academic English test
available globally. PTE Academic is delivered on a flexible
schedule and results are typically available within 5 business
days. Come and find out how PTE Academic can assist
you with recruiting international students, ensuring English
language standards are met, and meeting application
deadlines.
1:30pm – 1:50pm
International Students and the Workforce – crossing
the bridge from education to employment
David Wade – Director, Professional Pathways Australia,
Monash College
Building links between education and employment is
a critical success factor for institutions. Producing ‘job
ready’ international graduates has become a key goal as
international students demand new levels of support to gain
knowledge of the Australian workplace and obtain valuable
work experience.
This session describes the DIAC initiated Professional
Year program for international students which focuses on
employability skills, and combines classroom based learning
in Australian Workplace Skills and Business Communication
Skills, with a 12 week professional Internship. The
employment outcomes from students undertaking this
course have been outstanding.
2:00pm – 2:20pm
Victorian Government, Study Melbourne:
Opportunities for Victorian Education following
vigorous growth in India
Annie Helen Santhana – Regional Director - Education,
Victorian Government Business Office, Bangalore, India
India is a fast growing economy waiting to take a position as
an important player in the geopolitical world. It is confronted
with the challenges of leveraging its vast demographic dividend
by developing a responsive education and training system.
This presentation will focus on the opportunities for foreign
participation within the Indian education sector.
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3:35pm – 3:55pm
Let us build a better international education
industry - The challenges and opportunities
Mr Naresh Gulati – CEO of OCA Group,
Mr Mark Pettitt – Director of OCA Group
The international education industry has gone
through significant changes in recent years.
Changes in visa policies, increasing fraud,
increasing agent network sizes, increasing
compliance obligations, increasing competition
and diminishing budgets have placed many
institutions into a catch 22 situation in which they
wish to invest in improving systems to boost
enrolments, but budgets cuts and a recent drop
in student numbers has made such investment
impossible. The time has arrived where holistic
action needs to be taken to build a better
international education industry – an industry
in which the interests of students, institutions,
governments and quality agents are protected,
in which the sector can flourish and in which the
benefits of international education can be shared
throughout the wider community.
This presentation showcases various practical
solutions that can be used to address these
challenges while reducing overall expenditure.
THuRSDAy 4 OCTOBER
10:05am – 10:25am
New TOEFL® Search Service
Helen Cook - Associate Director, Client Relations,
ETS TOEFL
Looking for a more cost effective means of
contacting eligible potential students? Get started
today with a new online tool for international
student recruitment. Hundreds of thousands
of TOEFL test takers have recently opted
into a service driven by Hobsons recruitment
technology.
The TOEFL Search Service offers education
institutions recruiting international students a low
cost means of connecting to those students who
have already decided to study overseas.
Institutions can create their TOEFL Search
Service account free and develop criteria that
meet their requirements.
At US250, the annual subscription to purchase
access to names is modest. Institutions design
all their own queries and only pay a small fee per
name when they decide to engage with individual
potential students.
That connection provides multichannel responses
to any queries the student might have before
choosing your institution as their next study
destination.
This information session will outline the
opportunities that the new TOEFL search service
offers to Australian institutions.
1:30pm – 1:50pm
Mi Health
Fulvio Fattore - GM Sales & Service Alliances,
Medibank
Mi Health is a new range of health support
services offered by Medibank to its members
with hospital cover including those members
with Overseas Student Health Cover. Mi Health
includes being able to speak to a Medibank
nurses on our 24/7 health advice line, online
health information and tools and mobile health
apps.
Join us to find out how Mi Health could benefit
your international students during their stay in
Australia.
2:00pm – 2:20pm
Victorian Government, Study Melbourne:
Opportunities for Victorian Education in the
Middle East and Asia Minor
Karine Ataya - Regional Director - Education,
Victorian Government Business Office, Dubai,
UAE
The UAE Region has the youngest population
and the highest unemployment rate.
This presentation will provide a brief overview of
the current situation and the initiatives adopted
by the Government to reverse the "brain drain"
and increase youth input in growing markets and
the role of international education as an agent of
change.
3:50pm – 4:10pm
“Show me an IELTS 6”
Ms Jennie Lynch - IELTS
This presentation provides the audience with a
deeper understanding of the IELTS band scale by
exploring the criteria used to score Writing and
Speaking sections of the test, and presenting
actual samples of Writing and Speaking at the
band score 6 level of proficiency.
FRIDAy 5 OCTOBER
10:50am – 11:10am
Welcome to Victoria
Danny Ong - Multicultural Employment
Consultant, Employment & Career Development,
Monash University
Welcome to Victoria is a employer based
program that promotes our state as an exciting
and welcoming place to live, visit, study and do
business.
New arrivals, whether they are from overseas
or interstate, add to the vibrancy of Victoria and
diversity of our communities. However, individuals
that have recently arrived are likely to have limited
knowledge of the local area. This program offers
businesses an opportunity to take advantage of
an undervalued commodity: knowledge of their
local community.
Not only will businesses attract skilled employees
but they will warmly welcome them to the
community and Victoria.
Danny will present, how the program works, the
business and employee benefits and how to get
involved.
2:00pm – 2:20pm
Victorian Government, Study Melbourne:
Opportunities for Victorian Education in the
ASEAN region
Celia Yeo - Education Services Director, Victoria
Government Business Office, Kuala Lumpur,
South East Asia
The ASEAN Vision 2020 has been key to the
initiation of regional plans to accelerate the
economic growth, social progress and cultural
development in the region.
This presentation will provide a brief overview on
the ASEAN Governments' initiatives in capacity
building with a focus on strengthening the
region's education sector and opportunities for
collaboration between Australia and the ASEAN
region.
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Tuesday 2 October
Welcome Plenary and Reception
Sponsored by
Welcome Plenary
Plenary 3
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Welcome Reception
AIEC Exhibition, Entry via Door 6
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Dress: Smart Casual / Business
Entry: Please wear your name badge for entry
Tickets: Additional tickets are available from the
registration desk for $65
Wednesday 3 October
Happy Hour
Sponsored by
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Various locations:
1. The Boatbuilders yard
23 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf
2. Melbourne Public
11 Dukes Walk, South Wharf
Dress: Smart Casual / Business
Entry: Please wear your name badge for entry
Tickets: Additional tickets are available from the
registration desk for $25
Please see the map below for location of each
Happy Hour venue.
Thursday 4 October
Conference Dinner
Sponsored by
Peninsula
Shed 14, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Esplanade,
Docklands
Time: 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Dress: Cocktail or your spin on East Meets
West
Entry: Entry is by ticket only –
please bring your ticket.
Tickets: Additional tickets are available from the
Registration Desk for $140, or until sold out.
If you are not attending the dinner, please let us
know at the Registration Desk by handing in your
ticket and helping us to reduce food waste.
Courtesy buses will be provided to collect
delegates from their conference hotels and take
them to Peninsula. Buses will be departing at
6:15pm sharp from the front of all conference
hotels and the main entrance of the Melbourne
Convention Centre, on Convention Centre Place.
Please ensure you are waiting outside for the bus
at 6:10pm. Please check the notice board in the
Exhibition for updates.
Buses will be departing Peninsula from 9:30pm
to return delegates to their conference hotels.
Please Note: Entry to the Welcome Reception is included for all full registrations and exhibitor passes. Please wear your name badge for entry.
Entry to Happy Hour is included for all full registrations. Please wear your name badge for entry.
Entry to the Conference Dinner is by ticket only. All full registrants will receive a conference dinner ticket. Entry is by ticket only. You must bring your ticket to the event.
Additional tickets can be purchased for all events from the Registration Desk, until sold out.
If you are not planning to attend the conference dinner, please hand in your ticket to the staff at the Registration Desk as soon as possible.
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AkachochinAddress: 33 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9245 9900Cuisine: JapanesePrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Bohemian Bar & RestaurantAddress: 35 Dukes Walk, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9682 0566Cuisine: Spanish, TapasPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Common ManAddress: 39 Dukes Walk, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9696 3774Cuisine: Pasta, Pizza, Hot piesPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Meat Market South WharfAddress: 53 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9008 8953Cuisine: Australian, GrillPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Melbourne Public Address: 11 Dukes Walk, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9268 7600 Cuisine: Modern Australian, Pub GrubPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Nuevo37Address: 2 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9027 2000Cuisine: Modern Australian, SpanishPrice range: Premium - main meals over $25
Shed 5Address: 37 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9686 1122Cuisine: MediterraneanPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Showtime EventsAddress: 61 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9008 8954Cuisine: Modern AustralianPrice range: Premium - main meals over $25
Sotano Wine & TapasAddress: 2 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9027 2122Cuisine: Spanish, TapasPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
The Boatbuilders yard Address: 23 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9686 5088Cuisine: InternationalPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
The Bridge South WharfAddress: 29 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9682 6007Price range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
The Sharing HouseAddress: 35 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9245 9800Cuisine: English, European, Sharing platesPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
We recognise that delegates want more free time and opportunities to network
with their colleagues throughout the week of the conference. Wednesday
evening after Happy Hour is a great opportunity to get together and network. To
help you, we have provided some restaurant suggestions below.
NB: This is a guide only and all care was taken to ensure information was correct at time of printing.
Melbourne South Wharf Southbank
Arkibar RestaurantAddress: 27 Coventry Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9690 6688Cuisine: ItalianPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Belgian Beer Cafe EurekaAddress: 5 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9690 5777Cuisine: Modern AustralianPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Cervo Address: Shop 28, Ground, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9292 7824Cuisine: ItalianPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Curve BarAddress: 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9281 8317Cuisine: InternationalPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Giuseppe Arnaldo & SonsLocation: Shop 25, Ground Floor, Crown Entertainment Complex, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9694 7400Cuisine: ItalianPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Kitchen WorkshopAddress: Ground 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9292 7856Cuisine: Buffet, Modern AustralianPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Left Bank MelbourneAddress: Ground 1 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9682 4500Cuisine: Modern Australian, CocktailsPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
L'OsteriaAddress: Southgate, Southgate Complex, 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9699 4111Cuisine: Italian, CafePrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
My Mexican CousinAddress: 31 Sturt Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9686 3389Cuisine: MexicanPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Othello Greek RestaurantAddress: Ground 6 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9699 5600Cuisine: Greek, MediterraneanPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
Script Bar & Bistro Address: 140 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 8688 0880Cuisine: Italian, BistroPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
StoryAddress: Level 1,33 Queens Bridge Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9698 8011Cuisine: Modern Australian, TapasPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
The Blue Train CaféAddress: Southgate, Southgate Complex, 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9696 0111Cuisine: Modern AustralianPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
The Champagne & Oyster BarAddress: Shop 18-19, Ground, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9698 8889Cuisine: SeafoodPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
The Deck RestaurantAddress: Southgate, Southgate Complex, 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9699 9544Cuisine: EuropeanPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
The DenAddress: Shop 18-19, Ground, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9698 8889Cuisine: CocktailsPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
World Restaurant BarAddress: Shop 4, Building 2, Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9690 6999Cuisine: InternationalPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
WagamamaAddress: Southgate, Southgate Complex, 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank VIC 3006Phone: (03) 9696 9140Cuisine: Japanese, NoodlesPrice range: Moderate - main meals $15 to $25
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Education providers can benefit from aligning with a student assistance provider that specialises in the needs of overseas students. By focussing solely on the needs of overseas students, OSH Worldcare provides better outcomes both for students and their education providers. The end result is increased peace of mind all round. To find out more join us for coffee at booth 3, leave us your business card, and have the opportunity to win a dinner to the value of $250
urbanest Student Accommodation Booth 06
Western union Business Solutions Booth 36
FREE uRBANEST CuPCAKE Get a free cupcake on your tea break at urbanest’s Booth (No.6)! Simply hand in your business card in exchange for a delicious sweet treat and learn about our NEW student accommodation coming to Melbourne in 2014. 50 cupcakes up for grabs a day!
Win a Holiday!!Visit Western Union Business Solutions at booth 36 and drop your business card off for your chance to go in the draw to win a Flight Centre Voucher.
Qualtrain International Booth 29
Qualtrain International holds regular and bespoke seminars on ‘Understanding Overseas Qualifications’ focusing on the markets from which Australia draws international students.
Drop your business card in the bowl at the Qualtrain International booth for the chance to winacomplimentaryplaceatatrainingseminarinOctober2012. Seminars will be held in all states on ‘China and India’ and ‘Identifying Fraudulent Documents’.
ELS Educational Services Australia Pty Ltd Booth 30 & 31
ELS Language Centres, the largest network of campus-based English language instruction Centres in the world, offering 83 study locations in the USA, Canada, Australia and eight additional countries,is pleased to invite you to visit us at booths 30 and 31 to learn more about ELS and drop off your business card for a chance to win a free iPod Shuffle. For more information on ELS Language Centres Programs in Australia, visit www.Australia.ELS.edu
ANZ Booth 04
ANZ Funds Transfer SchemeANZ’s Funds Transfer Scheme can help your University quickly and simply confirm the financial bona fides of prospective international students.Visit the ANZ stand to find out more, and check to see how easy it is for international students to open their ANZ account before leaving home using the multilingual online application form. Bring your business card to enter our draw and you could also win a $200 ANZ Prepaid Visa giftcard.
Komli Media Booth 33
Win a bottle of fine French Champagne!With so many online marketing channels now available how do you know which ones work best for potential students in the country you are trying to reach? Komli Media has over 6 years experience & is Asia Pacific’s leading real-time digital technology platform.
Come & talk to us about your digital marketing requirements and be in the draw to win a bottle of fine French Champagne!
Exhibitor Competitions & Giveaways
NSW AMES Booth 23
IEAA Booth 16 & 17
Monash university Booth 10 & 11
IELTS Booth 01
Win 12 months access to NSW AMES Online English Courses to the value of $800.Come to the NSW AMES booth for an online course demonstration. Enter your institution into the prize draw.
See entry form for full details.
Facebookphotocompetition
Get snap happy at this year’s conference and go into the running to win a free registration to an IEAA workshop of your choice. Let your creativity run wild and submit your photo/s at www.facebook.com/ieaaustralia
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Not on Facebook? Never fear. The stakes are even higher if you drop your business card into the drawer to win a free registration for AIEC in 2013.
IEAA is Australia’s leading association for international education professionals. Visit our booth to find the benefits of being a member.
www.ieaa.org.au
Recharge yourself at the Monash University stand. Subscribe to MONASH magazine and go into the draw to win an Apple MacBook Air (11” 64GB).
your chance to win the latest iPad!Collect your IELTS information pack from the IELTS booth at AIEC and enter the prize draw to win a third generation iPad which includes an enhanced display, camera and wireless connection. The prize winner will be announced during lunch on Friday 5th October.
Hotcourses Booth 19
Win a Hot Air Balloon ride!With over 20 country specific websites in 14 different languages and over 500,000 courses to choose from, Hotcourses provides prospective students with the best possible resource to help make their study abroad decision.
Visit the Hotcourses booth to find out more and drop in your business card to enter the draw for a hot air balloon ride near where you live.
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) Booth 21 & 22
WINaniPad3(16GB+4G+Wifi),AmazonKindlesandothergreatprizes!!Register at our booth and meet with senior Cambridge representatives to find out more about the world's most valuable exams.
Allen Blewitt – Executive Director for Australia & NZ, Anne-Marie Cooper – Consultant to Cambridge ESOL, & Nick Saville – Director of Research & Validation, direct from Cambridge (UK)
BuPA Booth 08
Visit us at booth 8 and drop your business card during the AIEC for your chance to win an Event Cinemas movie voucher.^
^conditions apply
IDP Education Booth 01
WIN A FREE REGISTRATION TO AIEC 2013
Visit the IDP Booth and drop in your business card to go into the draw to win a free registration to AIEC 2013.
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Exhibition Opening TimesTuesday 2 October 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Thursday 4 October 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
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1 IDP Education Pty Ltd & IELTS Platinum Sponsor
3 Allianz Global Assistance - OSHC
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10 & 11 Monash University Platinum Sponsor
12 & 15 Medibank Platinum Sponsor
13 & 14 Study Melbourne Victorian Government Platinum Sponsor
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19 Hotcourses Silver Sponsor
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21 & 22 Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
23 NSW AMES
24 Terra Dotta
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26 & 27 BPO Intelligence / Object Next Software Platinum Sponsor
28 ANZA & ICEF Workshops
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30 & 31 ELS Educational Services Australia Pty Ltd Platinum Sponsor
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Allianz Global Assistance – OSHC (Booth 03)Mary PozzobonNational Manager Business Growth & Implementation74 High StTOOWONG QLD 4066T: +61 7 3305 7000E: [email protected]: www.oshcworldcare.com.au
ANZ (Booth 04)Matthew BuckStrategic Partnership Manager7A/833 Collins StDOCKLANDS VIC 3008T: +61 3 8654 1388M: +61 (0) 421 583 808E: [email protected]: www.movingtoaustralia.anz.com
ANZA & ICEF Workshops (Booth 28)Rod HearpsVice PresidentPO Box 194NORTH TAMBORINE QLD 4272T: +61 7 5545 2912E: [email protected]: www.icef.com
Austraining International (Booth 25)Andrew BrownDirector of Programs – ScholarshipsLevel 1/41 Dequetteville TerraceKENT TOWN SA 5067T: +61 8 8364 0500E: [email protected]: www.austraining.com.au
Australian Trade Commission (Booth 18)Tracy HarrisSenior Manager – International EducationGPO Box 2386CANBERRA ACT 2601T: +61 2 6201 7575E: [email protected]: www.austrade.gov.au/education
BPO Intelligence (Booth 26)Paree BrarManager, Client RelationsLevel 5/131 Queen StreetMELBOURNE VIC 3000T: +61 3 8606 0200E: [email protected] W: www.bpointelligence.com
Bupa (Booth 08)Ash ChawlaPartnerships Manager – Southern Region600 Glenferrie RdHAWTHORN VIC 3122M: +61 (0) 488 900 050E: [email protected]: www.bupa.com.au/students
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)university of Cambridge ESOL Examinations(Booths 21 & 22)Anja SchulzeMarketing Manager, Australia & New ZealandSuite 3.1, 3rd Floor, 64 Talavera RoadNORTH RYDE, NSW 2113T: +61 2 9490 4910M: +61 (0) 417 303 786E: [email protected]: www.cambridgeesol.org
Desypher Architecture (Booth 07)Issam NabulsiDirector382F Gore StFITZROY VIC 3065T: +61 3 9417 5533E: [email protected]: www.desypher.com.au
ELS Educational Services Australia Pty Ltd(Booths 30 & 31)Margaret CaseySpecial Advisor & Business Development ManagerLevel 1, 17 O’Connell StSYDNEY NSW 2000T: +61 7 3324 1471E: [email protected]: www.els.edu/universalenglishcollege
ETS TOEFL (Booths 38 & 39)Helen CookClient RelationsBRISBANE QLDM: +61 (0) 408 078 052E: [email protected]: www.ets.org/toefl
Hotcourses (Booth 19)Andrew WhartonGeneral ManagerGround Floor, 39 – 41 Lower Fort StreetTHE ROCKS NSW 2000T: +61 2 9241 1755E: [email protected]: www.hotcoursesabroad.com
IDP Education & IELTS (Booth 01)Level 8 / 535 Bourke StreetMELBOURNE VIC 3000T: +61 3 9612 4400F: +613 9614 0534E: [email protected]: www.idp.com
IEAA (Booths 16 & 17)Phil HoneywoodExecutive DirectorPO Box 12917 A’Beckett StMELBOURNE VIC 8006T: +61 3 9925 4579E: [email protected]: www.ieaa.org.au
IELTS (Booth 01)Level 8 / 535 Bourke StreetMELBOURNE VIC 3000T: +61 3 9612 4400F: +61 3 9629 7697E: [email protected]: www.ielts.org
i-studentgroup (Business Centre)Paul LoftusCEOFirst Floor Regent House, Hove StreetHOVE EAST SUSSEX BN3 2DWUNITED KINGDOMT: +44 (0) 8707 707 166E: [email protected]: www.i-studentgroup.com
Komli Media (Booth 33)Tasneem AliDirector – International Business DevelopmentLevel 11, 37 York StreetSYDNEY NSW 2000T: +61 2 8235 8918M: +61 (0) 402 315 358E: [email protected]: www.komli.com/aunz
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Monash university (Booth 10 & 11)CLAYTON VIC 3800T: +61 3 9902 6000E: [email protected]: www.monash.edu
NSW AMES (Booth 23)Ani MoseleyBusiness Development & Sales Account ManagerLevel 3, 84-86 Mary StreetSURRY HILLS NSW 2090T: +61 2 9289 9254M: +61 (0) 400 351 476E: [email protected] W: www.ames.edu.au
Object Next Software (Booth 27)Mark PettittDirectorLevel 5/131 Queen StreetMELBOURNE VIC 3000T: +61 3 8606 0200E: [email protected]
Pearson Australia (Booth 32)Sasha Hampson20 Thackray RoadPORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207M: +61 (0) 466 151 299E: [email protected]: www.pearsonpte.com
Publicitas (Booth 20)Zorka SipkovaNational Sales Manager - International MediaPublisher's InternationaléLevel 10, 131 York Street,SYDNEY NSW 2000T: +61 2 8298 9318E: [email protected]: www.pubintl.com.au
QS Quacquarelli Symonds (Booth 34 & 35)Jason NewmanGlobal Commercial Director – QS Intelligence Unit1 Tranley Mews, Fleet RoadLONDON NW3 2DG UNITED KINGDOMT: +44 (0) 20 7428 2762M: +44 (0) 7786 577 450E: [email protected]: www.qs.com
Qualtrain International (Booth 29)Sheryl ZorellaDirectorPO Box 133BENTLEIGH EAST VIC 3165T: +61 3 9570 1830M: +61 (0) 418 138 327E: [email protected]: www.qualtraininternational.com.au
Rosetta Stone (Booth 37)Troy KlepBusiness Development8/9 Sydney AvenueBARTON ACT 2600T: +61 2 6273 0168M: 0412 757 779E: [email protected]: www.rosettastone.com/business
Study Melbourne Victorian Government (Booths 13 & 14)Linda ChristofasCommunications ManagerLevel 33, 121 Exhibition StreetMELBOURNE VIC 3000T: +61 3 9651 9135E: [email protected]: www.studymelbourne.vic.gov.au
Terra Dotta (Booth 24)James LeeSales501 W.Franklin Street Suite 105CHAPEL HILL NC 27516 USAT: +608 921 8001E: [email protected]: www.terradotta.com
Tribal (Booth 09)Keith HawkesBusiness Development DirectorLevel 7, 50 Pitt StreetSYDNEY NSW 2000T: +61 2 9241 4357W: www.tribalgroup.com
urbanest Student Accommodation (Booth 06)Amy ParkerMarketing ManagerSuite 102, Level 1, Australia Square, Plaza Building95 Pitt StreetSYDNEY NSW 2000T: +61 2 8031 7523M: +61 (0) 406 256 437E: [email protected]: www.urbanest.com.au
Western union Business Solutions (Booth 36)Lauren FieldMarketing CoordinatorLevel 12, 1 Margaret StreetSYDNEY NSW 2000T: +61 2 8585 7000E: [email protected]: www.business.westernunion.com.au
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0900 - 1230 1. Embedding English language development across the curriculum Meeting Room 207
0900 - 1230 2. Contemporary issues in international education: Schools sector Meeting Room 208
0900 - 1230 3. Managing critical incidents Meeting Room 209
0900 - 1230 4. Getting the message right Meeting Room 216
0900 - 1230 5. University pathways programs: Providing opportunities for students and institutions
Meeting Room 217
1330 - 1700 6. Intercultural capacity building for students, staff and the curricula Meeting Room 207
1330 - 1700 7. International relations: developing people and partnership engagement frameworks for your institution
Meeting Room 208
1330 - 1700 8. Surviving and thriving in international education management in 2012
Meeting Room 209
1330 - 1700 9. New models for admissions management to enhance recruiting outcomes
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1330 - 1700 10. TNE models and new approaches, an international perspective Meeting Room 217
1000 - 1700 IEAA International Research Roundtable Deakin University Melbourne City Centre – level 3, 550 Bourke St (Deloitte Building)
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MORNING WORKSHOPS 0900 - 1230
Workshop 1: Embedding English language development across the curriculumTime: 0900-1230 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 207
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education
Speaker: A/ProfCarmelaBriguglio, Curtin University
It is sometimes thought by subject specialists that students should arrive at tertiary education fully equipped with the academic literacy skills they will require to complete their courses of study. However, this is clearly not the case for all students in Australian tertiary institutions today. Due to a range of factors, including the increased diversity of student populations in universities and the VET sector, English language proficiency is of concern and relevance to all staff in tertiary teaching and learning contexts.
This workshop will examine a model of embedded language development and support along a continuum, and discuss some of the recent developments in universities along this continuum. Within this framework, participants will then discuss ways in which academic staff can assist students, particularly, but not only, those who have English as an additional language, to develop their English language proficiency to high levels.
The results of some recent pilot projects in this area will also be shared and discussed.
Workshop 2: Contemporary issues in international education: Schools sectorTime: 0900-1230 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 208
Sectors: Schools
Speakers: MrAlanGenoni, Canning College Perth
MrTonydeGruchy, Canning College Perth
MsSusanMcLean, Cyber Safety Expert
The Workshop will be in three parts over the half day:
1. Internationalisation of a school: presentation plus Q&A session. The focus will be on the development of international programs at Canning College. Key areas to be covered will include curriculum changes, student support services and international links (China Schools Program).
2. Working with agents: presentation plus Q & A session. With commercialisation going hand-in-hand with internationalisation it is vital to know how to work with international education agents. The presentation will touch on some legal parameters as well as practical suggestions in action.
3. Protecting your students in the cyber world: workshop style. This workshop will deal with the nature of threats and possible solutions. Practical processes will be included.
Workshop 3: Managing critical incidentsTime: 0900-1230 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 209
Sectors: All
Speakers: MsMaryAnnSeow, ISANA: International Education Association & University of South Australia
MsDanielleHartridge, ISANA: International Education Association & Victoria University
This workshop is designed for practitioners working with International Students and aims to assist staff working in non-clinical roles to manage situations that involve international students at any level. The workshop is also highly relevant to policy makers who are concerned about the sustainability of their international education program. While many hope that critical incidents are rare, when they do happen, substantial resourcing is required and clear procedures are crucial for the institution, their staff, students and students' family.
The workshop will deal with the practical issues of preparation, planning of policy, procedures and will present case studies related to actual critical incidents. The half-day session aims to give attendees practical ideas, resources and knowledge to devise or revise policy, procedural guidelines and provide participants with the relevant steps needed in managing a critical incident. Presenters will also look at issues relating to natural disasters.
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Room: Meeting Room 216
Sectors: All
Speaker: MsFeyiAkindoyeni, Partner at Kreab & Gavin Anderson
Feyi inspired and challenged those who attended the Welcome Plenary at AIEC 2011 with her address on positioning. This workshop will expand on those strategies, with Feyi making you think about the messages you are delivering, the impression you are leaving and get you thinking about how you can get it right.
A message box is a handy technique used by organisations to help define the key messages attached to any communications/promotions campaign.
We would use the development of the message box as the primary basis for:
• Developing the organisations communications and positioning strategy
• Dealing with the media – interviews, media releases, sound grabs, Oped pieces
• Dealing with social media platforms – tweets, Facebook engagement, search engine optimisation strategies
• Structure of presentations and briefings we give during campaigns/promotional tours
• Content of our brochures, flyers and websites
• Development of other promotional resources, etc
The primary function of the message box is to provide a consistent explanation that stakeholders/consumers can repeat, in corridors, when they explain why they support an organisation.
Workshop 5: University pathways programs: Providing opportunities for students and institutionsTime: 0900-1230 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education, Foundation, English Language
Speakers: A/ProfSophieArkoudis, Melbourne University
MsElizabethRosser, UNSW Foundation Studies
DrJenniferMitchell, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
DrKathleenMendan, Swinburne College
Presentations will include:
1. Introductions and brief comment on issues arising from the circulated papers
2. Role of TEQSA in relation to academic pathway programs, applications of HE and foundation program standards
3. An overview of current research with some examples of good practice in integrated English language programs, with a focus on developing English language for university study and also the knowledge and skills required for success in disciplinary learning
4. Case studies (3) of innovation in teaching & learning in pathway programs: use of iPad technology; embedding problem solving into the curriculum; student engagement. The presenters will then each lead brief small group workshops.
5. Wrap up, including future activities of SIG, issues to be taken to the SIG meeting at the Conference
1230-1330 Lunch available for workshop participants with a lunch ticket
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Workshop 6: Intercultural capacity building for students, staff and the curriculaTime: 1330-1700 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 207
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education
Speakers: ProfMichelleBarker, Griffith University
ProfAnitaMak, University of Canberra
A current challenge in higher education is how to develop global graduates who have the communication skills to interact effectively with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. More specifically, how do we facilitate interaction between international and domestic students in the classroom? These challenges are heightened in an environment where most domestic students do not participate in student exchange programs so strategies to achieve ‘internationalisation at home’ objectives are more urgent.
This workshop will showcase the results of an Australian action research project that has developed good practice examples of intercultural skills development in the curricula and beyond. It is built on interviews and focus groups of students, staff and practitioners in the health and business sectors. Participants will critique a series of written and videotaped scenarios which illustrate essential communication competencies such as participating actively in groups and teams; giving feedback and expressing disagreement. These competencies are highly important in the multicultural classroom as well as in the workplace.
Participants will take away good practice examples of how to validate students’ cultural background and life experiences and build alliances between students from different backgrounds. Further, they will have curriculum resources that enhance students’ intercultural capacities in many areas.
Workshop 7: International relations: developing people and partnership engagement frameworks for your institutionTime: 1330-1700 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 208
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrDouglasProctor, University of Melbourne
DrMahendraChandra, Curtin University & Navitas
MsNeemaCucinotta, Deakin University
The workshop will outline key strategies for the coordination and leverage of partnerships and individual relationships for institutional gain, reflecting on the synergies between international engagement activities, marketing/profiling/brand management and international recruitment strategies. Participants will identify how different institutions seek to maximise outcomes from multiple partnerships and stakeholders (including alumni). Different approaches to public diplomacy and government influence in international engagement will be considered.
Workshop activities will include:
• short presentations on key issues affecting outcomes in international relations, focusing on activity-based and influence-based relationships
• a group case study highlighting practical solutions to information management, and
• a ‘hands-on’ opportunity to develop a tailored international stakeholder management framework for each participating institution.
Workshop 8: Surviving and thriving in international education management in 2012Time: 1330-1700 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 209
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education, English language, Schools
Speakers: MsDeniseBush, La Trobe Melbourne
MsLizStinson, La Trobe International
To achieve the learning outcomes, the workshop will examine the external environment, what participants in their institutions and nationally are doing to survive the level and rate of change….and what might we all do individually and collectively as an industry to thrive in this period of regulatory volatility.
Topics to be covered include:
• current state of the ELICOS, VET and higher education sectors nationally and internationally and possible future changes to the external environment;
• identifying key players in influencing organisational directions and cultures;
• the interplay of organisational and management systems in ensuring effective outcomes, quality and compliance in international education activities;
• tools to assist in meeting these challenges and to create an enduring international education culture of success.
Participants will be asked to contribute information which will inform the development of case studies to be analysed in the workshop. Institutions will be able to remain anonymous.
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Workshop 9: New models for admissions management to enhance recruiting outcomesTime: 1330-1700 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 216
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsAlisonTaylor, Consultant
MsSimonDaviesBurrows, Edith Cowan University
MsKarenGould, University of Melbourne
The introduction of Streamlined Visa Processing, the Autonomous Sanctions Framework and challenges to our marketing environment are driving a radical rethinking of admissions management. Traditional assumptions of conversion rates are being challenged. Online application systems are increasing ease and accessibility for prospective students, new search engine optimisation tools strive to enhance application quality and maximise conversion rates. How have institutions coped with these emergent technologies, changing behaviours and legislative changes in their admissions processes? How can institutions take advantage of this new playing field?
This session will look at:
• institutional responses to the introduction of the streamlined visa processing arrangements and subsequent review of DIAC university risk data and ongoing management and;
• the role of admissions in enhancing turnaround times and conversion rates to improve recruitment outcomes.
Workshop 10: TNE models and new approaches, an international perspectiveTime: 1330-1700 2 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education
Speakers: DrLorneGibson, Deakin University, Convenor IEAA TNE SIG
DrWilliamLawton, Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE), UK
MrPeterPTCheung, Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education, Hong Kong
MrRobLawrence, Prospect Research and Marketing
MrGuyPerring, i-graduate
The workshop will cover the different types of TNE models currently used by Australian, UK and other providers within the international education sector. Participants will gain an appreciation of the key aspects of each model, how they work from a quality and commercial perspective and what makes them different.
Participants will be encouraged to compare and contrast these different models with those they are familiar with the aim of understanding how to better navigate the complexity of working with different partners, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders who are often exposed to more than one model.
IEAA International Research RoundtableTime: 1000-1700 2 Oct 2012
Room: Deakin University Melbourne City Centre – level 3, 550 Bourke St (Deloitte Building)
Sectors: All
Facilitators: IEAAResearchCommittee
The Roundtable will:
• Provide an update on the state of current world research in international education
• Highlight major recent research findings and trends
• Provide an update on activities of the International Education Research Network (IERN)
A detailed program will be sent direct to Roundtable participants.
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2-5 October 2012
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria
Conference Program Overview
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Wo
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l rel
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deve
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men
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for
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Wo
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in
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crui
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outc
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Wo
rksh
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10:
TNE
mod
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and
new
ap
proa
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, an
inte
rnat
iona
l pe
rspe
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Res
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P
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entr
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pro
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nd g
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up
in a
wor
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cla
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mily
in a
sm
all c
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in V
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per
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of r
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and
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essi
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ploi
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his
par
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in fa
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plan
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the
seed
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man
rig
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Kon
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t on
to b
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law
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soci
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man
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an
d ta
lk a
bout
the
very
ser
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issu
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lum
see
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with
hum
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and
path
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com
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Vic
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Loui
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sher
MP,
Min
iste
r fo
r In
nova
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and
Sm
all B
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and
the
Min
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m a
nd M
ajo
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s
Wel
com
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po
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ker:
Pro
f A
dam
Sho
emak
er, D
VC
(Ed
ucat
ion)
, Mo
nash
uni
vers
ity
CO
-CH
AIR
S: M
r A
ndre
w T
hom
pson
, Chi
ef E
xecu
tive
IDP
Edu
catio
n &
Mr
Ste
phen
Con
nelly
, Pre
side
nt IE
AA
& D
eput
y V
ice-
Cha
ncel
lor
Inte
rnat
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l and
Dev
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side
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Uni
vers
ity
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in th
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Aw
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for
the
follo
win
g ca
tego
ries:
•
Dis
tingu
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d C
ontr
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ion
to th
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eld
of In
tern
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•E
xcel
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in In
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•B
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Inno
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Inte
rnat
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l Edu
catio
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Out
stan
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Pos
tgra
duat
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on
a To
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Rel
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to In
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atio
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duca
tion
•
Exc
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in P
rofe
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n Is
sues
Rel
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to In
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•A
UID
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McC
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Fello
wsh
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•To
ny A
dam
s Fo
unda
tion
Gra
nts
Aw
ards
MC
: Ms
Hel
en C
ook,
Vic
e-P
resi
dent
IEA
A
Op
enin
g P
lena
ry K
eyno
te A
dd
ress
: Ja
son
yat-
sen
Li
Spe
aker
Jas
on L
i bel
ongs
to a
new
bre
ed o
f glo
bal a
nd in
terc
ultu
rally
sav
vy y
oung
Aus
tral
ian
lead
ers
who
see
the
pote
ntia
l in
open
min
ds a
nd o
pen
door
s. F
luen
t in
five
lang
uage
s, h
is li
fe h
as fu
sed
Aus
tral
ian
and
Asi
an
expe
rienc
es. H
e ha
s a
high
ach
ieve
r ba
ckgr
ound
in th
e la
w, b
usin
ess
and
phila
nthr
opy
in S
ydne
y, N
ew Y
ork
and
The
Hag
ue, a
nd n
ow b
usin
ess
deve
lopm
ent i
n C
hina
and
Aus
tral
ia.
Jaso
n w
ill be
pos
ing
som
e to
ugh
ques
tions
and
new
idea
s ab
out A
ustr
alia
’s fu
ture
pla
ce in
Asi
a as
the
regi
on s
urge
s in
eco
nom
ic, s
trat
egic
and
cul
tura
l pow
er.
CO
-CH
AIR
S: M
r A
ndre
w T
hom
pson
, Chi
ef E
xecu
tive,
IDP
Edu
catio
n &
Mr
Ste
phen
Con
nelly
, Pre
side
nt IE
AA
& D
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y V
ice-
Cha
ncel
lor
Inte
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Dev
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men
t & V
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Pre
side
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MIT
Uni
vers
ity
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lob
al c
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bo
rati
on
in
educ
atio
n, t
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ing
&
rese
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: The
vie
w f
rom
K
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fYe
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Yon
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Pro
fC
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Inst
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Pro
fK
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And
erso
n,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Ade
laid
e (D
iscu
ssan
t)
CH
AIR
: Mr
Dea
n W
oodg
ate,
C
ounc
ello
r (E
duca
tion)
, A
ustr
alia
n E
mba
ssy,
Rep
ublic
of
Kor
ea MIN
I P
LE
NA
Ry
Aus
tral
ia-u
K C
olla
bo
rati
on:
T
he M
ona
sh-W
arw
ick
allia
nce
Pro
fE
dB
yrne
AO
, Vic
e-C
hanc
ello
r, M
onas
h U
nive
rsity
Pro
fN
igel
Thr
ift, V
ice-
Cha
ncel
lor,
Uni
vers
ity o
f W
arw
ick,
UK
(by
vide
o)
Mr
Ken
Slo
ane,
Reg
istr
ar,
Uni
vers
ity o
f War
wic
k, U
K
CH
AIR
: Pro
f Joh
n H
udzi
k,
Mic
higa
n S
tate
Uni
vers
ity, U
SA
Co
lloq
uium
: New
m
oti
vati
ons
and
mo
del
s fo
r tr
ansn
atio
nal e
duc
atio
n
Dr
Dal
eA
nder
son,
JC
U
Sin
gapo
re
A/P
rof
Chr
isZ
igur
as, R
MIT
U
nive
rsity
, Mel
bour
ne &
V
ietn
am
Dr
Chr
isto
phe
rH
ill, U
nive
rsity
of
Not
tingh
am, M
alay
sia
CH
AIR
: Dr
Willi
am L
awto
n,
Obs
erva
tory
on
Hig
her
Edu
catio
n, U
K
Go
od
pra
ctic
e in
Aus
tral
ian
colla
bo
rati
ons
wit
h A
sia:
S
cho
ols
Bui
ldin
gm
ulti-
late
ral
par
tner
ship
sfo
rin
nova
tion
ins
cho
olin
g
Mr
Gra
eme
Oliv
er, A
ustr
alia
n S
cien
ce a
nd M
athe
mat
ics
Sch
ool
Who
leo
fS
cho
ol
Eng
agem
ent
with
Asi
a
Ms
Leis
lBru
hn, I
vanh
oe
Gra
mm
ar S
choo
l
CH
AIR
: Mr T
im B
ush,
Asi
aLin
k,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Mel
bour
ne
The
glo
bal
isat
ion
of
inte
rnat
iona
lisat
ion:
P
rio
riti
es f
or
the
futu
re
Em
eritu
sP
rof
Els
pet
h Jo
nes,
Le
eds
Met
ropo
litan
Uni
vers
ity,
UK
Pro
fH
ans
de
Wit,
Cen
tre
for
Hig
her
Edu
catio
n In
tern
atio
nalis
atio
n (C
HE
I), It
aly
CH
AIR
: A/P
rof B
etty
Lea
sk,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Sou
th A
ustr
alia
Can
ada’
s su
cces
sful
ap
pro
ach
in c
olla
bo
rati
ve
rese
arch
, sch
ola
rshi
ps
and
st
uden
t m
ob
ility
Ms
Mar
yLo
uH
aym
an, H
igh
Com
mis
sion
of
Can
ada
Rev
amp
ing
inte
rnat
iona
l ed
ucat
ion:
The
New
Z
eala
nd a
pp
roac
h
Ms
Ann
eJa
ckso
n, N
ew
Zeal
and
Min
istr
y of
Edu
catio
n,
NZ
Mr
Bre
tt P
arke
r, N
ew Z
eala
nd
Min
istr
y of
Edu
catio
n, N
Z
CH
AIR
: Mr
Phi
l Hon
eyw
ood,
IE
AA
VE
T a
s a
com
po
nent
o
f th
e A
sean
eco
nom
ic
com
mun
ity:
Op
po
rtun
itie
s,
chal
leng
es a
nd s
ucce
ss
fact
ors
in In
do
nesi
a
Mr
Mic
hael
Fay
, AFG
, Ven
ture
G
roup
Mr
Mar
tinR
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in, T
AFE
D
irect
ors
Aus
tral
ia
The
ub
untu
ap
pro
ach
to
teac
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inte
rnat
iona
l st
uden
ts in
VE
T
Dr
LyT
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ran,
RM
IT
Uni
vers
ity
CH
AIR
: Mr
Pet
er H
olde
n, T
DA
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1210
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of
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A u
K
per
spec
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Pro
fS
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teve
Sm
ith, V
ice-
Cha
ncel
lor
Uni
vers
ity o
f Exe
ter
& im
med
iate
pas
t Pre
side
nt o
f U
nive
rsiti
es U
K
CH
AIR
: Sen
ator
The
Hon
Bre
tt
Mas
on, S
hado
w M
inis
ter
for
Uni
vers
ities
and
Res
earc
h
MIN
I P
LE
NA
Ry
Po
siti
oni
ng A
ustr
alia
: Ski
lls
need
s in
the
Asi
an C
entu
ry
Ms
Eliz
aC
hui,
Edu
catio
n C
omm
issi
oner
Nor
th A
sia
Aus
trad
e
Mr
Jarr
od
Bel
cher
, Box
Hill
Inst
itute
of T
AFE
Mr
Mar
kP
atm
an, A
NC
A P
ty
Ltd
(TB
C)
CH
AIR
: Ms
Inge
borg
Loo
n,
AC
PE
T
Go
od
pra
ctic
e in
Aus
tral
ian
colla
bo
rati
ons
wit
h A
sia:
E
LIC
OS
Nev
era
dul
lmo
men
tin
D
anan
g
Ms
Chr
istin
eB
und
eso
n A
M,
ICTE
, Uni
vers
ity o
f Que
ensl
and
Sha
red
inte
rest
sle
ad
tolo
ngt
erm
bila
tera
lre
latio
nshi
ps
Ms
Bo
nnie
Co
thre
n, F
linde
rs
Uni
vers
ity
CH
AIR
: Ms
Ann
e H
olm
es,
NE
AS
Inte
r nat
iona
lisin
g e
duc
atio
n th
roug
h an
eff
ecti
ve in
-co
untr
y st
udy
pro
gra
m
Mr
Mic
hael
De’
Ath
, Dep
t of
Edu
catio
n an
d E
arly
Chi
ldho
od
Dev
elop
men
t, V
IC
Ms
Jill
Laug
hlin
, Cam
berw
ell
Hig
h S
choo
l
CH
AIR
: M
s E
lizab
eth
Web
ber,
NS
W D
epar
tmen
t of E
duca
tion
and
Com
mun
ities
Ho
w e
mp
loye
rs v
alue
in
tern
atio
nal s
tud
y am
ong
ne
w h
ires
: Res
ults
fro
m t
he
seco
nd Q
S G
lob
al E
mp
loye
r S
urve
y
Mr
John
Mo
lony
, Q
S
Qua
cqua
relli
Sym
onds
Ltd
Mr
Han
s-G
eorg
van
Lie
mp
d,
EA
IE
Ms
Dav
ina
Po
tts,
Mic
higa
n S
tate
Uni
vers
ity, U
SA
CH
AIR
: Mr
Thom
as B
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n sc
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bur
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stud
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ma
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oln
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inbu
rne
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vers
ity o
f Tec
hnol
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ttT
hom
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n-W
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win
burn
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nive
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echn
olog
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nne
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del
l, S
win
burn
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nive
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nolo
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CH
AIR
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Asi
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ith
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ents
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Bre
ttB
lack
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vers
ity
of N
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Ms
Nic
ole
Lan
tham
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nive
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m s
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ham
mad
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imi,
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eaki
n U
nive
rsity
CH
AIR
: Ms
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ell J
acka
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P
Edu
catio
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The
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ents
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mm
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abet
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SW
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Nic
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Lisa
Hay
man
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elbo
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Kur
tM
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nive
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of
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bour
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and
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AIR
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old
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olog
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n sc
hem
e: A
S
win
bur
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ase
stud
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Ms
Em
ma
Linc
oln
, Sw
inbu
rne
Uni
vers
ity o
f Tec
hnol
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Sco
ttT
hom
pso
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sid
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win
burn
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nive
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of T
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del
l, S
win
burn
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nive
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of
Tech
nolo
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CH
AIR
: Ms
Tany
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ader
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pro
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ngag
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stud
ents
Mr
Bre
ttB
lack
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Uni
vers
ity
of N
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stle
Ms
Nic
ole
Lan
tham
, U
nive
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of N
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m s
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dua
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siti
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to t
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Aus
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ian
lab
our
mar
ket
Mr
Mo
ham
mad
Rah
imi,
D
eaki
n U
nive
rsity
CH
AIR
: Ms
Lynd
ell J
acka
, ID
P
Edu
catio
n
The
co
ntri
but
ion
and
b
enefi
ts o
f in
tern
atio
nal
stud
ents
to
the
bro
ader
co
mm
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y
Ms
Eliz
abet
hW
ebb
er, N
SW
D
epar
tmen
t of E
duca
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and
Com
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Nic
ole
Kin
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Gru
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Lisa
Hay
man
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of M
elbo
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Mel
bour
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too,
U
nive
rsity
of M
elbo
urne
Wha
t w
ill
‘Inte
rnat
iona
lisat
ion
of
the
Cur
ricu
lum
’ mea
n fo
r un
iver
siti
es in
the
Asi
an
Cen
tury
?
Dr
So
phi
eA
rko
udis
, U
nver
sity
of M
elbo
urne
Dr
Teo
filo
CD
aqui
la, N
atio
nal
Uni
vers
ity o
f Sin
gapo
re,
Sin
gapo
re
Pro
fM
arci
aD
evlin
, Ope
n U
nive
rsiti
es A
ustr
alia
Ms
Ang
ela
Leg
get
t U
nive
rsitä
t Dui
sbur
g-E
ssen
, G
erm
any
CH
AIR
: Dr
Wen
dy G
reen
, The
U
nive
rsity
of Q
ueen
slan
d
Tran
sati
ona
l Ed
ucat
ion
and
its
Imp
act
up
on
Loca
l d
evel
op
men
t: A
cas
e st
udy
of
the
uK
-Mal
aysi
a re
lati
ons
hip
Dr
Chr
isto
phe
rH
ill, U
nive
rsity
of
Not
tingh
am, M
alay
sia
Cam
pus
Tran
snat
iona
l Ed
ucat
ion
in
Mal
aysi
a: N
ew M
od
els
and
O
pp
ort
unit
ies
Mr
Guy
Per
ring
, i-g
radu
ate
CH
AIR
: Mr
Pet
er B
urge
s, ID
P
Edu
catio
n
Str
eam
lined
vis
a p
roce
ssin
g
(SV
P) i
mp
lem
enta
tio
n:
Cha
lleng
es, a
pp
roac
hes
and
less
ons
lear
nt
Ms
Sun
nyY
ang
, Mon
ash
Uni
vers
ity
Mr
Ste
phe
nW
illia
ms,
U
nive
rsity
of W
arw
ick
(UK
)
Mr
Ab
izer
Mer
chan
t, L
a Tr
obe
Uni
vers
ity
Ms
Cyn
thia
Cel
estin
e, ID
P
Edu
catio
n
CH
AIR
: Ms
Jo A
squi
th, J
ames
C
ook
Uni
vers
ity
Kee
pin
g s
afe
in
cyb
ersp
ace:
Co
nsid
erat
ions
fo
r th
e o
nlin
e sa
fety
of
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Stu
den
t*
Ms
Sus
an M
cLea
n,
Cyb
ersa
fety
Sol
utio
ns
CH
AIR
: M
r To
ny d
e G
ruch
y,
Can
ning
Col
lege
& IE
AA
Boa
rd
Mem
ber
* S
uppo
rted
by
VIS
ION
Inte
rnat
iona
l
1730
-190
0H
app
y H
our
Net
wo
rkin
g @
The
Boa
tbui
lder
s Ya
rd a
nd M
elbo
urne
Pub
lic
Pro
udly
sup
port
ed b
y IE
LTS
THU
RS
DAY
4 O
CTO
BE
RP
lena
ry 3
Roo
m 2
12R
oom
213
R
oom
219
Roo
m 2
20R
oom
217
Roo
m 2
18
0900
-100
0 T
he la
unch
of
the
2012
-13
Tim
es H
ighe
r E
duc
atio
n W
orl
d u
nive
rsit
y R
anki
ngs:
Li
ve c
ross
fro
m L
ond
on
Mr
Phi
lBat
y, T
imes
Hig
her
Edu
catio
n, U
K
CH
AIR
: Mr
War
wic
k Fr
eela
nd,
IDP
Edu
catio
n
Sin
gap
ore
in f
ocu
s
A/P
rof
Ann
eP
akir
, NU
S,
Sin
gapo
re
Dr
Dal
eA
nder
son,
JC
US
, S
inga
pore
Mr
Dar
ylF
ong
, ID
P
Edu
catio
n, S
inga
pore
CH
AIR
: M
s Lo
uise
McS
orle
y,
AE
I
Aus
tral
ian
Sch
ola
rshi
ps
- b
eyo
nd T
he C
olo
mb
o P
lan
The
Ho
nB
ruce
Bai
rdA
M,
Aus
tral
ia A
war
ds B
oard
&
Inte
rnat
iona
l Edu
catio
n A
dvis
ory
Cou
ncil
Mem
ber
Mr
Pet
erM
acfa
rlan
e,
Aus
tral
ia A
war
ds S
ecre
taria
t
Mr
Jaso
nC
out
ts, D
ept o
f In
dust
ry, I
nnov
atio
n, S
cien
ce,
Res
earc
h an
d Te
rtia
ry
Edu
catio
n
Ms
Em
ilyS
ero
ng, A
usA
ID -
Ja
kart
a, In
done
sia
Aus
tral
iaA
war
dr
ecip
ient
End
eavo
urA
lum
ni
Aus
tral
ian
Aw
ard
rec
ipie
nt
Aus
AID
Dev
elo
pm
ent
Aw
ard
H
old
er
CH
AIR
: Ms
Hel
en C
ook,
IEA
A
& E
TS G
loba
l
Say
it in
Six
: So
cial
med
ia
1.
Get
ting
the
Mes
sage
: E
duca
tion
r ecr
uitm
ent i
n a
soci
al m
edia
env
ironm
ent
2.
The
V oic
e of
a N
ew
Gen
erat
ion:
Vlo
ggin
g
3.
A R
oadm
ap to
E
stab
lishi
ng a
Soc
ial
Med
ia M
arke
ting
Str
ateg
y
4.
Usi
ng s
ocia
l med
ia
tool
s to
faci
litat
e le
arni
ng e
xper
ienc
es fo
r in
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
5.
My
Life
@ L
a Tr
obe
– sh
arin
g w
hat s
tude
nts
love
ab
out b
eing
a L
a Tr
obia
n!
CH
AIR
: TB
A
Go
od
pra
ctic
e in
Aus
tral
ian
colla
bo
rati
ons
wit
h A
sia:
H
ighe
r ed
ucat
ion
Tim
or
Lest
e:C
apac
ity
bui
ldin
gB
auca
u,T
imo
rLe
ste
-N
ewn
arra
tives
Pro
fJu
de
But
cher
, AM
A
ustr
alia
n C
atho
lic U
nive
rsity
Co
llab
ora
tions
fo
ren
viro
nmen
tally
sus
tain
able
so
lutio
ns
Pro
fVe
ena
Sah
ajw
alla
, U
nive
rsity
of N
SW
CH
AIR
: Mr
Chr
is M
adde
n,
Grif
fith
Uni
vers
ity
Asi
a P
acifi
c tr
ilate
ral
eng
agem
ent
Mr
Mur
ray
Ree
s, S
win
burn
e U
nive
rsity
of T
echn
olog
y
Dr
Ric
kJ
Arr
ow
oo
d,
Nor
thea
ster
n U
nive
rsity
A/
Pro
fH
uayo
ngN
iu, B
eijin
g Fo
reig
n S
tudi
es U
nive
rsity
CH
AIR
: Mel
issa
Ban
ks,
Sw
inbu
rne
Inst
itute
of
Tech
nolo
gy
Dia
log
ue o
n tr
ansn
atio
nal
educ
atio
n: D
iver
sifi
cati
on
and
a w
hole
-of-
bus
ines
s ap
pro
ach
Ms
Dia
neS
eath
, NS
W
Dep
artm
ent o
f Edu
catio
n an
d C
omm
uniti
es
Ms
Sus
anH
artig
an,
TAFE
N
SW
- W
este
rn S
ydne
y In
stitu
te
Ms
Ann
eG
oo
netil
leke
, TA
FE N
SW
- W
este
rn S
ydne
y In
stitu
te
CH
AIR
: Mr
Mar
tin R
iord
in,
TAFE
Dire
ctor
s A
ustr
alia
1000
-103
0M
orni
ng T
ea in
the
Exh
ibiti
on H
all
1005
-102
5
AIE
C E
xhib
ition
Spa
ce
Spo
nsor
Info
rmat
ion
sess
ion
ET
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0 H
ot
top
ics
in in
tern
atio
nal
educ
atio
n: G
lob
al u
pd
ate
Mr
Han
s-G
eorg
van
Lie
mp
d,
Pre
side
nt E
AIE
Ms
Mer
edith
McQ
uaid
, P
resi
dent
NA
FSA
Dr
Lave
rnS
amue
ls, P
resi
dent
IE
AS
A
Pro
fG
ord
on
Che
ung
, P
resi
dent
APA
IE
Mr
Tho
mas
Bun
tru,
Im
med
iate
Pas
t pre
side
nt
AM
PE
I, M
exic
o
CH
AIR
: Mr
Ste
phen
Con
nelly
, P
resi
dent
, IE
AA
Tran
snat
iona
l ed
ucat
ion:
N
ew o
pp
ort
unit
ies
in H
ong
K
ong
Mr
Wal
lace
Lau
, Edu
catio
n B
urea
u, T
he G
over
nmen
t of
the
Hon
g K
ong
Spe
cial
A
dmin
istr
ativ
e R
egio
n, H
ong
Kon
g
Pro
fT
SC
han,
Fed
erat
ion
for
Sel
f-fin
anci
ng T
ertia
ry
Edu
catio
n, H
ong
Kon
g
Mr
Ro
ber
tF
earn
sid
e, H
ong
Kon
g C
ounc
il fo
r A
ccre
dita
tion
of A
cade
mic
and
Voc
atio
nal
Qua
lifica
tions
, Hon
g K
ong
Ms
Hei
diP
iper
, Grif
fith
Uni
vers
ity
CH
AIR
: Mr
Pet
er P
T C
heun
g,
Fede
ratio
n fo
r S
elf-
finan
cing
Te
rtia
ry E
duca
tion,
Hon
g K
ong
Cri
tica
l suc
cess
fac
tors
in
tra
nscu
ltur
al a
nd
tran
snat
iona
l tea
chin
g a
t ho
me
and
ab
road
A/P
rof
Bet
tyL
eask
, Uni
vers
ity
of S
outh
Aus
tral
ia
Dr
Fio
nLi
m, R
MIT
Uni
vers
ity
CH
AIR
: Dr
Ann
a C
icca
relli,
U
nive
rsity
of Q
ueen
slan
d
Say
it in
Six
: Stu
den
t ex
per
ienc
e
1.
Exp
erie
ncin
g a
Rur
al
Aus
tral
ian
Inte
rnat
iona
l E
duca
tion
in th
e A
sian
C
entu
ry
2.
The
valu
e of
inte
rnat
iona
l st
uden
ts to
cul
tura
l di
vers
ity in
regi
onal
A
ustr
alia
3.
An
Aus
tral
ian
Exp
erie
nce
for
Glo
bal S
tude
nts
4.
Mul
ti-Fa
ith F
acilit
ies
Why
, W
hat &
How
Say
it in
Six
: Res
earc
h
1.
Wha
t doe
s it
like
to
be in
a m
ixed
gen
der
envi
ronm
ent?
A
phen
omen
olog
ical
stu
dy
for
the
tran
sitio
ning
ex
perie
nce
of S
audi
in
tern
atio
nal
stud
ent i
n A
ustr
alia
2.
Sou
th-E
ast A
sian
In
tern
atio
nal s
tude
nts
prep
arin
g fo
r a
Bus
ines
s st
udy
in A
ustr
alia
3.
Five
em
ergi
ng G
loba
l st
udy
dest
inat
ions
in A
sia
4.
Onl
ine
teac
hing
: are
w
e al
iena
ting
our
Asi
an
stud
ents
? A
cas
e st
udy
CH
AIR
: Ms
Lynd
ell J
acka
, ID
P
Edu
catio
n
Stu
dy
in t
he u
SA
: Am
eric
an
univ
ersi
ties
in t
he g
lob
al
mar
ket
Ms
Dav
ina
Po
tts,
Mic
higa
n S
tate
Uni
vers
ity, U
SA
The
Am
eric
an t
hrea
t in
the
A
sian
Cen
tury
Dr
Sea
nG
alla
ghe
r, U
nive
rsity
of
Syd
ney
CH
AIR
: Mr
Har
mee
t Pen
tal,
IDP
Edu
catio
n
Bri
dg
e to
und
erst
and
ing
Ms
Lisa
Hay
man
, Asi
a E
duca
tion
Foun
datio
n,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Mel
bour
ne
A t
rans
nati
ona
l ed
ucat
ion
op
po
rtun
ity
for
scho
ols
: D
eliv
ery
of
year
12
in C
hina
Dr
Nic
hola
sD
wye
r,
Hai
leyb
ury
Col
lege
Mel
bour
ne
Dr
John
McS
win
ey, V
icto
rian
Cur
ricul
lum
Ass
esm
ent
Aut
horit
y
Mr
Vin
cent
Lee
, Che
ngdu
S
hude
Mid
dle
Sch
ool,
Chi
na
CH
AIR
: Ms
Mar
iann
a La
ne,
Ass
ocia
tion
of In
depe
nden
t S
choo
ls Q
ld
Kee
pin
g L
ond
on
num
ber
o
ne: T
he L
ond
on
univ
ersi
ties
inte
rnat
iona
l p
artn
ersh
ip
Mr
Gar
yD
avie
s, U
nive
rsity
of
Roe
ham
pton
Lon
don,
UK
Ms
Loui
seS
uthe
rlan
d,
Que
en M
ary
Uni
vers
ity o
f Lo
ndon
, UK
AE
I Res
earc
h: A
fo
cus
on
Asi
a an
d t
he e
nhan
cem
ent
of
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
den
t ex
per
ienc
e
Mr
Ste
veN
erlic
h, A
ustr
alia
n G
over
nmen
t Dep
artm
ent o
f In
dust
ry, I
nnov
atio
n, S
cien
ce,
Res
earc
h an
d Te
rtia
ry
Edu
catio
n
CH
AIR
: Mr
Mik
e R
yan,
Per
th
Edu
catio
n C
ity
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oms
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0 Le
ad f
rom
the
bac
k:
Less
ons
fo
r th
e ne
xt s
ix-
year
cyc
le
Mr
Ro
bL
awre
nce,
Pro
spec
t R
esea
rch
and
Mar
ketin
g
CH
AIR
: Ms
Hel
en C
ook,
IEA
A
& E
TS G
loba
l
Gui
din
g p
rinc
iple
s to
p
rote
ct t
he h
uman
rig
hts
of
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
den
ts li
ving
in
Aus
tral
ia
Dr
Hel
enS
zoke
, Rac
e D
iscr
imin
atio
n C
omm
issi
oner
Mr
Ale
emN
izar
i, C
ounc
il of
in
tern
atio
nal S
tude
nts
Aus
tral
ia
Pro
fD
ean
Fo
rbes
, Fl
inde
rs
Uni
vers
ity
Pri
vate
VE
TS
pea
ker,
TB
A
CH
AIR
: Dr
Eva
Egr
on-P
olak
, IA
V, F
ranc
e
Mid
dle
Eas
t in
fo
cus
Mr
Jarr
od
Hin
gst
on,
Mid
dle
Eas
t Spe
cial
ist,
UA
E
Ms
Pau
line
Nun
an, U
nive
risty
of
Mel
bour
ne
Mr
Kha
lidA
lsha
hran
i, P
hD
Stu
dent
Mon
ash
Uni
vers
ity
CH
AIR
: Pro
f Ste
phan
ie F
ahey
, M
onas
h U
nive
rsity
Say
it in
Six
: Par
tner
ship
s
1.
Sin
gapo
r e’s
Glo
bal
Sch
oolh
ouse
Str
ateg
y:
The
Firs
t Ten
Yea
rs
2.
Rei
mag
ing
the
Trop
ics:
A
Cas
e S
tudy
of a
Uni
vers
ity
Eng
agin
g in
Asi
a
3.
Tota
l Eng
agem
ent:
The
new
app
roac
h to
S
usta
inab
le In
stitu
tiona
l P
artn
ersh
ips
in C
hina
4.
From
Eur
ope
to A
sia:
A
mod
el fo
r fa
culty
en
gage
men
t thr
ough
su
cces
sful
sho
rt-t
erm
st
udy
tour
s
5.
Obj
ectiv
es a
nd
App
roac
hes
to P
artn
erin
g w
ith A
sian
Hig
her
Edu
catio
n: A
Str
ateg
ic
Pla
n
6.
Take
n to
the
Cle
aner
s:
Em
ploy
men
t exp
erie
nces
of
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
dent
s cl
eani
ng M
elbo
urne
’s
shop
ping
cen
tres
. A
join
t rep
ort f
rom
Uni
ted
Voic
e an
d V
icto
rian
TAFE
In
tern
atio
nal
CH
AIR
: Mr
Jam
es B
enne
tt,
IDP
Edu
catio
n
IEA
A A
war
ds:
Pre
sent
atio
ns
by
win
ners
of
bes
t p
ract
ice/
inno
vati
on
in in
tern
atio
nal
educ
atio
n ca
teg
ory
Spe
aker
s w
ill be
ann
ounc
ed
durin
g IE
AA
Aw
ards
Cer
emon
y in
the
Ope
ning
Ple
nary
Ses
sion
on
Wed
nesd
ay a
nd a
dvis
ed in
A
IEC
Dai
ly N
ewsl
ette
r
CH
AIR
: Ms
Hel
en Z
imm
erm
an,
Nav
itas
1240
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nch
in th
e E
xhib
ition
Hal
l
1330
-135
0
AIE
C E
xhib
ition
Spa
ce
Spo
nsor
Info
rmat
ion
Ses
sion
Med
iban
k: M
i Hea
lth
1400
-142
0
AIE
C E
xhib
ition
Spa
ce
Spo
nsor
Info
rmat
ion
Ses
sion
V
icto
rian
Go
vern
men
t, S
tud
y M
elb
our
ne: O
pp
ort
unit
ies
for
Vic
tori
an E
duc
atio
n in
the
Mid
dle
Eas
t an
d A
sia
Min
or
Lunc
h in
exh
ibiti
on a
nd b
ring
with
you
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ided
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217
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1430
-154
5G
lob
al c
olla
bo
rati
on
in
educ
atio
n, t
rain
ing
&
rese
arch
: The
vie
w f
rom
H
ong
Ko
ng
Pro
fK
aH
aM
ok,
Hon
g K
ong
Inst
itute
of E
duca
tion,
Hon
g K
ong
Pro
fG
ord
on
Che
ung
, P
resi
dent
APA
IE &
Chi
nese
U
nive
rsity
of H
ong
Kon
g
Mr
Wal
lace
Lau
, Edu
catio
n B
urea
u, T
he G
over
nmen
t of
the
Hon
g K
ong
Spe
cial
A
dmin
istr
ativ
e R
egio
n, H
ong
Kon
g
Em
eritu
sP
rof
Kw
ong
Lee
D
ow
, Uni
vers
ity o
f Mel
bour
ne
(Dis
cuss
ant)
CH
AIR
: Pro
f Ste
phan
ie F
ahey
, M
onas
h U
nive
rsity
MIN
I P
LE
NA
Ry
Do
hig
her
educ
atio
n in
stit
utio
ns h
ave
glo
bal
re
spo
nsib
iliti
es?
Ms
Eva
Eg
ron-
Po
lak,
In
tern
atio
nal A
ssoc
iatio
n of
U
nive
rsiti
es (I
AU
), Fr
ance
Pro
fC
olin
Rio
rdan
, Car
diff
Uni
vers
ity &
Uni
vers
ities
UK
U
nive
rsiti
es, U
K
Em
eritu
s P
rof
John
Nila
nd
AC
, For
mer
Vic
e-C
hanc
ello
r &
P
resi
dent
UN
SW
& C
hairm
an
Sin
gapo
re M
anag
emen
t U
nive
rsity
’s In
tern
atio
nal
Aca
dem
ic R
evie
w P
anel
, A
ustr
alia
Pro
fJo
hnH
udzi
k, M
ichi
gan
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
& N
AFS
A,
US
A
CH
AIR
: Pro
f Han
s de
Wit,
C
entr
e fo
r H
ighe
r E
duca
tion
Inte
rnat
iona
lisat
ion
(CH
EI),
Ital
y
MIN
I P
LE
NA
Ry
Ind
one
sia
in f
ocu
s
Pro
fG
reg
Bar
ton,
Mon
ash
Asi
a In
stitu
te
Pro
fD
avid
Ree
ve, U
nive
rsity
of
New
Sou
th W
ales
Ms
Isla
Win
arto
, ID
P
Edu
catio
n, In
done
sia
CH
AIR
: Pro
f Dea
n Fo
rbes
, Fl
inde
rs U
nive
rsity
To in
tern
atio
nalis
e th
e cu
rric
ulum
do
we
need
to
in
tern
atio
nalis
e o
ur s
taff
?
Dr
Sha
nto
nC
hang
, Uni
vers
ity
of M
elbo
urne
Mr
Jos
Bee
len,
Uni
vers
ity o
f A
pplie
d S
cien
ces,
Am
ster
dam
, Th
e N
ethe
rland
s
Pro
f E
mer
itaE
lsp
eth
Jone
s,
Leed
s M
etro
polit
an U
nive
rsity
, U
K
Dr
Cra
igW
hits
ed, M
urdo
ch
Uni
vers
ity
CH
AIR
: Pro
f Mic
helle
Bar
ker,
Grif
fith
Uni
vers
ity
Fro
m W
est
to E
ast:
The
ch
alle
nges
, op
po
rtun
itie
s an
d s
trat
egie
s to
incr
ease
th
e fl
ow
of
stud
ent
mo
bili
ty
to A
sia
Ms
Daw
nK
ob
an, R
MIT
U
nive
rsity
Mr
JG
alle
go
s, U
nive
rsity
of
Nor
th C
arol
ina,
US
A
Str
ateg
ies
for
incl
usio
n in
st
uden
tm
ob
ility
:Dis
tanc
eed
ucat
ion,
reg
iona
land
low
S
ES
stu
den
ts
Ms
Lind
aR
ust,
Cha
rles
Stu
rt
Uni
vers
ity
Ms
She
vahn
Tel
fser
, Cha
rles
Stu
rt U
nive
rsity
The
re’s
no
pla
celi
keh
om
e:
Cha
lleng
ing
res
tric
tions
on
stud
ents
go
ing
“ho
me”
fo
ra
stud
yab
road
exp
erie
nce
Ms
Kat
eJe
nnin
gs,
Uni
vers
ity
of A
lber
ta, C
anad
a
Ms
Chr
istin
eB
erry
, Uni
vers
ity
of A
uckl
and,
NZ
Ms
Kat
eS
mar
t, U
nive
rsity
of
Syd
ney
A/P
rof
Ann
eP
akir
, Nat
iona
l U
nive
rsity
of S
inga
pore
, S
inga
pore
CH
AIR
: Mr
Rob
Mal
icki
, AIM
O
vers
eas
1545
-161
5A
ftern
oon
Tea
in th
e E
xhib
ition
Hal
l15
50-1
610
A
IEC
Exh
ibiti
on S
pace
S
pons
or In
form
atio
n S
essi
on
IE
LTS
: “S
how
me
an IE
LTS
6”
Pro
gram
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w
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gram
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-173
0G
lob
al c
olla
bo
rati
on
in
educ
atio
n, t
rain
ing
&
rese
arch
: The
vie
w f
rom
C
hina
Pro
f Li
Xia
ngku
n, H
ubei
U
nive
rsity
, PR
C
Pro
fLi
uJi
anfe
ng, N
atio
nal
Inst
itute
of S
cien
ce, P
RC
Mr
YuX
iao
nan,
Jia
ngsu
P
rovi
ncia
l Dep
artm
ent o
f E
duca
tion,
PR
C
Ms
Fio
naD
och
erty
, U
nive
rsity
of N
ew S
outh
Wal
es
(Dis
cuss
ant)
CH
AIR
: Ms
Cat
hryn
Hla
vka,
C
ouns
ello
r, A
ustr
alia
n E
mba
ssy,
PR
Chi
na
MIN
I P
LE
NA
Ry
The
201
2 In
tern
atio
nal
Stu
den
t S
urve
y: A
ustr
alia
’s
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
den
ts t
ell
us h
ow
we
stac
k up
Ms
Ain
slie
Mo
ore
, Uni
vers
ities
A
ustr
alia
Mr
Kev
inB
rett
, i-g
radu
ate
Mr
Ste
ven
Ner
lich,
AE
I
Ms
Ing
ebo
rgL
oo
n, A
CP
ET
Ms
Sue
Blu
ndel
l, E
nglis
h A
ustr
alia
Mr
Pet
erH
old
en, T
AFE
D
irect
ors
Aus
tral
ia
Ms
Eliz
abet
hW
ebb
er,
Aus
tral
ian
Gov
ernm
ent
Sch
ools
Inte
rnat
iona
l
CH
AIR
: Mr
Kev
in B
rett
, i-g
radu
ate
Whi
te k
nig
ht o
r th
e d
evil
in
dis
gui
se?
The
ro
le o
f th
e p
riva
te s
ecto
r in
hig
her
educ
atio
n in
dev
elo
pin
g
coun
trie
s
Dr
Dul
eep
Deo
shal
e, M
anip
al
Uni
vers
ity, M
alay
sia
Dr
Ro
sie
Bat
eso
n,
Uni
vers
ityas
Jak
arta
In
tern
asio
nal,
Indo
nesi
a
Dr
Avi
chal
Kap
ur, M
eghe
G
roup
of U
nive
rsiti
es, N
agpu
r, In
dia
Co
mp
arat
ive
anal
ysis
of
trad
itio
nale
duc
atio
nhu
bs:
O
nes
ize
fits
all?
Ms
Eliz
abet
hS
hep
herd
, B
ritis
h C
ounc
il
Ms
Zai
nab
Mal
ik, B
ritis
h C
ounc
il
CH
AIR
: A
/Pro
f Chr
is Z
igur
as,
RM
IT U
nive
rsity
, Mel
bour
ne &
V
ietn
am
Hav
e ta
ctic
s to
war
ds
com
pet
itiv
e ad
vant
age
tain
ted
inte
rnat
iona
l ed
ucat
ion?
Mr
Sha
unW
ellb
our
ne-W
oo
d,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Wes
tern
Aus
tral
ia
Dr
No
rman
Pet
erso
n,
Mon
tana
Sta
te U
nive
rsity
, US
A
Dr
John
Dun
can,
MIB
T
Mr
Kel
lyS
mith
, Uni
vers
ity o
f W
este
rn A
ustr
alia
Ms
Ails
aLa
mo
nt, R
MIT
U
nive
rsity
CH
AIR
: M
r Sha
un W
ellb
ourn
e-W
ood,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Wes
tern
A
ustr
alia
Imp
rovi
ng s
upp
ort
fo
r th
e ex
chan
ge
of
rese
arch
st
uden
ts a
nd s
taff
: P
ersp
ecti
ves
fro
m E
uro
pe
and
Aus
tral
ia
Ms
Kar
inK
litg
aard
, Uni
vers
ity
of C
open
hage
n, D
enm
ark
Ms
Daw
nK
ob
an, R
MIT
U
nive
rsity
CH
AIR
: Ms
Tze
Ay
Chu
ah,
UTS
Des
igni
ng f
or
lear
ning
th
roug
h in
tern
atio
nal
exp
erie
nce:
Po
ssib
iliti
es
and
pit
falls
Dr
Wen
dy
Gre
en, T
he
Uni
vers
ity o
f Que
ensl
and
A/P
rof
Jan
Go
thar
d, M
urdo
ch
Uni
vers
ity
Pro
fJe
nny
Str
ong
, The
U
nive
rsity
of Q
ueen
slan
d
CH
AIR
: TB
A
Aus
tral
ia’s
Asi
a lit
erac
y in
th
e A
sian
Cen
tury
Ms
Kir
rile
eH
ughe
s,
Aus
tral
ian
Nat
iona
l Uni
vers
ity
Par
ents
und
erst
and
ing
Asi
alit
erac
y
Mr
Ian
Dal
ton,
Aus
tral
ian
Par
ents
Cou
ncil
Ms
Tam
erla
ine
Bea
sley
, B
easl
ey In
terc
ultu
ral
CH
AIR
: Pro
f Ken
t And
erso
n,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Ade
laid
e
1900
-210
0“E
ast
Mee
ts W
est”
Co
nfer
ence
Din
ner
at P
enin
sula
Spo
nsor
ed b
y ID
P E
duca
tion
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IDAY
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CTO
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5 P
lena
ry s
essi
on
and
Q&
A w
ith
Inte
rnat
iona
l Ed
ucat
ion
Ad
viso
ry C
oun
cil C
hair
Mic
hael
Cha
ney
AO
Mr
Mic
hael
Cha
ney
AO
, Cha
ir, In
tern
atio
nal E
duca
tion
Adv
isor
y C
ounc
il
Ms
Sue
Blu
ndel
l, E
nglis
h A
ustr
alia
Mr
Dav
idR
iord
in, T
AFE
Dire
ctor
s A
ustr
alia
Mr
Ale
emN
izar
i, C
ounc
il of
Inte
rnat
iona
l Stu
dent
s A
ustr
alia
(CIS
A)
Uni
vers
ityR
epre
sent
ativ
e, T
BA
00M
oder
ator
: Mr
Ste
phen
Con
nelly
, IE
AA
& R
MIT
Uni
vers
ity
Ple
nary
3
Roo
m 2
12
Roo
m 2
13
Roo
m 2
19
Roo
m 2
20
Roo
m 2
17
Roo
m 2
18
0945
-104
5 T
he in
tern
atio
nalis
atio
n o
f ed
ucat
ion
in A
sia:
A
reg
iona
l co
nver
sati
on
Pro
f G
ord
on
Che
ung
, P
resi
dent
APA
IE &
Chi
nese
U
nive
rsity
of H
ong
Kon
g
Pro
fJan
dhy
ala
Tila
k, N
atio
nal
Uni
vers
ity o
f Edu
catio
nal
Pla
nnin
g an
d A
dmin
istr
atio
n N
ew D
elhi
, Ind
ia
Pro
fYe
ons
eob
Ha,
Yon
sei
Uni
vers
ity K
orea
Pro
f Li
Xia
ngku
n, H
ubei
U
nive
rsity
, PR
Chi
na
CH
AIR
: A/P
rof A
nne
Pak
ir,
NU
S, S
inga
pore
Chi
le in
fo
cus
Dr
Juan
Zo
lezz
iCid
, Rec
tor,
Uni
vers
idad
de
San
tiago
de
Chi
le
Pro
fV
icto
rP
erez
Ver
a,
Rec
tor,
Uni
vers
idad
de
Chi
le
Mr
Dav
idN
elso
n, IC
TE
Uni
vers
ity o
f Que
ensl
and
Ms
Mic
helle
Esp
ino
za, P
hD
Stu
dent
Mon
ash
Uni
vers
ity &
B
EC
AS
Sch
olar
CH
AIR
: Ms
Trac
y H
arris
, A
ustr
ade
Latin
Am
eric
a
Ed
ucat
ion
as a
n ex
po
rt f
or
Aus
tral
ia: M
ore
val
uab
le
than
go
ld, b
ut f
or
how
long
?
Mr
Ala
nO
lsen
, SP
RE
P/L
Mr
Ste
phe
nC
onn
elly
, IE
AA
CH
AIR
: Mr
Ste
phen
Con
nelly
, IE
AA
Bri
dg
ing
gap
s, b
reak
ing
d
ow
n b
arri
ers
and
b
uild
ing
ski
lls: C
om
mun
ity
eng
agem
ent,
vo
lunt
eeri
ng
and
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
den
ts
Ms
Joan
naS
haw
, La
Trob
e U
nive
rsity
Saf
ety
and
inte
grat
ion
of in
tern
atio
nal
stud
ents
Ms
Eliz
abet
hS
hep
herd
, B
rittis
h C
ounc
il, H
ong
Kon
g
Ms
Dan
ielle
Har
trid
ge,
IS
AN
A: I
nter
natio
nal E
duca
tion
Ass
ocia
tion
CH
AIR
: Ms
Mar
ion
van
Roo
den,
Dep
artm
ent o
f B
usin
ess
and
Inno
vatio
n,
Vic
toria
Exp
lori
ng fi
ndin
gs
fro
m t
he
Lear
ning
Wit
hout
Bo
rder
s P
roje
ct: d
evel
op
ing
and
su
pp
ort
ing
tra
nsna
tio
nal
acad
emic
lead
ers
to e
nab
le
TN
E t
each
ing
exc
elle
nce
and
inte
rnat
iona
lizat
ion
of
the
curr
icul
um
Dr
Bee
naG
irid
hara
n, C
urtin
U
nive
rsity
, Sar
awak
Ms
Vero
nica
Go
erke
, Cur
tin
Uni
vers
ity
Pro
fM
arg
aret
Maz
zolin
i, V
icto
ria U
nive
rsity
Mr
Pet
erL
ing
, Sw
inbu
rne
Uni
vers
ity o
f Tec
hnol
ogy
Ms
Gill
ian
Luec
kenh
ause
n S
win
burn
e U
nive
rsity
of
Tech
nolo
gy, S
araw
ak
Pro
f S
helle
yYe
o, C
urtin
U
nive
rsity
CH
AIR
: Ms
Sio
bhan
Len
ihan
, O
ffice
for
Lear
ning
and
Te
achi
ng
The
per
form
ance
of
Eng
lish
as ‘c
lass
roo
m t
enni
s’:
IELT
S s
core
s, b
iling
ual
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
den
ts
and
Ang
lop
hone
tea
cher
ed
ucat
ion
Pro
fM
icha
elS
ing
h, U
nive
rsity
of
Wes
tern
Syd
ney
Deg
rees
of
Pro
ficie
ncy:
B
uild
ing
as
trat
egic
ap
pro
ach
tou
nive
rsity
st
uden
ts'E
nglis
hla
ngua
ge
asse
ssm
ent
and
d
evel
op
men
t
Ms
Cyn
thia
Kra
lik, R
MIT
U
nive
risty
A/P
rof
Kat
eD
unw
ort
h, C
urtin
U
nive
rsity
CH
AIR
: M
s Je
nny
Lync
h,
IELT
S A
ustr
alia
The
fut
ure
of
educ
atio
n ag
ent
man
agem
ent
Mr
Ris
hen
She
khar
, S
tudy
Link
Ms
Gab
riel
leR
ola
n , U
nive
rsity
of
New
Eng
land
Inte
rnat
iona
lstu
den
tr e
crui
tmen
tin
Asi
a:Is
a
one
siz
efit
sal
lap
pro
ach
toin
tern
atio
nals
tud
ent
adm
issi
ons
dam
agin
gy
our
sc
hoo
l’ so
utco
mes
?
Ms
Trac
eyO
’Hal
lora
n, A
EA
S
Ms
Sim
one
Bar
ker,
AE
AS
CH
AIR
: M
r A
ndre
w H
ollo
way
, V
icto
ria U
nive
rsity
(inv
ited)
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ion
in N
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h an
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out
h E
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Asi
a:
Imp
licat
ions
fo
r A
ustr
alia
Mr
Dea
nW
oo
dg
ate,
C
ouns
ello
r (E
duca
tion
and
Res
earc
h), A
ustr
alia
n E
mba
ssy,
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2-5 October 2012
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria
Conference Program
TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER 2012CONFERENCE SESSIONS
0800 – 1730 RegistrationOpen
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Welcome Plenary: Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM Welcome to Victoria: The Hon Louise Asher MP, Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business and the Minister for Tourism and Major EventsTime: 1730-1830 2 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Mr Andrew Thompson, Chief Executive IDP Education & Mr Stephen Connelly, President IEAA & RMIT University
Speakers: TheHonMsLouiseAsherMP, Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business and the Minister for Tourism and Major Events
MrKonKarapanagiotidisOAM, CEO and Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
ProfAdamShoemaker, DVC (Education) Monash University
Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM is the CEO and Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Kon is proudly Greek, and grew up in a working class family in a small country town in Victoria. Kon’s personal experience of racism and witnessing the exploitation of his parents in factories planted the seeds for his passion for human rights. Kon went on to become a lawyer, social worker and teacher. His work as CEO has been recognized with being a Finalist for Australian of the Year (Victoria) in 2007, invited to participate in the 2020 Summit in 2008, voted one of Australia’s 20 Unsung Heroes as part of the launch in 2008 of the new Portrait Gallery in Canberra and voted as one of Melbourne 100 most influential people in The Age Melbourne Magazine. Most recently, Kon was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2010 and an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2011.
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WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER 2012CONFERENCE SESSIONS
0800 – 1730 RegistrationOpen
0830 – 1730 AIEC2012ExhibitionOpen
0830 – 0900 ArrivalTea&Coffee(AIECExhibition)
Opening Plenary Session: Jason Yat-sen Li & the IEAA Awards Presentation Time: 0900-1030 3 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Co-Chairs: Mr Andrew Thompson, Chief Executive, IDP Education
Mr Stephen Connelly, President IEAA & Deputy Vice-Chancellor International and Development & Vice-President RMIT University
IEAA Awards Presentation 2012
Awards for the following categories:
• Distinguished Contribution to the Field of International Education
• Excellence in Leadership in International Education
• Best Practice/Innovation in International Education
• Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis on a Topic Related to International Education
• Excellence in Professional Commentary on Issues Related to International Education
• AUIDF Tracy McCabe Fellowship
• Tony Adams Foundation Grants
AwardsCeremonyMC:MsHelenCook,Vice-PresidentIEAA
OpeningPlenaryKeynoteAddress:JasonYat-senLi*
Speaker Jason Li belongs to a new breed of global and interculturally savvy young Australian leaders who see the potential in open minds and open doors. Fluent in five languages, his life has fused Australian and Asian experiences. He has a high achiever background in the law, business and philanthropy in Sydney, New York and The Hague, and now business development in China and Australia.
Formerly IAG's Head of China Strategy (Insurance Group Australia), Jason is now CEO of Yatsen Associates, a firm he founded in 2005, Immediate Past Vice-Chair of the Australia-China Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, a Director of the George Institute for Global Health, and a Governing Member of the esteemed charitable organisation, The Smith Family. He has also been a Director of the National Centre for Volunteering.
Jason will be posing some tough questions and new ideas about Australia's future place in Asia as the region surges in economic, strategic and cultural power.
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Global collaboration in education, training & research: The view from KoreaTime: 1100-1200 3 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Mr Dean Woodgate, Counsellor (Education), Australian Embassy, Republic of Korea
Key Interests: Partnerships, Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: All
Speakers: ProfYeonseobHa, Yonsei University, Korea
ProfChung-SokSuh, Korea Research Institute, UNSW (in collaboration with Dr Young-In Seo, Korean Educational Development Institute, Korea)
ProfKentAnderson, University of Adelaide (Discussant)
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While the driving forces for the development of education systems are fundamentally national, there is an accelerating trend for education, and particularly higher education, to move out beyond the national to the global. This phenomenon is evident in many if not most countries. Motives are mixed, but most come down to the desire by countries through their higher education institutions to become or to remain prosperous and to be successful within the new and emerging global economic and political order. This is the reality.
Asia, as other emerging powerhouse regions, is increasingly significant as a site for new knowledge generation. International collaborations with Asian experts are rapidly increasing. The evidence of Asian discovery, innovation and growing power is everywhere, from rapidly increasing citations in major scientific journals, to the impact of new technology to the growing appeal of Asian media and cultures generally around the globe. The whole world is turning towards Asia.
How is Asia, or more precisely, how are the different countries within Asia, responding to this interest? What do governments and education institutions in these countries see as important and what are their priorities? What are the prospects for increased and mutually beneficial education, training and research collaborations with Asia? How might we, in Australia, Europe, the Americas and other world regions, foster effective partnerships with Asia? This series of four mini-plenaries will attempt to answer these questions. Senior figures from a number of Asian countries will present the view from their country’s perspective and will be joined by a discussant to throw light on the issues and priorities for our consideration and action.
KOREA
The Republic of Korea has undergone significant changes since the cessation of the Korean War in 1953. Coming from a position where its GDP was smaller than that of Somalia, modern Korea is now a thriving G20 economy and major player in the Asian region. Korea is the third largest source country of international students for Australia and is often not well understood.
This session will provide a window into Korea education tracing its internationalisation from the past, to the present and into the future. Korea’s Study in Korea Project will be examined from a student mobility perspective, as will the newly initiated International Education Quality Assurance System.
The session will also focus on opportunities for Australian institutions in Korea’s highly dynamic education environment. Recently, the Australia and Korean governments have undertaken a review of higher education collaboration and opportunities for the future. Of particular interest will be case studies and strategies to increase institutional collaboration in the areas of education, research, and student and staff mobility.
Australia-UK Collaboration: The Monash-Warwick allianceTime: 1100-1200 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Prof John Hudzik, Michigan State University, USA
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: University
Speakers: ProfEdByrneAO, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University
ProfNigelThrift, Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick, UK (via video)
MrKenSloane, Registrar, University of Warwick, UK
Early in 2012, the UK’s University of Warwick and Australia’s Monash University announced an alliance to establish each as “globally networked universities”.
The Monash-Warwick Alliance is aimed at meeting the increasing student, industry and government demand for universities to produce graduates with a global education, and undertaking research aimed at providing novel approaches to challenges that extend across regions and exceed the scope of any one institution. As distinct from more traditional transnational university partnerships and consortia, the Alliance takes on – as noted by the Australian Financial Review – the ‘hallmarks of cross-border collaboration more commonly seen in the private sector’.
In this session Professor Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick and Professor Ed Byrne AO, Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University and a senior colleague will discuss the global trends which led to establishment of the Alliance, its aspirations, its progress to date and its unique role in adding to human and intellectual capital in the ‘Asian Century’.
The Monash and Warwick joint global footprint extends across the Australia, Malaysia, India, China, South Africa, Italy, the UK and the USA.
Colloquium: New innovations and models for transnational educationTime: 1100-1200 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Dr William Lawton, OBHE, UK
Key Interests: Transnational Education
Sectors: All
Speakers: DrDaleAnderson, James Cook University Singapore
A/ProfChrisZiguras, RMIT University, Melbourne and Vietnam
DrChristopherHill, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
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After a period of “rationalization and consolidation” of offshore programs in the mid 2000s, interest in TNE programs is re-emerging amongst Australian education institutions. Australian offshore delivery is again going through a stage of expansion and development, part of a continuing global expansion involving many provider countries. The motivations for this include but are not confined to commercial ones.
For Australian institutions they include the desire for increased cultural understanding, to contribute to Australia’s public diplomacy efforts, intellectual curiosity, internationalisation of the curriculum and the challenge of working in cross-cultural environments, altruism in the form of contributions to capacity-building or widening access to education, research collaboration, student exchange, shared scholarship and the demand for education and training in new fields of practice.
TNE models are also diversifying. They include now not only branch campuses, franchising and twinning, but increasingly online “distance” delivery and “virtual” campuses through the use of new information communication technologies. (ICT).
This session will take the form of a colloquium amongst experts in an informal interview setting.
Note: The session is a companion to the AIEC workshop “TNE Models and New Approaches, an International Perspective” to be held from 1.30-5.00pm Tuesday 2 October.
Good practice in Australian collaborations with Asia: Schools 1: Building multi-lateral partnerships for innovation in schooling 2: Whole of School Engagement with AsiaTime: 1100-1200 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Mr Tim Bush, AsiaLink, University of Melbourne
Key Interests: Partnerships, Student Experience, Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Schools
Speakers: MrGraemeOliver, Australian Science and Mathematics School
MsLeislBruhn, Ivanhoe Grammar School
Presentation1: Buildingmulti-lateralpartnershipsforinnovationinschooling MrGraemeOliver, Australia Science and Mathematics School
The Australian Science and Mathematics School (ASMS) is a senior secondary school based on the grounds of Flinders University in South Australia. The school was established with a mission for innovation and reform in science and mathematics education. This mission has resonated strongly around the world. Since its founding in 2003 the ASMS has built a global network of relationships that include over 70 partner schools and organisations (SciMatInternational).
The basis of this network is multi-lateral relationships that provide mutual benefit in exploring the core idea of innovation in maths and science education. The network includes core partners in Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom, North America and the Pacific Islands, with satellite partners on all continents. This is possibly the largest multi-lateral, mutual benefit network of schools in the world.
This presentation will describe how the ASMS has developed flagship programs that provide the driving impetus for SciMatInternational, how the global network has developed through both deliberate planning and serendipitous good fortune, and how the network is consolidating its operations in an ongoing context of “tight/loose” relationships.
Presentation2: WholeofSchoolEngagementwithAsia MsLeislBruhn, Ivanhoe Grammar School
To fully realise the opportunities of the Asian Century, Ivanhoe Grammar School established a strategy to engage with Asia across all of its curricular and co-curricular programs. The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s ‘whole school approach to international education’ framework provides a valuable tool for assessing the schools engagement with Asia and International Education more broadly. The framework provides schools with a diagnostic tool to assess and trace progress towards ‘whole of school engagement’ with Asia and International Education.
Ivanhoe Grammar School, established in 1915, has a long history of engaging with Asia. The School’s engagement with Asia extends from the arrival of its first international students via the Colombo plan in 1941 to its most recently arrived international students in the school’s ELICOS program. The school provides a range of Asia engaged curricular and co-curricular programs that include events and speakers, student exchange, international study tours, student conferences and forums, international services projects, mandatory Asian Studies at Years 9 & 10 and recently the establishment of teaching the VCE offshore.
This session will demonstrate the effectiveness of mapping whole school engagement with Asia against benchmarks of good practice.
The Globalisation of internationalisation: Priorities for the futureTime: 1100-1200 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: A/Prof Betty Leask, University of South Australia
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Government, University
Speakers: EmeritusProfElspethJones, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
ProfHansdeWit, Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI), Italy
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Internationalisation has become a mainstream notion in higher education around the world and has evolved thematically and regionally from the concept developed in the 1990s. As the international dimensions of higher education have developed their own momentum and become a global topic of interest, the ‘globalisation of internationalisation’ requires a more nuanced approach to its interpretation and delivery. We continue to talk as though we share the same understanding, but in fact there are many different interpretations of ‘internationalisation’. Is this variety of interpretation a barrier or a benefit and are we learning sufficiently from other global contexts? Can we converge our discourse to deliver more effective practice now and in the future? To date this discourse has been dominated by ‘western’ perspectives. The ‘globalization of internationalization’ requires a more nuanced approach to its delivery, arising from:
a. The vast increase in scale of operations, such as the number and types of offshore campuses and cross-border activity;
b. Increasing global competition for students and talent;
c. A wider range of regional practices and ‘recruiting’ countries;
d. Differentiated local and regional responses to geographical variation in social and economic needs;
e. Ethical issues in global engagement and sustainability of practice;
f. The importance of careful consideration of the local context and culture when engaging in cross-border activity.
This session will address some thematic and regional contributions to the internationalisation debate, and offer observations on the consequences and directions of this diversity. The authors build on previous publications, and seek to align their views in order to suggest future priorities. The session will be of interest to experienced internationalists as well as those with more limited experience. It will offer perspectives from a range of countries and regions and aim to generate broad debate around the conference theme.
1: Canada’s successful approach in collaborative research, scholarships and student mobility 2: Revamping international education: The New Zealand approachTime: 1100-1200 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Mr Phil Honeywood, IEAA
Presentation1: Canada’ssuccessfulapproachincollaborativeresearch,scholarshipsandstudentmobility
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: English Language, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsMaryLouHayman, High Commission of Canada
Here’s a relationship that works, well! Panel members will examine the intricate relationship in Canada between education partnerships, research, and innovation that all contribute to a leading global economy. Consider that Canada is among the top ten most competitive economies in the world and is firmly established as the best place to invest and do business among G8 countries. It ranks first for the percentage of the adult population with tertiary education, and is a leader for management practices. Canadian universities are at the forefront in research collaboration with government, industry and global community projects, making our universities incubators for innovation. At the heart of this lies a stimulating environment that embraces international cooperation, student experience and support for academic endeavours. The session will highlight how Canada’s commitment to global competitiveness will be strengthened by an enhanced International Education Strategy. Elements of discussion will showcase the impact of the “Imagine, Education au/in Canada” brand and the value of international student experiences and their work opportunities in Canada. Find out about strategic scholarship programs to foster innovation and see how education opportunities link to technology clusters that offer extensive interaction between academia, private-sector, and government research. Finally, tie in the International Experience Canada – Travel and Work Abroad program for a fully emerging package that will keep Canada at the forefront of international education and youth mobility.
Presentation2: Revampinginternationaleducation:TheNewZealandapproach
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Government, Schools, University
Speakers: MsAnneJackson, New Zealand Ministry of Education, NZ
MrBrettParker, New Zealand Ministry of Education, NZ
New Zealand attracts about 100,000 international students each year. During 2011 the Christchurch earthquake had a significant effect on international education in the city, while the government released a new strategy for sector growth and established a single agency to lead international education. This presentation describes the policy response to the consequences of the Christchurch earthquake, and the key points of the new international education strategy and the operation of Education New Zealand.
1: VET as a component of the Asean economic community: Opportunities, challenges and success factors in Indonesia 2: The Ubuntu approach to teaching international students in VETTime: 1100-1200 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 218
Chair: Mr Peter Holden, TAFE Directors Australia
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Presentation1: VETasacomponentoftheAseaneconomiccommunity:Opportunities,challengesandsuccessfactorsin Indonesia
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Government, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrMichaelFay, AFG Venture Group
MrMartinRiordin, TAFE Directors Australia
Vocational Education delivery in the 10 countries that make up the Asean region is increasingly recognised as crucial for the success of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) which will be inaugurated in 2015.The AEC promotes the free movement of people, business and services including education. Qualifications Frameworks and Quality Assurance Systems have been nominated by education Ministers and multi lateral agencies as key components in the development of education in Asean. Indonesia with 240 million has by far the largest population in the 600 million Asean region and has major issues to address in provision of skills training. The Australian vocational training sector represents a potential regional partner for Indonesia. This joint presentation between AFG VG and Tafe Directors Australia (TDA) will present the results of the 2011-12 Indonesian Polytechnic Survey which focused on the link between polytechnics, industry and business. In addition it will link the relevance of the Skills Training Agenda to the Indonesia Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement which is currently been negotiated with input from business, industry, education and government.
Presentation2: TheUbuntuapproachtoteachinginternationalstudentsinVET
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Foundation, Government, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: DrLyThiTran, RMIT University
There were 171,237 international student enrolments in the Australian VET sector by the end of 2011 (AEI, 2012). The flow of international students into VET in recent years has led to the changing teaching and learning contexts. These changes have necessitated the need for VET teachers to explore different pedagogic approaches. This paper focuses on how VET teachers adopt the Ubuntu approach to teaching international students. The paper draws on a research project on the learning needs of international students and institutional responses in VET. The project includes 150 interviews with teachers, international students and program directors from 25 VET providers in Australia. The Ubuntu or humanness approach has been conceptualized based on the pedagogic practices employed by the teacher respondents. This approach focuses on creating a human bond and a positive learning culture that makes international students feel respected and valued in the VET community. Importantly the teachers who adopt the Ubuntu approach highlight the need to engage with students on a personal level to understand their learning. The Ubuntu approach is also associated with the importance to understand how other human factors in students life may have an impact on their study and emotional life. This means adopting this humanness approach, teachers position themselves as not only being aware of the learning needs but also the welfare and social needs of international students and see both learning and welfare needs as being interrelated and having mutual impacts on each other. The Ubuntu approach is intimately linked to the affective dimension of pedagogy. In this regard, learning is not merely viewed as an intellectual activity but is connected to the feelings that the learners have in response to the subject of learning and towards the teachers and others who are involved in the learning context.
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The politics of international education: A UK perspectiveTime: 1210-1310 3 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Senator The Hon Brett Mason, Shadow Minister for Universities and Research
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: University
Speakers: ProfessorSirSteveSmith, Vice -Chancellor University of Exeter & immediate past President of Universities UK
Despite the global financial crisis, and contrary to popular belief, there is more investment occurring in the United Kingdom higher education sector than ever before. But as the burden of investment moves from the taxpayer to the student, as national funding is redirected, and as universities look to diversify their income streams from national and international sources, not all the extra resource will be shared out equally in the new environment.
In this session, Professor Sir Steve Smith explains the implications of the major policy changes occurring in the UK HE sector at the present time. The major policy debates occurring in both the UK and Australia are remarkably similar - deregulation of fees, greater competition and collaboration, research funding concentration, widening participation and immigration policy. The impact of these changes will affect UK universities differently. Sir Steve will outline these challenges and consider future scenarios, which will be of considerable interest to policy makers in Australia and other countries.
Positioning Australia: Skills needs in the Asian CenturyTime: 1210-1310 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Ms Ingeborg Loon, ACPET
Key Interests: Marketing & Recruitment, Partnerships, Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: University, Vocational Education, English Language
Speakers: MsElizaChui, Education Commissioner North Asia Austrade
MrJarrodBelcher, Box Hill Institute of TAFE
MrMarkPatman, ANCA Pty Ltd
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Opportunities for Australian education providers internationally are increasingly being shaped by demand for workforce skills, at the individual, company, industry and government level. This is particularly evident in the growing markets of East Asia. For example, as Austrade’s China Careers Fair held in April clearly demonstrated, great career outcomes are a key driver for those seeking an Australian higher education. For foreign investors with operations in S E Asia, the need to recruit skilled staff and improve work quality and productivity on the factory floor is driving rising interest in Australian training. The need for Japanese executives to successfully lead cross-cultural work teams in Japanese firms operating national borders is driving the Japanese corporate sector to engage Australian providers to imbue Japanese middle managers with so-called “Asia competency”. For governments and industry bodies, such as those of Chile, there is strong interest in Australia’s industry-led and quality-assured vocational training system, and in particular, its possible application to the mining and agricultural sectors in that country. This session will outline some of these developments in greater detail, highlighting a number of activities undertaken by Austrade since the Knight Review recommended it increase focus on opportunities for offshore provision of Australian vocational education. The session will also feature the experience of a VET provider and its responses to rising demand for skilled workers offshore markets. Finally, the session will include the perspective of an Australian company, whose first hand observations and experiences of labour market realities in Asia will provide unique insight into workforce skills development in the region.
Good practice in Australian collaborations with Asia: ELICOS 1: Never a dull moment in Danang 2: Shared interests lead to long term bilateral relationshipsTime: 1210-1310 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Ms Anne Holmes, NEAS
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: English Language
Speakers: MsChristineBundesen AM, ICTE, University of Queensland
MsBonnieCothren, Flinders University
Presentation1: NeveraDullMomentinDanang
MsChristineBundesenAM, ICTE, University of Queensland
Over a decade ago, the University of Queensland through its Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education (ICTE-UQ), began the investigation and planning for the establishment of an English language institute in Vietnam. Now, having just celebrated its 5th anniversary, the University of Danang-University of Queensland English Language Institute (UD-UQ ELI) is successfully delivering programs and undertaking test administrations in Central Vietnam.
The UD-UQ ELI, as a collaborative initiative between the University of Danang and the University of Queensland, is dependent on the partnership relationship and management between the two universities. The venture, with its highs and lows, laughs and learnings, will prove a fascinating case study. Ms Christine Bundesen, Director ICTE-UQ, will deliver a presentation outlining all involved in the establishment of the UD-UQ ELI and will cover such areas as managing divergent objectives, when culture and commerce clash, gaining leverage from language learning, lessons learned and globalising the model.
Presentation2: Sharedinterestsleadtolongtermbilateralrelationships
MsBonnieCothren, Flinders University
The development of an eight year collaboration between the Intensive English Language Institute, Flinders University and the Department of Foreign Language Studies of Kansai Gaidai University has produced multiple benefits for both institutions. This relationship which began with a shared interest in designing on-line learning programs and has grown to include additional projects and partners in both Osaka and Adelaide.
The primary project was the development of an on-line Teacher Training course combined with a short teacher training program in Adelaide for students in the Department of Foreign Language Studies at Kansai Gaidai University. Some of the challenges in developing this collaboration will be outlined, including moving from a government supported program in the early stages of the program to a self-funded initiative. Benefits of the collaboration led to spin-offs for both participating students and the wider community.
The session will conclude with a review of the rewards and challenges of working on programs with high goals, but limited budgets, and evaluating the educational value of projects within the context of ‘what the client/partner wants’.
Internationalising education through an effective in-country study programTime: 1210-1310 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Ms Elizabeth Webber, NSW Department of Education and Communities
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Schools
Speakers: MrMichaelDe'Ath, Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development, VIC
MsJillLaughlin, Camberwell High School
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This session is designed for system leaders and school leaders interested in using an in-country study program as an impetus for a whole school approach to internationalising education. The presentation outlines the journey of a pilot project in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Through careful design, an effective model has emerged that supports a sustained, whole school approach to internationalising education. The five phased model is aimed at building leadership skills of the participants and increasing their confidence to teach about Asia and integrate global perspectives into the curriculum. Participating schools build school to school relationships with schools overseas that can support future opportunities for student and teacher exchange, enhanced language learning at the school, developing or deepening participants’ understanding of the overseas education system and increase their knowledge of contemporary Asian culture. The session brings together a panel of the key players in the project at the department, the region and school levels, who will provide a comprehensive overview of the program and share their perspectives of the journey. Research has indicated that in-country study programs for educators are a highly effective professional learning mechanism that increases teacher knowledge and intercultural competence. The model has been comprehensively evaluated providing compelling evidence of its effectiveness in this regard. The presentation will have implications for policy makers, regional and school leaders, both domestic and international.
How employers value international study among new hires: Results from the second QS Global Employer SurveyTime: 1210-1310 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Mr Thomas Buntru, Universidad de Monterrey & AMPEI, Mexico
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrJohnMolony, QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd
MrHansGeorgvanLiempd, EAIE
MsDavinaPotts, Michigan State University, USA
Internationally mobile students and their families make major investments in their education abroad and then hope for the best when it comes to competing for jobs. The 2011 QS Global Employer Survey of over 10,000 recruiters worldwide produced the first comparative map of how employers value international education. This year’s results add to the initial findings by extending the breadth and depth of the survey.
1: Working with educators towards curriculum internationalisation for all students 2: Taking a deeper dive.... the overseas learning resourceTime: 1210-1310 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Prof Michelle Barker, Griffith University
Presentation1: Workingwitheducatorstowardscurriculuminternationalisationforallstudents
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: ProfAnitaMak, University of Canberra
Fostering intercultural perspectives and developing intercultural competence are vital for internationalising the curriculum, and preparing all students for education and work in culturally diverse settings. This presentation outlines and discusses the rationale, processes and findings of a current action research project funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (now Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching), titled “Internationalisation at Home: Enhancing the Intercultural Capability of Teachers, Students and Curricula”. This two-year project aims to internationalise the learning and teaching practices of Business and Health higher education through intercultural capacity building of university teachers. The project began with consulting relevant stakeholder groups (industry professionals, university teachers, domestic students, and international students) to assess needs for intercultural competence development in Business and Health classes and workplaces. The integration of the stakeholder-generated critical incident scenarios with tools from an existing intercultural training resource, informed the design and delivery of Business-and Health-based professional development workshops at two Australian universities. Senior academics then established learning circles in intercultural skills to support small communities of colleagues in adapting aspects of the professional development course in their own teaching practices and curriculum design. The focus was to embed the development of cultural awareness and intercultural learning in both domains. In this presentation, we will outline the processes and outcomes of the professional development workshops and the learning circle meetings, the curriculum re-design actions initiated by participating academics in the learning circles, and the subsequent impact on their students’ cultural learning development. We will discuss project findings in the context of how onshore international education trends present Australian tertiary educators with challenges of and opportunities for curriculum internationalisation for all students in the Asia-Pacific century.
Presentation2: Takingadeeperdive....theoverseaslearningresource
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Government, Schools
Speakers: MsHelenMasters, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
MsLisaHayman, Asia Education Foundation, University of Melbourne
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The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development champions immersion programs overseas for students as part of its broader internationalisation agenda for Victorian schools. To support the planning and delivery and maximise the benefits of these programs, the Department has produced a resource for schools. We want students to become so much more than tourists, and not just skim the surface when given the opportunity to go overseas. The online guide is packed with ideas, templates and advice to ensure that students experience a significant learning opportunity and that their schools benefit more broadly from an overseas learning experience. Over the course of up to a year, guided by the resource, teachers and students explore in depth issues related to a curriculum/interest area, undertake research in schools overseas whilst living with local families, and deliver their findings upon return. The international mindedness of the whole school is enhanced as a result. The resource will be demonstrated and school based users will explain how its use has transformed their approach and assisted the development of an international perspective within their communities.
1310-1430 LunchintheExhibitionHall Sponsored by
Sponsor Information Session: International Students and the Workforce – crossing the bridge from education to employment
Time: 1330-1350 3 Oct 2012
Room: AIEC Exhibition Information Space
Speakers: DavidWade Director, Professional Pathways Australia, Monash College
Refer to Page 10 for further information. Lunch in Exhibition and bring with you.
Sponsor Information Session: Victorian Government, Study Melbourne: Opportunities for Victorian Education following vigorous growth in India
Time: 1400-1420 3 Oct 2012
Room: AIEC Exhibition Information Space
Speakers: AnnieHelenSanthana, Regional Director - Education, Victorian Government Business Office, Bangalore, India
Refer to Page 10 for further information. Lunch in Exhibition and bring with you.
IEAA Transnational Education SIG Open MeetingTime: 1330-1425 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Mr Lorne Gibson
The Transnational Education (TNE) SIG members are invited to this open meeting during the AIEC 2012.
The meeting will provide a report on 2012 activities and seek input on activities that members would like to see the SIG undertake in 2013. Come to the meeting and learn how you can be more involved. Come and join the network!
(Delegates should eat lunch in the AIEC Exhibition area before heading to the SIG Meeting)
IEAA Student Mobility SIG Open MeetingTime: 1330-1425 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Ms Dawn Koban
Current and future members of the Student Mobility SIG are invited to take part in the 2nd face to face meeting for the group in 2012. The meeting will review the SIG’s progress for the year and discuss objectives and activities for the 2013 calendar year. Topics will include: SIG Leadership team election outcomes 2012, professional development, networking and communications, research, and new projects. The agenda for the meeting will be circulated via the SIG list serve prior to the meeting.
(Delegates should eat lunch in the AIEC Exhibition area before heading to the SIG Meeting)
IEAA Pathways SIG Open MeetingTime: 1330-1425 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Mr Paul O’Halloran
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Registered and potential members are invited to attend the second meeting of the Pathways SIG, which was launched at last year’s AIEC. The SIG is a national forum for providers to share information, develop and benchmark good practice, participate in government policy development, and engage the regulators. While many activities focus on HE undergraduate pathways, including Foundation programs and HE Diplomas, the SIG invites participants from all sectors interested in broader pathways and transitional issues.
The meeting will review SIG activities for the past year, and set future priorities, guided by the 2012 members’ survey and feedback from meetings, including the pre-conference workshop. Specific items will include the election of a Convenor and Deputy Convenors, and a discussion of current market trends and the regulatory framework.
(Delegates should eat lunch in the AIEC Exhibition area before heading to the SIG Meeting)
IEAA Marketing & Communications SIG Open MeetingTime: 1330-1425 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Ms Bronte Nyland
Current and future members of the Marketing and Communications (M&C) SIG are invited to attend this informal meeting, where we'll be providing attendees with an update on the SIG's activities and achievements in 2012. We'll also be asking for ideas regarding future activities and directions of the SIG. We're especially keen to hear your thoughts regarding professional development and networking/communication opportunities.
(Delegates should eat lunch in the AIEC Exhibition area before heading to the SIG Meeting)
IEAA Internationalisation of the Curriculum SIG Open MeetingTime: 1330-1425 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chairs: Dr Wendy Green & Dr Craig Whitsed
The Internationalisation of the Curriculum (IoC) Special Interest Group Meeting is an opportunity to learn more about the latest issues, trends and developments in this area and meet people from around the world who share an interest in this important area. This meeting is open to prospective and current members across all sectors. The session will be informal and interactive and include discussions about past, present and future SIG activities and organisation.
(Delegates should eat lunch in the AIEC Exhibition area before heading to the SIG Meeting)
Brazil in focusTime: 1430-1530 3 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Prof Anna Ciccarelli, University of Queensland
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: All
Speakers: MsTracyHarris, Austrade Latin America
OtherSpeakers TBA
Brazil is the sixth largest economy in the world, with a growing middle class that is expected to grow by a further 30 million by 2014. Investment in education is a priority of the Brazilian government, including through its Science without Borders scholarship program. There are increasing opportunities for Australian institutions to engage with Brazil, but a long term approach to engagement is needed.
This session will examine education developments, directions and priorities in Brazil. What are the challenges facing education providers in Brazil? What are the key priorities and strategies for internationalization of education in Brazil? What opportunities exist for collaboration with Australia? These are some of the questions to be addressed in this important session.
All in together: Building a global practicumTime: 1430-1530 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Prof Annette Gough, RMIT University & Victorian Council of Deans of Education
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: University
Speakers: MsLouiseMcSorley, AEI, Kuala Lumpur
MsMonikaEngelhard, RMIT University
A/ProfDamonCartledge, La Trobe University
DrLibbyTudball, Monash University
DrRichardJohnston, RMIT University
DrCoralCampbell, Deakin University
DrJulieArnold, Victoria University of Technology
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The Global Practicum is a model for multi-layered collaboration that enables shared agendas to be realized.
Outbound student mobility is on both university and government agendas. All universities have an aspiration to be international and/or global, of which outbound student mobility is one facet. For governments, Australian students engaged in productive and innovative mobility is the ‘soft diplomacy’ that develops one aspect of Australia’s regional engagement. An active partnership between Universities and Government is essential to realize Australia’s greater agenda of being engaged, influencing and partnering with universities in our region to shape the Asian Century. Student mobility creates links between what we and our neighbours do and engages us in intercultural learning, teaching and research.
This pilot project, for Victorian education students to undertake their professional practicum in Malaysian secondary schools, is built upon partnerships and a willingness to collaborate and work towards common goals. It involves six Victorian University’s Faculties of Education and is auspiced by the Victorian Council of Deans of Education. It is also a partnership with the Malaysian Ministry of Education and Malaysian universities who are working with the Secondary Schools.
This panel session is aimed at sharing the major features and minor frustrations of our collaborative process. It provides discussion of a model of collaboration to other faculties also keen to internationalise what they do and what they offer our students. It will also profile the areas of research (and key questions) that are central to the project. It is intended to provide a basis for dialogue about new models of mobility and inter-university collaboration.
Good practice in Australian collaborations with Asia: VET 1: 25 years in China 2: Ensuring Quality in Transnational Education: The Victorian TAFE Experience in ChinaTime: 1430-1530 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Emeritus Prof Debbie Clayton, Clayton International
Key Interests: Transnational Education, Partnerships
Sectors: Vocational Education
Speakers: MrStephenNagle, Holmes College
MrGavinSlattery, Chisholm Institute
DrKateDempsey, Victorian TAFE International
Presentation1: 25yearsinChina
MrStephenNagle, Holmes College
Holmes Institute was established in 1963 and has been teaching students from China since 1986. Numerous Chinese students have begun their careers at Holmes and the Institute is well-known throughout the People’s Republic. The Holmes Group has 5000 students in Australia and 1200 students in China and Hong Kong.
Holmes set up the first officially registered joint-venture in vocational education in China in 1993. This college ran for 15 years in Shanghai. Holmes currently has joint-venture institutions with Qingdao University in Shandong Province (15 years), the Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College (ZZRVT) in Henan Province (5 years) and Institute of Advanced Learning in Hong Kong (6 years).
This session will focus on how successful joint ventures work in delivering modified Australian curriculum in the People’s Republic and AQF degree and masters programs in Hong Kong. Key features of the collaborations include training of offshore partners in management, budgeting, cultural awareness, quality audits and the cultivation of patience and generosity.
Presentation2: EnsuringQualityinTransnationalEducation:TheVictorianTAFEExperienceinChina
MrGavinSlattery, Chisholm Institute
DrKateDempsey, Victorian TAFE International
Nearly 90% of Australia’s vocational transnational education is conducted by the public TAFEs, with around 70% of that provision being done by Victorian TAFE providers. Around 46,000 students are studying with Victorian TAFE institutes in nearly 30 countries, an mainly in China. Since Victorian TAFE International (VTI) members do the majority of public VET transnational education, VTI has been very active in preparing good practice documentation and making this documentation available on our website.
In this presentation, Gavin Slattery from VTI member Institute, Chisholm will document one example of what works with partners in China, from his experience and then Kate Dempsey will outline the key messages from our good practice research, which may be of assistance to others working in the field.
Preparing for SVP & TPS - Considering the operational impacts of streamlined visa processing and the tuition protection scheme: A Swinburne case studyTime: 1430-1530 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Ms Tanya Perera, Hobsons Asia Pacific
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: University, English language, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsEmmaLincoln, Swinburne University of Technology
DrScottThompson-Whiteside, Swinburne University of Technology
MsDianneRuddell, Swinburne University of Technology
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How are universities working towards implementation of Streamlined Visa Processing & the Tuition Protection Scheme? How do you develop an action plan that engages broadly across the institution and builds understanding, support and appropriate resourcing for the not insubstantial changes to the prevailing international student recruitment paradigm? What kinds of data sets, analytical skills, staffing, training and monitoring will be required to successfully navigate through the new regulatory environment?
Swinburne University of Technology took a holistic approach to these questions, and this presentation is a case study of how broad-based engagement was implemented and what have been the achievements and outcomes to date. Presenters will represent Admissions, Compliance & Faculty perspectives and insights.
This presentation relates to the most significant change to the way international student recruitment is conducted in Universities since the introduction of ESOS. This paradigm shift has consequences and ramifications across the board at universities who are participating. The changes will impact national objectives including labour markets and migration, as well as a strengthening of the quality assurance and consumer protection regimes. Internally, admissions and selection will be dramatically impacted, and this needs to be communicated and understood across an organisation in a holistic manner.
1: The Newcastle Model: using leadership programs to engage with students 2: From study to work: The experience of Australian international graduates transitioning into the Australian labour marketTime: 1430-1530 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Ms Lyndell Jacka, IDP Education
Presentation1: TheNewcastleModel:usingleadershipprogramstoengagewithstudents
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrBrettBlacker, University of Newcastle
MsNicoleLantham, University of Newcastle
This session is designed for senior industry leaders across all sectors interested in enhancing social engagement and inclusion on and off campus through fostering leadership skills and growing global awareness of students. In 2009 the University of Newcastle launched iLEAD, the ‘International Leadership Experience and Development’ Program. The program is managed by The Student Experience and Community Engagement team within the International Office. In a move away from traditional models, the team provides critical welfare support and activities to enhance the international student experience across all areas. The International Leadership program provides an exceptional opportunity for students of all backgrounds to gain leadership skills and an opportunity for an international experience. The program is offered as an extra-curricula activity to all students, enabling them to extend their academic learning. In an increasingly international business environment, the program aims to foster global leaders of the future. As part of the program, students participate in dynamic interactive seminars, learning about global issues and building leadership experiences. Students also develop new skills by participating in international activities such as exchanges, short courses, volunteering, internships, and community work at home and abroad. From 2009 to 2011 the University of Newcastle increased the number of students studying abroad by 154%. Through promotional campaigns and student testimonials, international students have been encouraged to participate in the program; in 2011 over 70 international students were involved in these activities. As a result we are developing evaluation tools to measure changes in social and community engagement on and off campus and an increased awareness of cultural diversity students.
Presentation2: Fromstudytowork:TheexperienceofAustralianinternationalgraduatestransitioningintothe Australianlabourmarket
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Government, University
Speakers: MrMohammadRahimi, Deakin University
Post-study work options have emerged as a major determinant of study destination for international students (Labi, 2010; Bennet, 2011; Shroff, 2011). However, despite placing importance on gaining professional work experience, many Australian international students are dissatisfied with existing opportunities to acquire practical vocational experience (Varghese & Brett, 2010, Arkoudis et al., 2009). This paper reports on the findings of a three year longitudinal study investigating why international graduates appear to have a low rate of employment in acknowledged skill shortages areas of health, engineering and accounting, despite having Australian-credentialed skills in these disciplines. Drawing on over 200 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders including international students, university staff, employers, industry groups and government, this paper examines the experience of Australian international graduates transitioning from university to employment. Focussing on the engineering and accounting disciplines, the paper examines the transition process from the perspective of key stakeholders. Firstly, the paper explores the job seeking experiences of Australian international graduates, examining how their employment expectations match the current reality of the Australian labour market. The paper also examines how international graduates understand the Australian labour market and work culture. Secondly, from the employer perspective, the paper examines what Australian employers look for when recruiting graduates, as well as what employers consider to be the main barriers to employing international graduates. An important focus of the paper is the impact of recent changes to Australia’s skilled migration policy on international graduates and employers. Finally, the paper examines existing mechanisms available to international graduates seeking to transition into the Australian labour market. These include internship and professional year programs, as well as traditional job-seeking methods. The role of institutions in this process is highlighted and the opportunity for more effective partnerships between key institutional stakeholders discussed.
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The contribution and benefits of international students to the broader communityTime: 1430-1530 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Mr Tony de Gruchy, Canning College
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsElizabethWebber, NSW Department of Education and Communities
MsNicoleKing, Education and Training - ACT Government Schools
MrBradfordHanson, Victorian Government School
International students make a significant contribution to their institutions, schools, and colleges and also the wider community. This contribution should be recognised and acknowledged, not only by the institutions they attend, but by the broader community. However this in itself presents a challenge – how do we get the message of the benefits to the wider society? International students in schools make a significant contribution, they assist in broadening the curriculum; bring a wider global perspective to all students, both international and local students; they have raised standards by achieving outstanding results and have taken on leadership roles in their schools and local communities. In government schools international students are engaged in the wider community. They live in homestays in the local area, they are involved in school and community charities and a range of local activities, they develop friendships and networks in their school and local area. The benefit of international students too often focuses on the financial benefits. This session will examine the benefits to schools, tertiary institutions and the broader community. Australian Government Schools International (AGSI) - the peak body representing international education in government schools will outline the main contribution and benefits of international student programs to their schools and local communities and strategies to get the message to the broader community.
1: In country experiential learning to intercultural understanding 2: Expanding horizons in AsiaTime: 1430-1530 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 218
Chair: TBA
Presentation1: Incountryexperientiallearningtointerculturalunderstanding
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: Government, Schools
Speakers: MsLisaHayman, University of Melbourne
MrKurtMullane, University of Melbourne
“Participation in this study program to India was a life changing experience in that my ideas and personal beliefs were shaped by what I experienced. I feel that I am now able to contribute greatly to the ongoing development of intercultural understanding in my school due to my experiences” The Asia Education Foundation (AEF) study programs in Asia for teachers have seen 3000 Australian school educators changed as a result of first hand experiences of contemporary Asia. Participation in overseas study programs supports the personal development of a participant’s intercultural understanding. It is through the individual’s personal learning that they are better equipped to support the learning and teaching of this twenty first century general capability in school curriculum programs. Participation in Principal and teacher in-country study programs and exchanges are highly valued by participants as the means to equip teachers with the personal insight and motivation to further develop their knowledge and capability to construct an Asia literate curriculum for students. Evaluations have demonstrated that they play a significant role in building participants intercultural knowledge, skills and dispositions. The AEF has worked with educational authorities across Australia to facilitate and deliver targeted in country experiences with pre and post professional learning programs that work towards building the capacity of teachers to meet the challenges of the Asia Century and to ensure they are equipped to implement at Asia priority and Intercultural Understanding General Capability of the Australian Curriculum. This session will outline a range of models and the impact on teacher capacity and school improvement.
Presentation2: ExpandinghorizonsinAsia
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Government, Schools, University
Speakers: DrPhilLambert, NSW Department of Education and Communities
It is important that we recognise that on graduating from schools in Australia our students will enter into a World that is changing rapidly. It is a World where it is very likely that they will at some time in their early adult life undertake tertiary study in Asia, work in Asia or at the very least have strong connections with businesses that are centred in Asia. In the Sydney Region of the NSW Department of Education and Communities a comprehensive program is now well underway aimed at developing students’ and teachers’ understandings about China and India. This program, called Expanding Horizons with Asia, recognises the important place these two countries occupy on the World stage – both in terms of their sheer populations (and respective expanding middle class groupings) and, potentially more so, in relation to the positions they now hold as dominant economic World powers. This workshop will explore the range of programs operating under the Expanding Horizons with Asia initiative and illustrate how the relevant content can be incorporated into existing curriculum structures. It will also outline how this Asia literacy program is developing deeper understandings about Asia, increasing the take-up of and proficiency in languages and establishing mutually rewarding outcomes for regional partners. Participants will gain insight into how the initiative has been managed, how various issues have been overcome, how new technologies are being utilised to engage and connect students and teachers in different geographic locations, and how various partnerships within and outside Australia have enhanced the overall program.
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1530-1600 AfternoonteaintheExhibitionHall Sponsored by
Sponsor Information Session: Let us build a better international education industry - The challenges and opportunities
Time: 1535-1555 3 Oct 2012
Room: AIEC Exhibition Information Space
Speakers: MrNareshGulati, CEO of OCA Group, Mr Mark Pettitt – Director of OCA Group
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Global collaboration in education, training & research: The view from IndiaTime: 1600-1715 3 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Professor Amitabh Mattoo, University of Melbourne
Key Interests: Partnerships, Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: All
Speakers: ProfJandhyalaTilak, National University of Educational Planning and Administration New Delhi, India
ProfFazalRizvi, University of Melbourne
MrPawanAgarwal, Ministry of Planning, India (via Skype link)
ProfDavidLowe, Deakin University (Discussant)
While the driving forces for the development of education systems are fundamentally national, there is an accelerating trend for education, and particularly higher education, to move out beyond the national to the global. This phenomenon is evident in many if not most countries. Motives are mixed, but most come down to the desire by countries through their higher education institutions to become or to remain prosperous and to be successful within the new and emerging global economic and political order. This is the reality. Asia, as other emerging powerhouse regions, is increasingly significant as a site for new knowledge generation. International collaborations with Asian experts are rapidly increasing. The evidence of Asian discovery, innovation and growing power is everywhere, from rapidly increasing citations in major scientific journals, to the impact of new technology to the growing appeal of Asian media and cultures generally around the globe. The whole world is turning towards Asia. How is Asia, or more precisely, how are the different countries within Asia, responding to this interest? What do governments and education institutions in these countries see as important and what are their priorities? What are the prospects for increased and mutually beneficial education, training and research collaborations with Asia? How might we, in Australia, Europe, the Americas and other world regions, foster effective partnerships with Asia? This series of four mini-plenaries will attempt to answer these questions. Senior figures from a number of Asian countries will present the view from their country’s perspective and will be joined by a discussant to throw light on the issues and priorities for our consideration and action.
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The Indian system of higher education is currently pursuing a major program of reform, beginning with the work of National Knowledge Commission (2005-2007), the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007-12) and the recommendations of the Yashpal Committee Report (2009). There has emerged in India a new discourse of reform associated with a recognition of the need for Indian higher education not only to meet the rapidly growing student demand but also work towards the goals of access and quality of provision. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the level of public funding for Indian higher education, the creation of new institutions, both public and private, and the loosening of some of the bureaucratic rigidities in the system, giving universities greater organizational autonomy, enabling them to develop collaborative links both within India and globally. However, these shifts have also given rise to major conceptual and practical challenges. This symposium will address some of these challenges. This mini-plenary will be chaired by Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Director of Australia India Institute, and will include three presentations. Dr Pawan Agarwal (Senior Policy Advisor, Planning Commission of India) will describe (via Skype) some of the ways in which the Indian Government is seeking to increase access to higher education, especially for the marginalized communities, within the context of its commitment to the goal of quality. Professor Jaya Tilak (National University of Educational Planning and Administration New Delhi) will explore some of the dilemmas of privatization and governance in Indian higher education. Professor Fazal Rizvi (The University of Melbourne) will discuss India’s attempts at internationalizing its system of higher education, within a growing awareness of the possibilities of globalization and the knowledge economy.
What will ‘Internationalisation of the Curriculum’ mean for universities in the Asian Century?Time: 1600-1715 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Dr Wendy Green, The University of Queensland
Key Interests: Teaching and Learning
Sectors: Universities, Vocational Education
Speakers: DrSophieArkoudis, University of Melbourne
DrTeofiloCDaquila, National University of Singapore, Singapore
ProfMarciaDevlin, Open Universities Australia
MsAngelaLeggett, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Much of the discussion of internationalisation of the curriculum during the past two decades has been characterised by a dominance of Anglo-European perspectives. Asian students have tended to be positioned as ‘international students’, sometimes as bringing a welcome ‘diversity’, sometimes ‘in need of remediation’. Arguably, the conceptualisation of Asian students as ‘Other’ in ‘Western’ universities has been based on ill-informed assumptions about scholarship and learning in ‘Confucian heritage cultures’. Now, as we enter the ‘Asian century’, what is happening to these assumptions? What will the ‘Asian century’ mean for curricula, teaching and learning in universities – in Asia, Australia and across the globe? Singapore, as a country with a high degree of integration in an interconnected world is an interesting case in point. The Singapore government through its Ministry of Education has intensified its internationalisation policy both at home and overseas, and internationalisation of the curriculum is a high priority. In this session, speakers will address the question of what ‘internationalisation of the curriculum’ will mean for universities in ‘the Asian century’, by drawing on their own experience and research concerning the negotiation of cultural differences and geographical borders between ‘Asia’ and the rest of the world.
1: Transnational education and its impact upon local development: A case study of the UK- Malaysia relationship 2: Transnational education in Malaysia - new models and opportunitiesTime: 1600-1715 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Mr Peter Burges, IDP Education
Presentation1: Transnationaleducationanditsimpactuponlocaldevelopment:AcasestudyoftheUK-Malaysiarelationship
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: Corporate, Government, University
Speakers: DrChristopherHill, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
The demand for higher education, the limited places at Malaysian public HEIs and the simultaneous growth in internationalisation of UK HEIs fuelled the growth of UK-Malaysia TNE. With an ever-increasing demand for international education partnerships, the rise of a knowledge driven economy and the financial implications behind the drive for international student recruitment, there is scope to re-examine the definitions, motivations and reality of TNE within SE Asia broadly, and Malaysia specifically. Past actions, driven by necessity, have shaped the current perception of education and will impact upon its future direction. As domestic needs increase, and the reliance upon traditional allies is reduced, TNE expansion will need to be driven by a more sensitive, culturally aware, horizontally and vertically integrated approach than has perhaps currently exists. In order for higher education to move away from a possible extension of colonial attitudes, we must address the structure, as well as the motivations behind and the implications ahead, of such endeavours. This paper examines existing Malaysia-UK TNE arrangements and evaluates the need for a redefinition of central concepts. TNE is moving into a new phase and an examination of existing practices, evaluation of new methods and exploration of the true impact and legacy of international development in light of its fundamental impact upon the provision and perception of domestic education, is necessary. This session highlights existing and developing trends in international education and focuses clearly upon the Asian experience. The session will be provide an overview of the debate for newcomers but will be of primary interest to practitioners, strategists, teachers, administrators and funding bodies.
Presentation2: TransnationaleducationinMalaysia-newmodelsandopportunities
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: Government, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrGuyPerring, i-graduate
International engagement has been an important part of education development throughout the world for many decades, especially for Australian, UK and US education providers; The delivery of programmes overseas has grown significantly over the years, through collaboration, franchise, and the establishment of overseas campuses. In light of the Henry Review into 'Australia in the Asian Century', it is timely to analyse the opportunities available in Malaysia, specifically within the context of the Malaysian Government's Economic Transformation Plan. Education is a key pillar of the plan, and seeks to establish Malaysia as an international student hub, increasing international student numbers from 70,000 in 2010 to 200,000 by 2020. This session seeks to provide insight and analysis into new opportunities for transnational education providers in Malaysia, through a review of recent developments of overseas branch campuses, combined with a market overview informed by Hobsons research into Malaysian market size and student decision-making. This session will specifically focus on:
1. Market review: Size of the Malaysian education market, student recruitment and decision-making, competitor analysis;
2. Government Policy Review: What opportunities and incentives exist for overseas education providers? How can overseas education entities benefit from Malaysian government developments in Iskander and Kuala Lumpur Edu-City;
3. Case Studies: Lessons learned from existing partnerships;
4. Case studies from Malaysian and Australian universities engaged in TNE delivery in Malaysia.
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Streamlined Visa Processing (SVP) implementation: Challenges, our approaches and lessons learntTime: 1600-1715 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Ms Jo Asquith, James Cook University
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsSunnyYang, Monash University
MsCynthiaCelestine, IDP Education
MrAbizerMerchant, La Trobe University
MrStephenWilliams, University of Warwick (UK)
The Streamlined Visa Processing (SVP) officially commenced for “Eligible Universities” on the 24th of March 2012. The intended benefits are obvious. However, under the SVP, participating institutions now also carry the visa associated risks of their prospective, enrolled and completed students. Prior to and during the early SVP implementation phases, a raft of challenges emerged for universities. What are these challenges? How did universities respond? Would these approaches be truly effective? With varying approaches undertaken by institutions, how can we minimise the potential problem of applicants “shopping around”? What are key lessons learned by the higher education sector that can be shared with the other sectors?
This session will explore the range of issues faced by institutions in implementing and managing SVP, as well as discussing the increasing role of agents in assisting institutions with the SVP and the range of issues they too face. What could be the best practice for agents? How do agents who represent a wide range of institutions effectively manage the varying SVP requirements and processes?
The session will also draw on the experiences of La Trobe University where SVP procedures have recently been implemented and Warwick University from the UK where a similar system (the “Highly Trusted Sponsor” for Tier 4 Points Based System) has been in operation for a couple of years.
Keeping safe in cyberspace: Considerations for the online safety of the international studentTime: 1600-1715 3 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Mr Tony De Gruchy, Canning College & IEAA Board member
Key Interests: Student Experience, Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Schools
Speakers: MsSusanMcLean, Cybersafety Solutions
Today’s youth have unprecedented access to and are accessible by many millions of people worldwide. Young people are often not aware that their words and or photos which may have been intended for a small audience, sometimes find their way to a larger one, often with very undesirable consequences.
There is strong research evidence to suggest that adolescents in general and male adolescents in particular, are developmentally less able to make informed decisions about personal safety and security than are adults.
Very few young people who engage in online bullying are even aware that they may be breaking the law. Most teens think they know it all.....that they won’t make a poor choice and they will be able to sort out the good from the bad.......teens around the world are now realising that making a poor choice online can be catastrophic, that they can’t undo what they did, nor can they erase it.
Cyber bullying and associated issues are the number one, non-academic issue confronting educational institutions all around the world. International students pose a difficult challenge as using the internet to keep in touch with family and friends is vital. Consideration however must be given to the 'duty of care' the host organisation and host family have in relation to assisting the international students in their care to be safe online. What boundaries should be put in place, what restrictions on technology use are appropriate and how are these vulnerable young people supported in the digital world to ensure that they stay safe online and understand the issue of criminality as it applies to technology misuse in Australia.
(This session has been funded by Vision International – An association of Australian Schools)
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THURSDAY 4 OCTOBERCONFERENCE SESSIONS
0830 – 1730 RegistrationOpen
0830 – 1730 AIEC2012ExhibitionOpen
0830 – 0900 ArrivalTea&Coffee(AIECExhibition)
The launch of the 2012-13 Times Higher Education World University Rankings: Live cross from LondonTime: 0900-1000 4 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Mr Warwick Freeland, IDP Education
Key Interests: Marketing & Recruitment
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrPhilBaty, Times Higher Education, UK
Live from London on the day of their worldwide launch, Phil Baty, Rankings Editor at Times Higher Education provides an exclusive first detailed look at the results of the 2012-13 World University Rankings, followed by a Q&A.
Has Australia’s slip in the global student recruitment market hit its rankings performance? Can Australia retain its lead position in the Asia Pacific region against focused investment in higher education and research in China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan? How far can the traditional powerhouses, the US and UK, hold firm against a West to East power shift?
Question rankings editor Phil Baty – named by The Australian newspaper as one of the top 15 “most influential” in education 2012 – about the rankings results, methodology and growing influence.
Singapore in focusTime: 0900-1000 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Ms Louise McSorley, AEI Kuala Lumpur
Key Interests: Policy, Advocacy & Strategy, Partnerships, Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions
Sectors: All
Speakers: A/ProfAnnePakir, NUS, Singapore
DrDaleAnderson, JCUS, Singapore
MrDarylFong, IDP Education, Singapore
Singapore has been one of the leading Asian countries in education, training and research for many decades. It is home to some of the world’s leading academic institutions and has a long history of educational collaboration with Australia. Singapore has made a rapid and successful expansion of its education sector over the years, including opening its doors to many foreign providers, and is now one of the main educational hubs in the Asian region.
This session brings together a panel of Singapore specialists who will provide a comprehensive overview of the current education developments and directions in Singapore. Issues to be addressed include current priorities in education, challenges facing education providers, strategies and obstacles in relation to internationalization, key policy initiatives, mobility of foreign students to Singapore, factors influencing the overseas Singaporean student market, competitor activity, issues relating to Transnational Education and opportunities for foreign education providers. This session aims to bring delegates up to speed with Singapore today and looking to the future.
Australian Scholarships - beyond the Colombo PlanTime: 0900-1000 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Ms Helen Cook, IEAA & ETS Global
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Government, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: TheHonourableBruceBairdAM, Australia Awards Board Member and International Education Advisory Council Member
MrPeterMacfarlane, Australia Awards Secretariat
MrJasonCoutts, Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
MsEmilySerong, AusAID - Jakarta, Indonesia
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The Australian Government has provided scholarships for students and researchers from the Asian region to undertake study and research in Australia since the 1950s. The scholarships provided under the Colombo Plan aimed to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Today, through the Australia Awards, the Australian Government continues to provide scholarships for students and researchers from Asia – and has now extended this opportunity globally – to undertake study and research in Australia. The Awards also now provide opportunities for Australians to benefit from reciprocal opportunities overseas. The Australia Awards are comprised of a range of Australia Awards administered by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID); the Endeavour Awards, administered by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education and the postgraduate awards offered by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under a single recognisable brand.
Australia Awards are a significant contributor to mutual understanding and people-to-people links between Australia and our neighbours, and this has emerged through the consultations for the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper. The panel will discuss how the Australia Awards increase international collaboration between Australian institutions and overseas partners; and how they can promote the international profile of Australian institutions as a high quality training and education provider. Two Australia Award recipients on the panel will share their perspectives and experiences and answer questions on how an international study experience has enhanced their ability to compete in a globally connected world.
The panel will also consider how Australia Awards can further support our broader international agenda in Asia. The initial findings of the Australian Development Scholarships Indonesia Pilot Partnership Program will be presented and you will be invited to participate in a discussion on how the Australian Government can incorporate more innovation into its scholarships delivery globally.
Say it in Six: Social media
1: Getting the Message: Education recruitment in a social media environment
2: The Voice of a New Generation: Vlogging
3: A Roadmap to Establishing a Social Media Marketing Strategy
4: Using social media tools to facilitate learning experiences for international students5. My Life @ La Trobe - sharing what students love about being a La Trobian!Time: 0900-1000 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair:
The "Say it in Six" sessions allow presenters 6 minutes to outline the main points of their presentation to all audience members. At the conclusion of all presentations, speakers will move to a designated table at the back of the room and audience members are invited to join them for additional information and discussion in an informal setting. Delegates are free to roam in between the tables as interest and time permits.
Presentation1. GettingtheMessage:Educationrecruitmentinasocialmediaenvironment
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrGrantWatson, RMIT University
MsSharonYap, RMIT University
Social media – typified by websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr – has not only revolutionised the Internet, it has fundamentally altered the way audiences and consumer markets engage with media. Despite this sea change, most education providers have been remarkably slow to adjust their marketing and recruitment practices to this new paradigm. Part of the reluctance of institutions to fully embrace the potential of social media stems from a misunderstanding of what these Internet platforms can offer. In a participatory environment, the division between one who generates content and one who reads it has been removed: the audience acts as both participant and spectator, reader and writer. Put simply: within a social environment we can no longer control the message – what we must learn to do is guide and influence the messengers. To better understand the successes and failures of Australian education providers who use social media to engage with their audience, a series of “mystery shopper” exercises have been undertaken. These exercises provide a snapshot of how Australian institutions are engaging with their market internationally, what new opportunities have been seized, and which opportunities are being missed.
Presentation2. TheVoiceofaNewGeneration:Vlogging
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsMacKenzieHizon, i-Student Group
MsKateSilkstone, Flinders University
Why? Prospective students in 2012 think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors and are native speakers of a new kind of language, digital. How can you connect with this generation and, more importantly, capture their limited attention span to engage them? You start a conversation. Conversational video blogs (vlogs) have evolved to a highly creative form of expression and communication, resulting in a primary form of user-generated video content on the Internet driven by the need for sharing, recommending, referring and reviewing. For the prospective student, they can fully experience a virtual portrayal of student-life, no matter where they are geographically positioned throughout the world. iStudent Group and Flinders University are conversing with the new generation of native speakers by engaging international students to share their everyday university experiences through interactive vlogs. The project is being piloted by a small number of digitally savvy students who are familiar in conducting their social lives and everyday communications through digital technologies. By sharing their lives through vlogs, we aim to harness the social capabilities and sharing tendencies of the digital generation who are familiar in both the creation and consumption of multimedia content. Participating students are utilising mobile technologies to record and broadcast snippets of daily student life. Students showcase real-life event updates as they happen, as they walk to class, explore Adelaide or take views for a short tour around campus, the possibilities are infinite. Community engagement is fostered through the hosting of the vlogs on i-studentlife and will be heavily promoted on social sharing platforms, nurturing further interaction and awareness around the Flinders brand and student experience.
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Presentation3. ARoadmaptoEstablishingaSocialMediaMarketingStrategy.
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational, Education
Speakers: MrBradleyHall, UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering
It seems that everyone is talking about the benefits of Social Media Marketing, but not everyone has taken the plunge yet, while others have set up accounts, but no one is using them. This session will guide new users, and ones who have lost their way, to the best practice, implementation and sustainability of marketing through Social Media. It will also identify what channels appropriate for different markets and different goals. Not every country in Asia is equal when it comes to Social Media Marketing, and not every audience responds equally either. While Facebook creates the most buzz in Australia, other channels can be more effective, or in the case of some countries like China, it is not even an option. The key to Social Media Marketing for education providers is to engage both current and potential students. The method is organic, and differs significantly to web-page strategies that many providers are already comfortable with. However, engagement does not mean continual interaction, and many providers have lost their audience due to being too “noisy”, while others have failed to create any engagement by being too quiet. This session will aim to help providers find the right balance. Further, many marketing managers are frustrated by CEOs who are scared away from Social Media Marketing by negative reports in major newspapers. Some of these articles will be addressed directly, and this session will arm marketers with ways to combat this resistance. The session will also cover some marketing principles about the difference between marketing services over goods, and how to manage potential complaints received through Social Media through utilizing marketing theories.
Presentation4. Usingsocialmediatoolstofacilitatelearningexperiencesforinternationalstudents
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: English Language, Foundation, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: DrCraigBaird, Curtin University
Curtin University Business School has an annual cohort of about 16000 students of which about 60% are international enrolments. A great many of those students attend Curtin campus locations offshore, making course delivery a transnational teaching and learning undertaking that has necessitated internationalisation of the curriculum to address English language issues, cultural differences, and teaching and learning styles. In catering for student mobility, Curtin has initiated articulation arrangements that see international students having their overseas qualifications recognised for pre-requisite entry and advanced standing entry at higher levels to Curtin courses. This results in some students entering higher levels of Curtin courses or postgraduate study at times without having appropriate English literacy levels or academic study skills expected of students who have followed the usual pathways at Australian universities. This presentation will describe how the innovative use of the social media tool Skype has enhanced student learning experiences though support services provided by the Curtin University Communication Skills Centre (CSC). Learning outcomes reported by student feedback show a direct link between the technology based support methods and grades attained. Also emergent from unsolicited comments from international students’ who have utilised CSC learning support services via free social media tools, is their delight at having flexibility in where and when they use these methods (home, cafe, work, remote locations). Also valued by students is the effectiveness of synchronous online learning support delivery methods for providing both face to face and text based materials for later reference and reflection. For international students, being able to access learning support face to face with academic staff by using tools that align to their everyday social engagement methods makes this seamless learning style accessible across cultures and countries. Tools, techniques and outcomes will be discussed in this presentation.
Presentation5. MyLife@LaTrobe-sharingwhatstudentsloveaboutbeingaLaTrobian!
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: University
Speakers: MissFrancescaKenny, La Trobe University
2011 saw La Trobe University embark on a new way of connecting with prospective international students. The concept was a video competition where the winner had a chance to visit the La Trobe Melbourne and Bendigo campuses and find out what life at La Trobe was really like. The competition had a few purposes. We wanted to connect with our existing students and find out why they loved studying at La Trobe and we wanted to connect our prospective students with these stories. However, we ultimately had the goal of increasing unique prospective international student enquiries. Our goals were quite conservative, for Part 1 of the competition we were aiming for 30 current student videos. For Part 2 of the competition we were aiming for an extra 200 unique enquiries from prospective international students. As of the competition closing we had 334 entries from over 80 countries, which exceeded our initial targets of 300 entries. We also had over 12,000 views of the videos on YouTube and had 2,980 unique visitors to the microsite from 136 countries. The competition utilised two platforms, the initial competition for current students ran on an integrated Facebook site and Part 2 of the competition ran on its own microsite to avoid any issues with countries not being able to access Facebook or YouTube. To ensure that both parts of the competition were a success we needed to plant the seed with our students. This involved teaser campaigns on our Facebook site as well as placing posters around the campus and putting the competition in student newsletters. For prospective international students we advertised on quite a few different platforms with a focus on study sites such as Studies in Australia, Hotcourses and Shiksha. At this stage, we are monitoring the return on investment but the scale to which we were able to expose La Trobe University internationally has been hailed a success.
Good practice in Australian collaborations with Asia: Higher education 1: Timor Leste: Capacity building Baucau, Timor Leste - New narratives 2: Collaboration as a way of working for environmentally sustainable solutionsTime: 0900-1000 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Mr Chris Madden, Griffith University
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: University
Speakers: ProfJudeButcherAM, Australian Catholic University
ProfVeenaSahajwalla, University of NSW
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Presentation1: TimorLeste:CapacitybuildingBaucau,TimorLeste-Newnarratives
ProfJudeButcherAM, Australian Catholic University
The people of Baucau, Timor Leste, have welcomed staff and students of Australian Catholic University to be involved in capacity building with them. Three areas of this capacity building are: primary teacher education through the teachers' college (ICFP), Future in Youth through soccer, and health capacity building with the Bare Foot Nurses program. This shared capacity building is creating new narratives for the people of Baucau and the University.
The people of Baucau celebrate the achievements of the East Timorese staff in ICFP and the soccer abilities of the children and the local coaches. The people are also very grateful for the compassion they find within the health services they receive and the capacity building and confidence they are gaining through the Bare Foot Nurses program. ACU, through its staff, students and partners, is reflecting very much upon what it is learning and how it is changing through a mutually transformative approach to capacity building with the people of Baucau. Both the people of Baucau and the University are creating new narratives for themselves and for their shared capacity building within which the people of Baucau are the primary focus and the principal agents of development.
The building blocks of this development and the two narratives are:
• Trust and mutuality
• People realising their new capacities and potential
• Quality deliverables
• Sustainability
This paper presents and reflects upon the new narratives for the people and the University and the role of the building blocks in the transitions to the new narratives.
Presentation2: Collaborationasawayofworkingforenvironmentallysustainablesolutions
ProfVeenaSahajwalla, University of NSW
When UNSW’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT@UNSW) recently won competitive funding to embark on a research project with India it was the culmination long period of relationship building. This project’s specific aim is to address one of the world’s most intractable environmental waste problems – toxic e-waste, which poses a particular environmental and health threat in the burgeoning economies of India and China. To achieve this we are bringing together our complementary expertise within a joint Australian-India research team to establish a new world-best practice for environmentally sustainable complex e-waste recycling and metal recovery.
However, at SMaRT@UNSW our broader goal, and the personal efforts of many of our researchers, has long been “collaboration as a way of working”, rather than just the means to a particular end. Collaboration is a mindset in which we see the world as a productive web of sustainable relationships. In this way we are developing our capacity to forge an ever increasing number of innovative, mutually beneficial partnerships to address complex, global challenges; rather than simply building lists of individual or institutional research contacts in particular fields. When you set out to collaborate you never know how far the resulting synergies will take you. This talk will outline SMaRT’s experience in developing three different, but equally important, areas of collaboration; our e-waste research project with India, our academic and research ties to Malaysia and the benefits of hosting PhD candidates from all over the world.
Asia Pacific trilateral engagementTime: 0900-1000 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Ms Melissa Banks, Swinburne Institute of Technology
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrMurrayRees, Swinburne University of Technology
DrRickJArrowood, Northeastern University
A/ProfHuayongNiu, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Global trends in international higher education show students are moving across borders in greater numbers, with a greater range of study destinations and alternative modes of international education. Students, staff, programs and providers are crossing borders joining global trends in mobility. Institutional collaborations are maturing, spanning a range of activities from research, educational collaborations to bilateral student and staff mobility. We summarize the international engagement agendas of three Universities from Australia, US and China and explore how the three agendas have stimulated unique trilateral relationships. In Australia following rationalisations in the 2000’s, transnational education and institutional partnerships are experiencing a resurgence. Australian universities have entered a phase of internationalisation characterised by quality, positive student learning outcomes, and deeper, more meaningful educational and research partnerships. In the U.S., recent emergence of more organized and systematic forms of global educational partnerships at the turn of the 21st Century have changed how institutions view the global educational landscape, and broadened institutional visions, collaborations, and terms of engagement. China as the world’s largest supplier of international students has now become a primary destination for international students. Amid higher education reform, rapid economic growth, and innovation and entrepreneurship in science and technology; China’s universities are actively seeking meaningful foreign collaborations to meet continue demand for international educational experiences and satisfy State appetite for sustained innovation and development. Globalization of education is no longer limited to bilateral flows. Excitingly, the uniquely designed trilateral collaboration between our three institutions is a result of a long-term successful and sustainable collaboration where the global classroom, learning culture, and teaching opportunity becomes achievable and synonymous with unity, mobility, reachability and accessibility. This session explores how incorporation of international partnerships into existing paradigms of collaboration begins with identifying a need and allocating resources, progresses to building trust and mutual satisfaction and a willingness to self-impose a purpose that embeds over-arching principles of providing quality education to students from all demographics.
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Dialogue on transnational education: Diversification and a whole-of-business approachTime: 0900-1000 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 218
Chair: Mr Martin Riordin, TAFE Directors Australia
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: Vocational Education
Speakers: MsSusanHartigan, TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute
MsDianeSeath, NSW Department of Education and Communities
MsAnneGoonetilleke, TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute
TAFE NSW has had decades of engagement in International Education. Recent policy changes and reviews of international education in Australia heralded a decline in international students coming to study vocational courses. The Strategic Review of the Student Visa Program 2011 indicated enormous potential to conduct vocational training within Asia. One TAFE NSW Institute - Western Sydney Institute (WSI) made a strategic decision to diversify by growing its Transnational Education (TNE). This paper draws on WSI’s Whole-of-Business Approach to TNE diversification in Malaysia. Its innovative concepts, while applicable to cross-sectoral contexts offer practical ideas to new and experienced TNE practitioners. The gravitation of global growth towards Asia inspired the Tenth Malaysian Plan (2011 – 2015) to transform Malaysia into a high income nation by 2020. The Government has identified Vocational Education and Training (VET) as crucial to producing the workforce needed to propel the country to a developed nation status. With this insight and a well-established relationship with Malaysia since 1998, WSI engaged with the Malaysian Government in April 2011. A high ranking Malaysian delegation visited WSI and witnessed WSI’s capability and far-reaching industry links. WSI was invited to present its approach at the Sarawak National Technical Human Resource Development Conference in October 2011. WSI profiled the strength of the Australian VET system, outlined its underpinning principles, showed the benefits of a strong VET system to the country’s economy and showcased WSI workforce development solutions. WSI secured a signed Agreement for Education Cooperation with East Malaysia for delivery of TAFE NSW courses. This is the outcome of forward thinking; agile, innovative and collaborative dialogues and successful people- to- people links. Australia has the opportunity to engage with our neighbours, build the platform for Australian engagement in the region, exhibit excellence and cement the reputation of Australian VET in the exciting Asian century.
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Hot topics in international education: Global updateTime: 1030-1130 4 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Mr Stephen Connelly, President, IEAA
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: All
Speakers: MrHans-GeorgvanLiempd, President EAIE
MsMeredithMcQuaid, President, NAFSA
ProfGordonCheung, President APAIE
MrThomasBuntru, Immediate Past president AMPEI, Mexico
DrLavernSamuels, President Elect, International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA)
Once again this popular session brings together senior representatives from most of the world’s major professional international education associations. Speakers will provide an update on the latest issues and developments from their region, what’s hot and what’s not, trends, priorities and the challenges faced. This session is relevant to all education sectors and is not to be missed.
Transnational education: New opportunities in Hong KongTime: 1030-1130 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Mr Peter PT Cheung, Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education, Hong Kong
Key Interests: Impact, Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions, Partnerships
Sectors: Government, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrWallaceLau, Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong
ProfTSChan, Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education, Hong Kong
MrRobertFearnside, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, Hong Kong
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In Hong Kong the Government is adopting a new attitude to transnational education. Local accreditation is now available. After accreditation, TNE students become eligible for government loans and fee support.
Hong Kong aims to become an international education hub. The Government is aware of the contributions TNE can make. A trial scheme to offer land on concessionary terms for overseas institutions to operate branch campuses in Hong Kong is in the pipeline. Also, because of the limited supply of local degree places, the burgeoning sub-degree sector in Hong Kong suggests that ‘topping-up’ degree programmes increasingly will be in demand.
Some organizations, for example the British Council, are introducing scholarships so that students in non-local courses have a chance to study in an overseas university offering the award, so as to enhance their learning experience and improve their self-image. It is quite possible that such an arrangement will be emulated by the government or become three-way, involving institutions in the Mainland as well.
Since 2009, the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) has been using an outcome-based approach and a ‘by discipline’ schedule for accreditation of TNE programmes. Programmes accredited under this process are admitted into Hong Kong’s Qualifications Register and assigned with a HKQF Level.
Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education (FSTE) represents the extension arms of all public universities, the Open University, the Vocational Training Council, Caritas-Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Management College, the College of Technology and the Institute of Technology.
Led by the Hong Kong Government, HKCAAVQ and FSTE are keen to have a dialogue with universities and institutions in Australia, to introduce the new landscape and to share thoughts on how further opportunities should be developed and how difficulties are to be overcome.
Critical success factors in transcultural and transnational teaching at home and abroadTime: 1030-1130 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Dr Anna Ciccarelli, University of Queensland
Key Interests: Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University
Speakers: A/ProfBettyLeask, University of South Australia
DrFionLim, RMIT University
In 2011, The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) commissioned the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) to prepare a Good Practice Report on Learning and Teaching across Cultures. The report reviewed the national and international literature related to the topic and summarised the learning from 14 related ALTC projects. This work highlighted best practice and identified issues and areas requiring further research and attention. This session will discuss the findings of the Good Practice Report and their implications for teachers, student services staff and their managers. This will be followed by a presentation of recent research on one of the issues identified in the report as requiring additional attention: consistency and accountability in transnational programs.
Say it in Six: Student experience 1. Experiencing a Rural Australian International Education in the Asian Century
2. The value of international students to cultural diversity in regional Australia 3. An Australian Experience for Global Students 4. Multi-Faith Facilities Why, What & How
Presentation1. ExperiencingaRuralAustralianInternationalEducationintheAsianCentury
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: DrHelenForbes-Mewett, Monash University
The recent downturn in international student numbers has led to increased competition between states and education institutions, particularly in terms of offering greater levels of safety and security for international students. Set against a rural background, this case study explores issues relating to international student security in the Asian Century and the provision of support services by a rural Australian university campus. The study considers the concepts of organic and mechanistic organisational structures to explain why this rural campus was shown to provide a greater level of international student security than has been found at main urban campuses. The international student cohort is primarily Asian and distinctively different to the traditional student cohort and local community. Interviews with staff and students reveal challenges encountered and importantly the benefits they believe are associated with studying in a rural setting. The findings would be of interest to education providers from all sectors with an interest in regional or rural campuses. It is suggested that the quality of education and support provided by rural campuses has been overlooked because of the tendency to focus on urban education institutions that attract large numbers of international students. The session would be of interest to senior industry leaders as well as newcomers to the international education industry.
Presentation2. ThevalueofinternationalstudentstoculturaldiversityinregionalAustralia
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrDelroyBrown, USQ Multicultural Centre
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The value of international students to cultural diversity in regional Australia Delroy Brown, Project Officer NESB Community Partnerships USQ Multicultural Centre Abstract. This paper argues that the presence of international students in regional Australia, which has the potential to promote cultural diversity and ensure sustainability in market share to universities, is not being exploited. While recognition is given to the economic benefits of the international student phenomenon to Australia, there is a reluctance to promote community engagement, which will not only enhance cultural diversity in regional Australia and satisfy the personal and professional goals of visiting students, but will also ensure sustainability in market share for universities. The paper provides a definition of community engagement to formulate a strategy to enhance diversity, and explores the tripartite benefits to students, local communities and universities as stakeholders. The paper discusses the value and the potential for cultural diversity in regional Australia, as well as the cultural capital they bring through community engagement with such communities.
Presentation3. AnAustralianExperienceforGlobalStudents
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University
Speakers: MsMarikaBenetti-Hille, University of Melbourne
How can the university engagement for international students be enhanced by local cultural experience? The BCom Student Experience team at the University of Melbourne undertook extensive research into the common issues surrounding local and international student integration and the notion of creating an “Australian cultural experience”. The objectives were to ascertain the range of existing programs offered within a framework of an Australian experience; conduct in-depth interviews to establish a needs review from a student perspective; and to identify any gaps. Key indicators such as uptake in activities offered and feedback from participating students have measured the success of the project. The impact of the research suggests those students involved in community programs reported a higher level of connectedness and felt more sense of belonging towards their peers and University community. New insights were revealed into expanding the use of online social media tools whose dynamic input could be harnessed to provide further ideas for program development. The paper will discuss both on and off-campus programs and how they developed, implementation and the lessons learned. Research uncovered the lack of a consistent communication strategy about the types of experiences on offer and the need for Universities to facilitate more opportunities for interaction. Most significantly students were invited to provide comment on new initiatives and contribute to new program development. These insights were then used to develop a more integrated and expanded program of targeted activities for students with immediate results. The session will provide best practice examples of orientation and experiential program activities that exist at other higher education institutions both in Australia and overseas. In addition, examples of common issues and student driven solutions will be shared. This session is designed to provide ideas and information to industry professionals involved in student engagement and orientation and transition programs.
Presentation4. Multi-FaithFacilitiesWhy,What&How
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Corporate, Government, University
Speakers: MrIssamNabulsi, Desypher Architecture Planning Urban Design
This submission is directed at the international marketing and recruiting function of universities and providers of student services. With regard to the provision of Islamic prayer facilities various universities have adopted positions from a wide spectrum of philosophical stances that develop into policies. At some point a decision is made as to how a secular institution meets the challenge of providing facilities for what is a non-secular activity. At the same time universities have themselves identified “well-being” as an integral part of a holistic educational experience and market it internationally as such. Fulfilling ones religious obligations and having easy access to all aspects of university life is an essential part of that well-being. In terms of providing facilities, university responses have varied from: implementing a sort of forced multi-faith facility in the hope that a harmony will naturally take place. What form has and should this type of facility take? What is its level of acceptance amongst students and peak bodies and what initiatives can be proposed to promote a respectful multi faith dialogue? providing a dedicated facility specifically for Muslim students. Whether world class or rudimentary, how is this workable? Does it simply promote cocooning and no interaction? How does this work towards a holistic experience? thirdly, is a sort of hybrid approach that proposes a combination of dedicated and shared facilities. What are the challenges of this approach? How does this exceed simply providing a facility? What opportunities arise to integrate specific student services and nurture dialogue and understanding? The whole educational experience that Muslim students acquire whilst in Australia contributes to shape their world views. It is that positive experience has the potential to alleviate extremism but also provide a basis for the forging of economic and cultural ties well into the future.
Say it in six: Research 1. What is it like to be in a mixed gender environment? A phenomenological study for the transitioning experience of Saudi international student in Australia 2. South-East Asian International students preparing for a Business 3. Online teaching: are we alienating our Asian students? – A case study4. Five emerging global study destinations in Asia
Time: 1030-1130 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Ms Lyndell Jacka, IDP Education
The "Say it in Six" sessions allow presenters 6 minutes to outline the main points of their presentation to all audience members. At the conclusion of all presentations, speakers will move to a designated table at the back of the room and audience members are invited to join them for additional information and discussion in an informal setting. Delegates are free to roam in between the tables as interest and time permits.
Presentation1. Whatisitliketobeinamixedgenderenvironment?Aphenomenologicalstudyforthetransitioning experienceofSaudiinternationalstudentinAustralia
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Foundation, Government, University
Speakers: MrAhmedAlhazmi, RMIT University
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The paper is part of an ongoing PhD study that investigates the experience of adapting to a mixed gender environment and what the potential impact that such experience may have upon Saudi students’ cultural identity. The paper focuses particularly on the experience of transitioning from a segregated gender environment to a mixed gender environment. The study is being conducted as there is an increasing number of Saudi students who undertake their studies in mixed gender environments in a western environment, like Australian universities, and there is a lack of literature that focuses on Saudi students’ cross cultural experiences. The central question of this paper is what does it look like for Saudi students in Australia to transition from a gender segregated environment to a mixed gender environment? A qualitative methodology, influenced by phenomenological approaches, was developed to allow the participants to describe their emergent experiences. In-depth interviews were conducted to gather data from five Saudi international students who were studying at Australian universities. The participants were three males and two females. Phenomenological description and interpretation of the data indicates that the experience of transitioning from a segregated gender environment to a mixed gender environment appeared difficult in the beginning and became positive experience at some stages. Issues relate to adjustment and adaptation, engagements with social networks, cultural identity, and a pre-departure course appeared to as an influential and essential part of the experience. Significant indications were found to support the research assumption that dialogical and dialectical influences occur between international students’ cultural identity and the formation of the cross cultural transitioning experience.
Presentation2. South-EastAsianInternationalstudentspreparingforaBusinessstudyinAustralia
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: English Language, Government, Schools, University
Speakers: MsAnnGuns, Monash University
Australian universities are increasingly working to attract international students, often from neighbouring Asian countries. This has prompted research concerning how these international students fare once they arrive in Australia to undertake higher education studies. The study aimed to better understand the support needs of students during the transition from their home countries and institutions into Australian society, culture and education. This study involves those students undertaking the Business stream of a preparatory course at an Australian University. The design involves two waves of data collection, one at the program commencement (N = 342), and another as students neared completion (N = 200). The majority of participants were born in China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore. Established scales measured dimensions of Learning Strategies, Motivations, Life Goals, Sense of Belonging, and Quality of Life. Descriptive statistics summarised the data, and repeated measures MANOVAs explored changing outcomes for students. All Learning Strategies and Motivations had a score above the midpoint at both waves, but there was a significant increase over time for some Learning Strategies (Elaboration, Organisation, Peer learning, Help seeking), and for some Motivations (Intrinsic goal orientation, Control beliefs for learning, Test anxiety). They rated Life Goals highly, except migrating to Australia. Students experienced pleasing levels of belonging and safety as well as satisfaction with their educational experience. From the 1st to the 2nd wave there were positive changes across a range of variables (Life Goals, Motivation, Learning Strategies, Quality of Life), indicating a positive transition. At a time when there has been widespread media coverage concerning the negative experiences of international students in Australia, this longitudinal study is timely in indicating that for this sample of students, their experiences are in the main positive and supportive of their life goals. This session will appeal to educational practitioners and policy makers.
Presentation3. Onlineteaching:arewealienatingourAsianstudents?–Acasestudy
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrDavidQian, Swinburne University of Technology
DrXuemeiTian, Swinburne University of Technology
ProfessorHuangZhongdong, Xuzhou Institute of Technology, China
This paper has emerged from an ongoing research project investigating the policy, behavioural and curricular issues associated with the online educational experience of Asian university students studying onshore in Australia. Two key perceptions have surfaced. First, that these students are uncomfortable with learning in online mode, despite their familiarity with computers and information technology. Second, that their command of English is a factor with debate over whether they would feel more comfortable engaging in learning activities in a class-based face-to-face context than in online mode. Arguably, while important, these concerns are symptoms of a broader problem, which may have to do with cultural and behavioural considerations both in Australia and the home country. This paper seeks to identify these underlying causes and propose potential solutions to the problems of online education. The research employs mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative and combines a descriptive and exploratory approach using both primary and secondary data sources. The major findings are drawn from a three-year, in-depth case study of an online educational initiative for onshore Asian students at Swinburne University of Technology. Our findings confirm that, although Asian student enrolments remain stable, there is indeed an undercurrent of discontent with online delivery among onshore Asian students. There is also evidence that the success rate of students in face-to-face classes is well in excess of that for online classes. However, there is more to this than simply the inappropriateness of online teaching and learning for Asian students. Our research suggests that a more considered and consultative approach that takes more care over deeper cultural concerns and addresses issues around the social as well as the educational environment is likely to dispel most concerns about online education. This could also provide potential solutions for Australian educators seeking to improve the educational experience of onshore Asian students.
Presentation4. FiveemergingglobalstudydestinationsinAsia
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrStephenLin, CQ University Australia & James Cook University
DrMoliYang, James Cook University
This paper provided an overview of five emerging global academic destinations in Asia, namely Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, China and Taiwan. These new study counties with their government support injecting substantial public funds into its international education infrastructure to compete for international students and to become global education centres. These new study destinations provide quality education at affordable prices. Globally, International education is becoming a strong driving force in worldwide economic growth. It is estimated that the demand for international education will increase to 7.2 million by 2025. Traditionally, native English speaking countries such as the US, the UK and Australia are popular study destinations for international students. The non-native English speaking countries of Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, China, and Taiwan are increasingly attracting more and more students to study in these countries by providing international students a stimulating academic, social, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment, and total English curriculum.
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1: Study in the USA: American universities in the global market 2: The American threat in the Asian CenturyTime: 1030-1130 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Mr Harmeet Pental, IDP Education
Presentation1: StudyintheUSA:Americanuniversitiesintheglobalmarket
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: University
Speakers: MsDavinaPotts, Michigan State University, USA
Once referred to as a sleeping giant in the global market for international students, the U.S. is now awake and active in Australia’s most important recruitment source countries. Although overall growth was a modest 5% in the last reporting year, specific sectors of major markets are showing more dramatic changes. 2010/11 academic year enrolments of Chinese undergraduate students grew 42% from the previous year, and while Chinese graduate student enrolments have also increased 15%, other major markets for the U.S. are showing decline, particularly at the graduate level. This raises important questions about U.S. institutional strategy in international student recruitment. The top institutions dominate the enrolment trends and have the potential capacity to soak up many more students from the global market. As state higher education budget cuts continue, many institutions are dramatically increasing targets for the recruitment of non-resident students. Recruiters are heading to Asian recruitment fairs and institutions are opening in-country offices, while broader international engagement strategies are being enacted in China, as a focus of U.S. Government strategy. This paper presents a brief update on international student enrolment data in U.S. universities to set the scene for a discussion of key strategies supporting institutional promotion and student recruitment. While as a country the U.S. does not have a consistent approach to international education promotion, state groups and individual institutions are investing in a range of strategies to bring international students to their campuses. A number of cases will be presented to illustrate the state of the market for the largest global competitor.
Presentation2: TheAmericanthreatintheAsianCentury
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: Government, University
Speakers: DrSeanGallagher, University of Sydney
Hundreds of millions of young people in Asia’s mushrooming middle classes want educational opportunities to maximize their life chances. Some leading American universities are seeking to exploit these emerging markets with innovative new approaches to higher education in Asia, while others are rapidly ramping up Asian enrolments at home. In China and Singapore, some of the world’s most prestigious universities – Yale, MIT, Duke and NYU – are slicing up the global value chain in ways akin to multinational corporations. These “MNUs” are designing education and research at home, partnering with leading Asian institutions to use cheap but high quality labour and infrastructure for their production, selling directly into offshore markets of their operations, and reinvesting the innovation dividends in better higher education products and models. At the same time cash-strapped American public universities – Washington, Berkeley, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and UCLA – now admit more than 10% of undergraduates from overseas, especially Asia, doubling since 2006 and with the same degree sticker price as Australia. Many US universities have set targets of 25% international students by 2015. Australian universities that once lay claim to educating large numbers of Asian students are under threat from higher quality American offerings. Our universities face the real risk of being left behind either by universities that move up the global higher education value chain, or by those that force Australian universities to compete on price rather than quality. This session will appeal to university and higher education strategy decision-makers. It will present the latest analysis of these new American ventures, demonstrate the changing fundamentals at the high value–high quality end of an increasingly competitive Asian market place, and describe how Australian universities can best learn from and compete with their American counterparts in the Asian Century.
1: Bridge to understanding 2: A transnational education opportunity for schools: Delivery of Year 12 in ChinaTime: 1030-1130 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Ms Marianna Lane, Australian Independent Schools QLD
Presentation1: Bridgetounderstanding
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Schools
Speakers: MsLisaHayman, Asia Education Foundation, University of Melbourne
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Across the globe school educators increasingly recognise that intercultural understanding is essential if we are to equip our young people to live and work successfully in the Asian century. Intercultural understanding assists students to understand their own cultural traditions, values and beliefs and to engage with the experiences and ideas of others. It is a prerequisite to develop responsible local and global citizens in our interconnected world. The challenge for educators is how to best enable their students to develop intercultural understanding and how to develop their own skills and capacities to lead this work in schools. The Australia–Asia School Partnerships ‘BRIDGE’ Project (Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement) has responded to this challenge by building a community of collaborative learners across Australia, China, Indonesia and South Korea through 121 school partnerships. At the heart of BRIDGE is experiential learning supported by a structured process that increases teacher and student awareness of their own and other’s cultures, improves cross cultural communication skills and reduces cultural stereotyping – all achieved within the context of core curriculum in schools. A three-week, reciprocal homestay and school visit program underpins experiential learning for BRIDGE participants. BRIDGE also utilises Web 2.0 technologies to enable ongoing collaborative partnership between schools. A purpose built BRIDGE online platform enables teacher professional learning and student interaction. The Australia-Asia School BRIDGE Project was the only Australian entry shortlisted in the final 20 projects in the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations – BMW Award for Intercultural Innovation 2011. Australia-Asia BRIDGE ranked 16th out of 400 entries across 70 nations. http://interculturalinnovation.org/bridge-asia-education-foundation/ Asia Education Foundation BRIDGE News http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/for_teachers/school_linkages/bridgenews/bridge_n ews.html
Presentation2: Atransnationaleducationopportunityforschools:DeliveryofYear12inChina
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: Schools
Speakers: DrNicholasDwyer, Haileybury College, Melbourne
DrJohnMcSwiney, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
MrVincentLee, Chengdu Shude Middle School, China
Schools, which have until recently traditionally relied only on the recruitment of international students, are now investigating the relevance of trans-national education as an international strategy. This session discusses a successful project involving the delivery of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) in China by an Australian school. The VCE allows Chinese schools to offer a pathway to their students to universities in Australia and other countries. They also benefit through the professional development of their teachers and their exposure to alternative pedagogies. As well as receiving an income stream, the Australian school benefits from the internationalisation of its endeavour and the development of its staff as educators. In the model being used, the Australian school trains teachers from Chinese partner schools in the delivery of the VCE through a short training course in Melbourne. The Chinese teachers are each assigned a mentor, who stays in contact with them when they return to China to deliver the program. The Australian Program Director visits each school several times during the year to manage quality and supervise administration. An annual conference of principals, teachers and mentors is held annually. The students sit their VCE examinations at the same time as Victorian students. The program is delivered under licence from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, which audits the quality of each schools delivery in China and issues the VCE to Chinese students who satisfy the VCEs requirements are the same as for Victorian students. In this session, the Australian school (Haileybury), one of its key Chinese partner schools (Shude Middle School in Chengdu) and the regulator (the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority) each describe the program from their own perspective. The session will provide useful information for any Australian school seeking to develop a trans-national educational offering in the future.
1: Keeping London number one: The London universities international partnership 2: AEI Research: A focus on Asia and the enhancement of international student experienceTime: 1030-1130 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 218
Chair: Mr Mike Ryan, Perth Education City
Presentation1: KeepingLondonnumberone:TheLondonuniversitiesinternationalpartnership
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrGaryDavies, University of Roehampton London
MsLouiseSutherland, Queen Mary University of London
With the changing role of the British Council in the face of significant government funding cuts, significantly increased competition from international study destinations around the world and aggressive changes to immigration policy significantly impacting recruitment markets a group of international directors of London universities started meeting to consider what if any work could be done collaboratively to defend the position of London, a brand that we all rely on. March 14th 2012 saw the launch of the London Universities International Partnership (LUIP). Looking for what elements of international recruitment can be done better collectively than individually by institutions, the collaboration of 14 of London’s universities is working to maintain London’s pre-eminent position as the world’s top city study destination. Each institution committed funds to conduct a feasibility study and have since committed further funds to get activity underway. Activity is being driven by groups of international officers rather than directors. The city currently boasts 105,000 international students from 210 countries more than New York (76,000) and Sydney (54,000), a direct contribution of £2.5bn and overall impact of £5.7bn to the London economy. The session will explore the motivations behind the creation of the group, some of the issues that have arisen in getting institutions to consider working together pooling both financial and human resources, and what work is being achieved collectively. How the group will target growth in membership from London’s 42 public HE providers and whether membership should expand to London’s expanding HE private sector. Working with London First (business membership group), London & Partners (the Mayor of London’s official promotion agency) and other London agencies, initially across three key markets, China, India and the USA, and using mostly digital channels the partnership plans to establish a series of initiatives that bring the maximum possible impact from limited resources.
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Presentation2: AEIResearch:AfocusonAsiaandtheenhancementofinternationalstudentexperience
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrSteveNerlich, Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Australian Education International (AEI) plays a key role in the provision of strategic information and research findings to support Australia’s international education sector and to enhance the experience of international students in Australia. This session will showcase recent findings from analysis of AEI international student data regarding the current trends in international education in Australia in 2012. This will include a focus on Asia and a growing trend towards study pathways in onshore education and the overall growth of offshore (transnational education) education delivery. Recent research on the employment outcomes of international students from Asia who have returned home with an Australian qualification will also be presented. AEI has also pursued research in 2012 on Australian students studying offshore, including a number of destinations in Asia. To date, information on Australians enrolled in foreign universities has been largely limited to raw numbers with little detail on level or field of education. AEI’s research is beginning to provide these new levels of detail. AEI has also collaborated with the Australian Universities’ International Directors Forum (AUIDF) to gain more detail on Australian students enrolled in Australian universities who experience a short-term international study component. AEI has also pursued longitudinal research on international student experience in Australia via national surveys conducted in 2010 and 2012 (as part of the International Student Strategy for Australia) and detailed focus group research that was conducted in 2011. This research has informed AEI-funded student support initiatives, including projects developed by peak bodies to show how survey findings are used in practice and seven demonstration projects conducted by education providers in 2012 to showcase innovations in enhancing international students’ experience of studying and living in Australia. These research findings will be presented with an emphasis on how such research is being put into practice by Australian international education providers.
1130-1140 10 minute session changeover
Lead from the back: Lessons for the next six-year cycleTime: 1140-1240 4 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Ms Helen Cook, IEAA & ETS Global
Key Interests: Recruitment, Marketing & Admissions
Sectors: All
Speakers: MrRobLawrence, Prospect Research and Marketing
Australia’s international education industry tends to encompass periods of consolidated growth, punctuated by landmark events which impact the market dynamics. Coincidentally, these events have tended to occur in six year cycles.
In 2000 Australia’s maturity as an education destination of choice was cemented by the Sydney Olympics. Google was just becoming established. And the major values drivers for Australia included safety, proximity and affordability.
By 2006 new factors were driving target audience perceptions including rankings and the supply of residency-aligned programmes. The lexicon of terms used by international students now included practical, placement, recognition and pathways. And by 2006 over 50% of international students in Australia were pre-disposed to their destination city and sought Permanent Residency.
Now in 2012 the Australian international education industry is forced to balance the challenges of a volatile global economy, the loss of many attributes, complex Government regulations and an international student cohort whose demands revolve around the one integral outcome which most international students consider as their return on investment: Employment in the field, industry and country of choice.
The pace of change over recent months has left many industry stakeholders grappling with a maelstrom of issues. And the next six year cycle could prove the most challenging yet.
Over the past six years Rob Lawrence of Prospect Research and Marketing has undertaken a series of Futurecasts to examine specific issues of relevance at that time.
For this year’s conference Rob will present the results from the largest Futurecast yet, three parallel surveys undertaken in August and September 2012, to ensure their currency. The first survey consists of 1,500 international graduates from Australian universities. The second survey consists of 1,500 international students at Australian universities who are due to complete their studies at the end of 2012. And the third survey consists of 1,500 international students who first enrolled to study at an Australian university in 2012.
The surveys will be presented as parallel results based around fifteen key themes including:
• Attitudes and perceptions towards the recognition of an Australian qualification
• The impact of changes to visa and migration criteria upon destination and programme selection
• Price points and elasticity: the extent to which exchange rates are impacting choices
• The relevance of curriculum and content in securing employment
• Future content and programme needs to ensure greater value and enhanced graduate outcomes
• The delivery of competency programmes to enhance employability including language and communication skills
• The shift from individual to family purchase patterns
• Use and application of social media when making key decisions
• Awareness and perceptions of alternative destinations and models of delivery,
• Factors impacting retention, satisfaction and affirmation
• Managing the transition from home to university, from university to employment
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Middle East in focusTime: 1140-1240 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Prof Stephanie Fahey, Monash University
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, Partnerships, Marketing & Recruitment
Sectors: All
Speakers: MrJarrodHingston, Middle East Specialist, UAE
MsPaulineNunan, University of Melbourne
MrKhalidAlshahrani, PhD Student Monash University
This session will provide an update on developments and trends in relation to the Middle Eastern region including current education reforms and priorities, demand for study abroad, perceptions of Australia and the West – particularly as study destinations, transnational education opportunities and challenges, and business and cultural challenges in partnering and working with clients in the Middle East. The session brings together a range of experts to provide an insight into Middle Eastern region with a specific focus on education and training developments and opportunities, challenges, realities on the ground and, importantly, the student experience dimension. In addition a special presentation on the Middle East in the context of the Asian Century will examine the growing relationship between the Middle East and Asia, how this relationship impacts on education and how Australia and benefit from “The Middle East of the Asian Century”.
Guiding principles to protect the human rights of international students living in AustraliaTime: 1140-1240 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Dr Eva Egron-Polak, IAU, France
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, The Student Experience
Sectors: All
Speakers: DrHelenSzoke, Race Discrimination Commissioner
MrAleemNizari, President, Council of International Students Australia (CISA) TBC
ProfDeanForbes, Flinders University
PrivateVETspeaker,TBA
In the light of Australia’s human rights obligations under international law to which Australia is a signatory, the Australian Human Right Commission has been working to develop a set of Guiding Principles to help protect the human rights of international students studying in Australia. The Guiding Principles will be made public and formally launched at this session.
The Guiding Principles are intended to provide another lens, in addition to the existing protections under for example the ESOS Act, through which Australian institutions and other responsible authorities, including governments, might view their responsibilities towards international students, to ensure that all Australia’s obligation are met and protections for international students are achieved in practice.
Following a presentation of the Guiding Principles by the Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner, responses will be invited from a panel involving international students and representatives from the education sector. Discussion will focus on the practical implications for institutions in all sectors and ways in which institutions might improve their efforts to support international students.
Printed copies of the Guiding Principles will be distributed at the session.
Say it in Six: Partnerships
1. Singapore's Global Schoolhouse Strategy: The First Ten Years 2. Reimaging the Tropics: A Case Study of a University Engaging in Asia 3. Total Engagement: The new approach to Sustainable Institutional Partnerships in China 4. From Europe to Asia: A model for faculty engagement through successful short-term study tours 5. Objectives and Approaches to Partnering with Asian Higher Education: A Strategic Plan 6. Taken to the Cleaners: Employment experiences of international students cleaning Melbourne's shopping centres. A joint report from United Voice and Victorian TAFE International
Time: 1140-1240 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Chair: Mr James Bennett, IDP Education
The "Say it in Six" sessions allow presenters 6 minutes to outline the main points of their presentation to all audience members. At the conclusion of all presentations, speakers will move to a designated table at the back of the room and audience members are invited to join them for additional information and discussion in an informal setting. Delegates are free to roam in between the tables as interest and time permits.
Presentation1. Singapore'sGlobalSchoolhouseStrategy:TheFirstTenYears
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Corporate, Government, University
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Speakers: MsVickiDrewe, University of Newcastle, Singapore
In 2002 a high level Economic Review Committee led by now National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan recommended that Singapore try to capture more of the $2 trillion higher education market by positioning itself as a 'Global Schoolhouse'. An ambitious target was set to attract 150,000 international students to Singapore by 2015 and to lift the education sector's contribution to GDP from 1.9% to 5% in the same timeframe. The Global Schoolhouse was viewed as producing a number of policy complementarities including population, labour market and economic priorities. In this presentation we review the last ten years of Singapore's global schoolhouse strategy from its inception until the present time. We examine the policy successes and setbacks and present statistical evidence of its performance. In particular we examine the development of both the public and private higher education sectors in Singapore, the growth of the tuition grant scheme in the public Universities and the introduction of the Private Education Act 2009 in the private sector. We argue that the 2011 General Election in Singapore has proved to be an historic watershed in the evolution of the Global Schoolhouse strategy which will shift policy emphasis away from the public education sector to the private.
Presentation2. ReimagingtheTropics:ACaseStudyofaUniversityEngaginginAsia
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Foundation, Government, University
Speakers: ProfStephenNaylor, James Cook University Singapore
Part of any universities ability to function in international setting is underpinned by a strategic intent. Over the last decade James Cook University (JCU) expanded its teaching and learning activities into both Singapore and China, with a generalist approach, largely testing the waters. As other institutions have come and gone, the JCU Singapore campus has grown and expanded its influence in allowing JCU to realise it is distinct and crucial role within the region. Under the stewardship of Vice Chancellor, Professor Sandra Harding, the University has articulated the strategic intent which pursues a vision in Creating a brighter future for life in the tropics worldwide through graduates and discoveries that make a difference. Whilst many charters and mission statements are variations on a common theme, JCU can claim to be distinctive in its aspirations. The organisation has employed strategy, policy and even procurement of space within the tropical zone in order to achieve its goals, teaching and learning and research are grounded in our sense of place. The final phase in embedding our strategic initiatives is being realised through a tri campus integration strategy where staff from all campuses contribute to an alignment of policies and procedures aimed at making one University in two Countries on three Campuses. As a university that was founded as Australia’s university for the tropics, JCU has a keen interest to form partnerships with governments and organisations in the tropical world, especially tropical Asia. From its Asian base in tropical Singapore, JCU has been active in promoting its educational and research offerings to an audience that live in an economically and physio geographically rich region of the world. The paper seeks to provide a case study of purposeful engagement within the Asian region though a systematic approach in embedding a strategic intent.
Presentation3. TotalEngagement:ThenewapproachtoSustainableInstitutionalPartnershipsinChina
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: University
Speakers: MsMarisaFurno, Swinburne University of Technology
The significance of developing and nurturing long-term, sustainable institutional relationships cannot be ignored by any university serious in establishing partnerships in China. International education in China continues to morph into a sophisticated, aggressive and competitive market. Competition by the US, UK and Canada continues to flood the market and steal market share. The current Chinese Ministry of Education 10-year plan has a number of directives for universities which include positioning China as a world centre for high-impact research, cultivate international relationships, increase outbound student mobility, enhance the skills of its higher education teachers, and attract foreign students to undertake study in China. These directives and Chinese institutions’ desire for highly-educated staff and students contributing to China’s continued growth provide an excellent blueprint on how to approach Chinese partnerships. Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) established a relationship with China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) in 2002. Both were keen to explore a beneficial association and work collaboratively for the benefit of staff and students. Through a consultative process between CUMT, SUT and third party, Australian Education Management Group (AEMG), the Collaborative Articulation Program (CAP) was borne. The model allowed both universities to contribute strengths and expertise into a program where students and staff profited. Along with recruitment, the model encouraged multi-dimensional collaboration at management, academic and administrative levels. In 2012, as China’s education needs continue to change in line with Ministry of Education directives, the relationship between CUMT and SUT has become a reflection of these new needs.
Presentation4. FromEuropetoAsia:Amodelforfacultyengagementthroughsuccessfulshort-termstudytours
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrBlairKuys, Swinburne University of Technology
DrScottThompson-Whiteside, Swinburne University of Technology
This session illustrates how the development and refinement of study tours in Europe has provided a platform and model for future engagement and student mobility in Asia. The case highlights how, over the last eight years, the Faculty of Design at Swinburne University of Technology has managed to facilitate a strategic direction towards Asia through short-term study tours. Given the imbalance of incoming international students from Asia, the faculty decided to shift its study abroad strategy towards Asia in 2010. While one successful study tour took place in Hong Kong, further study tours are due to take place at the end of 2012 to Vietnam, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The existing European model highlighted in this session provides academic and study abroad staff with a successful framework for developing and conducting study tours. The session highlights how this model was refined and how difficulties such as language, quality, student and staff engagement, accreditation and student enrolment were overcome and desired learning experiences were met. The success of the model is evidenced by the fact that within the Faculty of Design almost 19% of all graduating domestic undergraduate students have completed an international experience during their studies. This compares with the average of almost 11% in Swinburne and 9% nationally. From a faculty perspective, short-term study tours provide an affordable, and perhaps less intimidating way (for both staff and students) to strategically grow student mobility and create meaningful engagement with Asia. This would not be possible unless workable models were refined in the less challenging countries of Europe.
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Presentation5. ObjectivesandApproachestoPartneringwithAsianHigherEducation:AStrategicPlan
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Corporate, Government, University
Speakers: DrJoeDelap, Jacksonville State University
Experience shows that universities can benefit from a guiding philosophy and strategic plan in forming partnerships in Asia, specifically by selecting academic areas according to their disciplinary strengths and institutional capacities. Success can be bolstered by seeking academic partnerships that include dual/ joint degrees in academic areas in which the university has appropriate academic infrastructure to support additional students and in which Asian students also have an interest. Jacksonville State University (JSU), a medium-sized doctoral institution drawing on its own strengths while bringing international diversity in all of its facets to its campus, has developed a strategic initiative and implementation scheme specifically for partnering with Asian universities, matching students’ academic interests to JSU programs with capacity for growth and expanding opportunities for student and faculty exchanges with Asian universities in a proactive mode of engagement. Working with professional consultants specializing in Asian partnerships, leaders at JSU who are also experienced in partnership building in Asia have built upon and expanded the university’s existing ties under the plan. With good models in place for dual degrees as well as internationally attractive stand-alone programs, a successful strategy informs effective steps for working directly with ministries and the provinces, as well as looking to consortial relationships with other American universities that prioritize partnership-building with Asia. Formulating and following a strategic plan that closely follows the twelve principal constituents of a global university detailed by AIEA president William Brustein plays an indispensable role in the success of this endeavour. The steps in the process will be carefully outlined to apply to international universities looking to improve potential and existing partnerships with higher education in Asia. This session is designed for senior industry leaders across all sectors.
Presentation6. TakentotheCleaners:EmploymentexperiencesofinternationalstudentscleaningMelbourne'sshopping centres.AjointreportfromUnitedVoiceandVictorianTAFEInternational
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: Vocational Education
Speakers: DrKateDempsey, Victorian TAFE International
Whilst there have been a number of anecdotal stories reported to various inquiries and in the media, very little dedicated research has been done on the work undertaken by international students while they study in Australia. As a part of its Clean Start: Fair Deal for Cleaners Campaign the United Voice Victorian Branch surveyed cleaners working at major suburban shopping centres. It discovered that 10% (35) of those responding to the survey were international students. United Voice Victoria was concerned about the working conditions and the abuse of working rights which it saw occurring among international students and sought to work with Victorian TAFE International in order to bring awareness of this issue to the sector and broader community.
This project seeks to understand the employment experiences of international students cleaning Melbourne’s shopping centres. The project analysed the responses of 35 international student cleaners who participated in a broader shopping centre cleaner survey. This data is supplemented by a small number of qualitative interviews. It is a unique collaborative effort between an international education association and a union.
IEAA Awards: Presentations by the winners of best practice/innovation in international education categoryTime: 1140-1240 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Ms Helen Zimmerman, Navitas
Key Interests: All
Sectors: All
Speakers: Speakers will be announced during IEAA Awards Ceremony in the Opening Plenary Session on Wednesday and advised in AIEC Daily Newsletter
This session showcases diverse examples of good practice from the 2012 IEAA Awards so that these ideas and approaches may be shared with other practioners. This award recognises the work of an individual or team who have contributed to international education through a groundbreaking development in an area including, but not restricted to, international development, internationalisation of the curriculum, marketing and communication, support programs for international students, pathway initiatives, mobility programs or social inclusion activities.
1240-1430 LunchintheExhibitionHall
Sponsor Information Session: Mi Health
Time: 1330 - 1350 4 Oct 2012
Room: AIEC Exhibition Information Space
Speakers: FulvioFattore, GM Sales & Service Alliances, Medibank
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Sponsor Information Session: Victorian Government, Study Melbourne: Opportunities for Victorian Education in the Middle East and Asia Minor
Time: 1400 - 1420 4 Oct 2012
Room: AIEC Exhibition Information Space
Speakers; KarineAtaya, Regional Director - Education, Victorian Government Business Office, Dubai, UAE
Refer to Page 11 for further information. Lunch in Exhibition and bring with you.
IEAA AGM (Lunch provided in room)Time: 1240 - 1425 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 216
Global collaboration in education, training & research: The view from Hong KongTime: 1430-1545 4 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Prof Stephanie Fahey, Monash University
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, Partnerships, Marketing & Recruitment
Sectors: All
Speakers: ProfKaHaMok, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
ProfGordonCheung, President APAIE & Chinese University of Hong Kong
MrWallaceLau, Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong
EmeritusProfKwongLeeDow, University of Melbourne (Discussant)
While the driving forces for the development of education systems are fundamentally national, there is an accelerating trend for education, and particularly higher education, to move out beyond the national to the global. This phenomenon is evident in many if not most countries. Motives are mixed, but most come down to the desire by countries through their higher education institutions to become or to remain prosperous and to be successful within the new and emerging global economic and political order. This is the reality.
Asia, as other emerging powerhouse regions, is increasingly significant as a site for new knowledge generation. International collaborations with Asian experts are rapidly increasing. The evidence of Asian discovery, innovation and growing power is everywhere, from rapidly increasing citations in major scientific journals, to the impact of new technology to the growing appeal of Asian media and cultures generally around the globe. The whole world is turning towards Asia.
How is Asia, or more precisely, how are the different countries within Asia, responding to this interest? What do governments and education institutions in these countries see as important and what are their priorities? What are the prospects for increased and mutually beneficial education, training and research collaborations with Asia? How might we, in Australia, Europe, the Americas and other world regions, foster effective partnerships with Asia? This series of four mini-plenaries will attempt to answer these questions. Senior figures from a number of Asian countries will present the view from their country’s perspective and will be joined by a discussant to throw light on the issues and priorities for our consideration and action.
HONGKONG
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) is widely regarded as home to some of the world’s best academic and research institutions and has the potential to become one of the leading regional education hubs in Asia. University responses to the promotion of internationalization and regional outreach together with the policy implications associated with the challenges of internationalizing student learning will be discussed by senior representatives of two of Hong Kong’s major tertiary institutions. The panellists will also discuss the aims and objectives of higher education institutions in Hong Kong for the promotion of international collaboration in education and research.
The session will consider the prospects for higher education institutions around the world to increase mutually beneficial collaborations with institutions in Asia, including Hong Kong, in curriculum development, student and faculty mobility, research and collaborative partnerships generally. The views of the Hong Kong SAR education administrative authorities in relation to the internationalization of education, research and training will also be discussed.
Do higher education institutions have global responsibilities?Time: 1430-1545 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Prof Hans de Wit, Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI), Italy
Key Interests: Policy & Strategy
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrEvaEgron-Polak, Secretary General International Association of Universities (IAU), France
ProfColinRiordan, Vice-Chancellor Cardiff University & Chair of the International and European Policy Network of Universities UK,
EmeritusProfJohnNilandAC, Vice-Chancellor & President of UNSW 1992-2002, Chairman Singapore Management University’s International Academic Review Panel, Australia
ProfJohnHudzik, Michigan State University & NAFSA, USA
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The world of higher education is characterized by competition for prestige, talent and resources on both national and global scales. At many institutions, internationalization is now part of a strategy to enhance prestige, global competitiveness and revenue. As higher education has in some respects become a global ‘industry’, so has internationalization of higher education become, in some quarters, a competition in which commercial and other interests sometimes overshadow higher education’s fundamental academic mission and values. Competition is in danger of displacing collaboration as the foundation for internationalization.
In April 2012 the International Association of Universities issued a statement Affirming Academic Values in Internationalization of Higher Education: A Call for Action drawing attention to the potentially adverse consequences of internationalization. These include risks, uneven benefits and asymmetrical power relations between institutions, countries and regions. IAU’s goal in raising awareness of these potential risks is to ensure that action is taken to avoid them.
What are the global responsibilities of higher education institutions? How do higher education institutions avoid the potentially adverse unintended consequences of internationalization? How might institutions cooperate to address global challenges? Could global responsibility be a core principle driving the internationalization of higher education, informing the academic, social, and economic objectives and practices of higher education institutions? How can we strengthen education to be a “global public good?” What is the role of national governments in supporting institutions fulfil their global responsibilities?
Indonesia in focusTime: 1430-1545 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Prof Dean Forbes, Flinders University
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, Partnerships, Marketing & Recruitment
Sectors: All
Speakers: ProfGregBarton, Monash Asia Institute
ProfDavidReeve, UNSW
MsIslaWinarto, IDP Education, Indonesia
This session brings together a panel of Indonesia specialists who will provide a comprehensive overview of the current socio-political and education developments and directions in Indonesia. Issues to be addressed include current priorities in education, challenges facing education providers in the region, strategies and obstacles in relation to internationalization, key policy initiatives, mobility of foreign students to Indonesia, factors influencing the overseas Indonesian student market, competitor activity and opportunities for foreign education providers. This session aims to bring delegates up to speed with Indonesia today and looking to the future.
To internationalise the curriculum do we need to internationalise our staff?Time: 1430-1545 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Prof Michelle Barker, Griffith University
Key Interests: Teaching & Learning
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrShantonChang, University of Melbourne
MrJosBeelen, University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ProfEmeritaElspethJones, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
DrCraigWhitsed, Murdoch University
While it might have once been assumed that the presence of international students on our campuses indicated that our curricula were ‘internationalised’, many now accept that more needs to be done. For some this means ensuring that teaching and support staff themselves have international experience, so that they can ‘internationalise’ their teaching and the student experience. Others question the assumption that international experience necessarily changes practice.
So, how do we ensure that students receive an education appropriate for the demands of the ‘Asian century’? How do universities ensure that the staff they recruit are fit for this purpose?
This session promises to be lively and interactive. After a short introduction and overview from each of the panellists, audience members will have the opportunity to direct questions to them, in much the same way they do in the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s popular program ‘Q and A’.
1: From West to East: The challenges, opportunities, and strategies to increase the flow of student mobility to Asia 2: Strategies for inclusion in student mobility: Distance education, regional and low SES students 3: There’s no place like home: Challenging restrictions on students going “home” For a study abroad experienceTime: 1430-1545 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Mr Rob Malicki, AIM Overseas
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Presentation1: FromWesttoEast:Thechallenges,opportunities,andstrategiestoincreasetheflowofstudentmobilitytoAsia
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsDawnKoban, RMIT University
MrJGallegos, University of North Carolina, USA
Student mobility is becoming increasingly important to institutions worldwide as the globalisation of higher education continues to evolve. As never before, student mobility is becoming a strategic and operational priority for governments and tertiary institutions. This is clearly translating into numbers particularly in Australia where outbound mobility has experienced significant growth in just the last 5 years. Similarly, the US is steadily growing, but as in Australia, Asia continues to slump behind as a popular study destination for both student cohorts. Although there has been modest growth in the number of mobile students in recent years from the US and Australia, these numbers pale when compared to other countries of similar size and status who also undertake mobility in the region. With such imbalances between the number of incoming and outgoing mobile students, institutions have had to re-examine their engagement with partners in the region and employ strategies that address these unique challenges. Institutions in both Australia and the US have successfully increased and sustained a healthy exchange of students with their partners in Asia. This session will explore the individual challenges, opportunities, and strategies employed by The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Design (RMIT) University in Australia and the University of North Carolina in Charlotte (UNC-C), USA to create meaningful, sustainable mobility programs with their Asian institutional counterparts. The University of North Carolina in Charlotte has been facilitating successful mobility programs in Asia for many years with more than 100 UNC-C students studying in Japan over the past 10 years and mobility in China is continuing to soar. RMIT University has had similar successes with significant student mobility in China, Thailand, and Vietnam in varying outbound program types. Each institution will discuss their individual programming models that will provide practical insight to: Promotion, faculty engagement, language acquisition, relationship management, and countering imbalances.
Presentation2: Strategiesforinclusioninstudentmobility:Distanceeducation,regionalandlowSESstudents
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsLindaRust, Charles Sturt University
MsShevahnTelfser, Charles Sturt University
CSU has increased its participation by distance education, regional and low SES students by devising and implementing a range of strategies to target these students. This session will identify some of the challenges facing these students, and address opportunities for their inclusion. This session is targeted at mobility office practitioners and other staff who are looking at ways to target distance education, regional and low SES students, through the introduction of marketing strategies and shorter term options to the Asia Pacific region.
Presentation3: There’snoplacelikehome:Challengingrestrictionsonstudentsgoing“home”Forastudyabroadexperience
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsKateJennings, University of Alberta, Canada
MsChristineBerry, University of Auckland, NZ
MsKateSmart, University of Sydney
A/ProfAnnePakir, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Institutions are increasing targets for outbound student mobility, yet many institutions have rules that restrict students going/coming “home” for a study abroad experience. Often affected by such restrictions are students of Chinese, Korean, Singaporean, and many other Asian country’s descents. We site arguments such as “students who have never been to the country will benefit more from the experience” or “students will learn more by studying in a new country rather than going “home””, but is there research that supports these and other arguments? Are we unnecessarily restricting students from participating in our education abroad programs? Do we need to change our practice, including in defining “home”, to catch up with immigration/emigration realities in many countries around the globe? Could active promotion of short-term opportunities at “home” help in recruiting, and retaining, international students? Colleagues from institutions in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and North America will share their views and experiences with sending/receiving students “home” for a study abroad experience. Following a panel discussion, participants will be encouraged to share their own perspectives and to join us in examining existing paradigms. This session is designed for industry leaders across all sectors, but will be of particular interest to education abroad colleagues.
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Global collaboration in education, training & research: The view from ChinaTime: 1615-1730 4 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Cathryn Hlavka, Minister Counsellor (Education and Research) Australian Embassy, PR China
Key Interests: Policy, Advocacy & Strategy, Partnerships, Marketing & Recruitment
Sectors: All
Speakers: ProfLiXiangkun, Hubei University, PRC
ProfLiuJianfeng, National Institute of Science, PRC
MrYuXiaonan, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, PRC
MsFionaDocherty, The University of New South Wales (Discussant)
While the driving forces for the development of education systems are fundamentally national, there is an accelerating trend for education, and particularly higher education, to move out beyond the national to the global. This phenomenon is evident in many if not most countries. Motives are mixed, but most come down to the desire by countries through their higher education institutions to become or to remain prosperous and to be successful within the new and emerging global economic and political order. This is the reality.
Asia, as other emerging powerhouse regions, is increasingly significant as a site for new knowledge generation. International collaborations with Asian experts are rapidly increasing. The evidence of Asian discovery, innovation and growing power is everywhere, from rapidly increasing citations in major scientific journals, to the impact of new technology to the growing appeal of Asian media and cultures generally around the globe. The whole world is turning towards Asia.
How is Asia, or more precisely, how are the different countries within Asia, responding to this interest? What do governments and education institutions in these countries see as important and what are their priorities? What are the prospects for increased and mutually beneficial education, training and research collaborations with Asia? How might we, in Australia, Europe, the Americas and other world regions, foster effective partnerships with Asia? This series of four mini-plenaries will attempt to answer these questions. Senior figures from a number of Asian countries will present the view from their country’s perspective and will be joined by a discussant to throw light on the issues and priorities for our consideration and action.
The 2012 International Student Survey: Australia’s international students tell us how we stack upTime: 1615-1730 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Mr Kevin Brett, i-graduate
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsAinslieMoore, Universities Australia
MrKevinBrett, i-graduate
MrSteveNerlich, Australian Education International
MsIngeborgLoon, ACPET
MsSueBlundell, English Australia
MsElizabethWebber, Australian Government Schools International
MrPeterHolden, TAFE Directors Australia
In 2012, peak industry bodies and government stakeholders closely collaborated on perhaps the most comprehensive and inclusive research project conducted on international students’ experience of studying and living in Australia. For tertiary, English language and school students, the International Student Barometer survey instrument was used to enable comparisons with international student experience benchmarks established from other participating educational institutions in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. As a key component of the COAG International Student Strategy for Australia 2010-2014, Australian Education International (AEI) provided grant funding to the peak industry bodies for English language, school and tertiary-level international education to enable them to engage their member organisations in the survey. AEI also collaborated with state and territory governments and private sector representatives to undertake a survey of international students in Australian secondary schools. This presentation will showcase the key findings of this research and also demonstrate how the findings of the 2012 survey and the preceding 2010 survey are already being used to enhance the learning and living experience of international students in Australia.
1: White knight or the devil in disguise: The role of the private sector in higher education in developing countries 2: Comparative analysis of traditional education hubs: One size fits all?Time: 1615-1730 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: A/Prof Chris Ziguras, RMIT University Melbourne and Vietnam
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Presentation1: Whiteknightorthedevilindisguise:Theroleoftheprivatesectorinhighereducationindevelopingcountries
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrDuleepDeosthale, Manipal International University, Malaysia
DrRosieBateson, Universityas Jakarta Internasional, Indonesia
DrAvichalKapur, Meghe Group of Universities, Nagpur, India
The private sector has been at the forefront of the tremendous growth in the international branch campus or the establishment of a new campus in various developing countries. The very fact that IBC’s have grown from 84 in 2006 to over 200 in just five years is a clear indicator of the global appetite for HE. While the global economic crisis stares down governments by imposing monumental challenges in their search for human and economic resources, the private sector has become a much needed resource partner to help resolve these issues. As populations grow and the demand for a college degree becomes critical for a nations survival, could the private sector have positioned itself any better in helping deliver on this promise. In the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia and the Far East different organizations have taken different approaches but with the same objective: capacity building and positioning themselves as a partner in finding solutions to this vexing issues. However, how do new institutions address scale and quality with capacity building in mind is the focus of this session which will highlight challenges and explore solutions based on the experiences of some in these markets and how sustainable are these and other models in light of the global demand regarding access to higher education.
Presentation2: Comparativeanalysisoftraditionaleducationhubs:Onesizefitsall?
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsElizabethShepherd, British Council, Hong Kong
MsZainabMalik, British Council, Hong Kong
Traditional education destinations such as the United Kingdom and the United States have employed similar successful strategies to attract and grow their international student bodies. With the advent of the “Asian Century,” emerging education hubs such as China and Singapore are looking to emulate the successes of traditional education host destinations. This presentation will identify the strategies behind the continued success of the largest exporters of education. Further, it will examine if this winning formula is transferable or adaptable for up and coming markets. From analysis of Education Intelligences’ Student Insight survey, that since 2007 has collected over 150,000 responses from prospective students globally, we aim to explore if there is a universal production function for successfully attracting international student mobility and it is applicable to advancing economies? This session is designed to provide insights on current recruitment trends and challenges and would be relevant to industry practitioners, administrators, and policymakers.
Have tactics towards competitive advantage tainted international education?Time: 1615-1730 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Mr Shaun Wellbourne-Wood, University of Western Australia
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrShaunWellbourne-Wood, University of Western Australia
DrNormanPeterson, Montana State University, USA
DrJohnDuncan, MIBT
MrKellySmith, University of Western Australia
MsAilsaLamont, RMIT University
The term ‘education counsellor’ has always held relative esteem within the international education industry. By using this term, agents invoke a narrative and nomenclature that alludes to the impartial and dissociated reflection of students’ aspirations and circumstances, and suggests that they can independently match an institution that will best realize their aspirations. Dig a little, and in increasing circumstances we won’t always find at the core of this ritual, the paramount interests of the students and their parents or sponsors. This panel will explore some ‘hypothetical, or alleged practices’ and test their ethical veracity against the moral and regulatory code of our sector. Is setting targets for agents contrary to the underlying mandate for us all to act in the best possible interests of students? Should differentiated commissions and bonus structures be declared to students and parents? What about bonuses to individual counsellors for performance, marketing payments and agency bonuses, paying for exclusive access to schools and their career counsellors? In exploring these dilemmas, we will concurrently explore, from an institutional perspective, the new power relationship between agents and institutions that has emerged in the wake of substantial growth, increased competition and the burgeoning of a global lucrative representative industry. This is a panel for anecdotes, reflection, and questioning; culminating in the propositions: “Have we lost our way, or at least our dignity, and do we need to fix it?” Or, “Is the free market functioning in the interests of global competition for the commodity of education?”
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1: Improving support for the exchange of research students and staff: Perspectives from Europe and Australia 2: Designing for learning through international experience: Possibilities and pitfallsTime: 1615-1730 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Ms Tze Ay Chuah, UTS
Presentation1: Improvingsupportfortheexchangeofresearchstudentsandstaff:PerspectivesfromEuropeandAustralia
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: University
Speakers: MsKarinKlitgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
MsDawnKoban, RMIT University
The international exchange of students and staff is a core element of most major universities internationalisation programs. However, when it comes to supporting the short-term mobility and exchange of PhDs and post doctoral students, and senior researchers there is often a lack of process and resource. This session looks at the challenges involved and how things are changing for the better in Europe and Australia.
Presentation2: Designingforlearningthroughinternationalexperience:Possibilitiesandpitfalls
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrWendyGreen, The University of Queensland
A/ProfJanGothard, Murdoch University
ProfJennyStrong, The University of Queensland
Governments, universities, students and employers in Australia and elsewhere hold high expectations regarding the benefits of what is commonly known as ‘study abroad’, or ‘student exchange’. Short term international learning experiences voluntarily undertaken for credit are thought to nurture the development of ‘global citizens’ - graduates who are not only able to work successfully in a global marketplace, but also willing to work towards ‘solving the most pressing problems of global significance’ (Lewin 2009: xiv). These expectations underpin public and institutional policy on ‘credit mobility’ (Macready and Tucker 2011) in many countries. Some assume that studying abroad will ‘automatically’ be beneficial, but this ‘romanticised view’ (Byram and Feng, 2006) is questionable. Studies show marked variations in students’ cultural learning, from those who remain virtually untouched, or have their prejudices enforced, to those who are transformed (Byram and Feng 2006). We argue, with Bennett and Salonen (2007: 46) that learning from intercultural experiences only emerges as we ‘construe those events and then reconstrue them in transformative ways’. This learning cannot be predicted or overly controlled, but it can be designed for. In this panel session, we discuss three different Australian approaches to structuring and supporting students’ learning in and through international experience, as follows;
• ‘Bringing the learning home’: resources which can be adapted by academic or professional staff developing extra-curricular programs for all outbound students
• ‘Vicarious global learning in the health sciences’: an extension of an established interprofessional placement program in Vietnam through the creation of multi-media resources embedded into courses taken by students on the home campus.
• ‘Reflective writing: Documenting the international experience’: a core (compulsory) course, based on reflective learning undertaken in conjunction with a compulsory semester abroad in a Bachelor of International Studies Program.
The session will begin with a brief overview of ‘study aboard’ and conclude with reflections on the possibilities and pitfalls in designing for cultural learning through international experience.
1: Australia’s Asia Literacy in the Asian Century 2: Parents understanding Asia literacyTime: 1615-1730 4 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Prof Kent Anderson, The University of Adelaide
Presentation1: Australia’sAsiaLiteracyintheAsianCentury
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsKirrileeHughes, Australian National University
This session explores the notion of “Asia literacy” as a government–sponsored attempt to increase Australian students’ linguistic competency in Asian languages and their knowledge of Asian cultures and societies. The Australian Government’s recently commissioned White Paper “Australia in the Asian Century” (the Henry Review) is the last in a long line of similar reviews. Through a close reading of this “official” literature (government reports, statements and other publicly-released documents focusing on Australia’s Asia literacy) and interviews with the main authors, this session examines “Asia literacy” in terms of how has been defined and measured in Australia since the early 1970s and its connections with Australia’s international education industry. Significantly, this session will interrogate how Asia literacy has been quantified and argue that the conventional means of measuring Asia literacy produce a very specific type of literacy amongst a very specific population in Australia. Census data will be presented which reveals “latent” Asia literacy in students at Australian primary and secondary schools, TAFEs and Universities. This session will propose new ways of harnessing these existing levels of linguistic competency in Asian languages to reinvigorate approaches to Australia’s Asia literacy for the Asian century. This session draws from the presenter’s doctoral research at the Australian National University.
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Presentation2: ParentsunderstandingAsialiteracy
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Government, Schools
Speakers: MrIanDalton, Australian Parents Council
MsTamerlaineBeasley, Beasley Intercultural
Parents influence the subject choices students make. Informed and engaged parents also drive school curriculum choices and pathways that are best for their children. There is a genuine interest among parents in their children having the opportunity to study other languages and cultures. However, there are also high levels of confusion and uncertainty about how this can be done effectively in an already crowded curriculum. The Parents understanding Asia literacy (PUAL) project established a network of parents to work collaboratively with their school leaders to build student demand for knowledge, skills and understanding of Asia and to increase opportunities for them to be exposed to high quality and sustainable teaching programs. It was funded by the Australian Government under the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program. Parent advocates from government, Catholic and independent schools attended one day training sessions in clusters of schools. The aims of the training sessions were to prepare parent advocates to work in their communities to promote Asia literacy, to provide training in effective advocacy and influencing skills, to support parents in their planning for the project and enable ideas sharing. The project was led by the two peak school parent bodies, the Australian Parents Council and the Australian Council of State School Organisations. The Asia Education Foundation provided project guidance and learning resources. Beasley Intercultural designed and delivered training to parent advocates. Erebus International led the research elements of the project and will develop a what works guide. The project was unique in its endeavour to strategically use parents as agents of positive influence in their school communities. This session will present findings from the project and be of interest to school leaders and schooling policy makers across all school sectors.
1900-2300 ConferenceDinner“EastmeetsWest” Sponsored by IDP Education
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FRIDAY 5 OCTOBERCONFERENCE SESSIONS
0830 – 1430 RegistrationOpen
0830 – 1330 AIEC2012ExhibitionOpen
0830 – 0900 ArrivalTea&Coffee(AIECExhibition)
Plenary Session and Q&A with International Education Advisory Council Chair Michael Chaney AOTime: 0900-0945 5 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Mr Stephen Connelly, President, IEAA
Key Interests: Impact, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: All
Speakers: MrMichaelChaneyAO, Chair, International Education Advisory Council
MsSueBlundell, English Australia
MrDavidRiordin, TAFE Directors Australia
MrAleemNizari, Council of International Students Australia (CISA) (invited)
Universityrepresentative, TBA
The announcement by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator the Hon Chris Evans of the establishment of the International Education Advisory Council in 2011 underlined the Government's commitment to the future of international education in Australia. Asked to provide advice to the Australian Government to help inform the development of a five year national strategy, Council Chair, Michael Chaney, and Council members have now consulted widely with education stakeholders following the release of a discussion paper in April 2012. The Council believes that a vision for international education should reflect Australia's position as a high quality provider of education and training and should affirm that Australia welcomes international students and helps them to achieve their goals. The Council is currently reviewing submissions and anticipates reporting to the Minister before the end of the year.
Join Michael Chaney and a panel of industry representatives for this "Town Hall" style session.
The internationalisation of education in Asia: A regional conversationTime: 0945-1045 5 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Assoc Prof Anne Pakir, NUS, Singapore
Key Interests: Partnerships, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: All
Speakers: ProfGordonCheung, President APAIE & Chinese University of Hong Kong
ProfJandhyalaTilak, National University of Educational Planning and Administration New Delhi, India
ProfYeonseobHa, Yonsei University, Korea
ProfLiXiangkun, Hubei University, PR China
This session is a dialogue between Asian experts about their views of global trends for engagement with Asia and Asia’s response. Asia is increasingly significant as a site for new knowledge generation. International collaborations with Asian experts are rapidly increasing. The evidence of Asian discovery, innovation and growing power is everywhere, from rapidly increasing citations in major scientific journals, to the impact of new technology to the growing appeal of Asian media and cultures generally around the globe. The whole world is turning towards Asia.
A panel of senior educationalists from across the Asian region will discuss amongst themselves how Asia or more precisely how the different countries of Asia are responding to this global interest. Matters to be discussed include: what do governments and education institutions in Asian countries see as important and what are their priorities and plans for engagement with other countries and regions?; what are the prospects for increased and mutually beneficial education, training and research collaborations within the Asian region?; Concretely, how might Australia, Europe, the Americas and other world regions best foster and maintain effective partnerships with Asian countries?
The intention of this session is for the audience to witness a discussion between and amongst Asian experts themselves about the emergence of Asia and its education engagement with other parts of the world. This discussion will be facilitated by Associate Professor Anne Pakir of the National University of Singapore.
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Chile in focusTime: 0945-1045 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Ms Tracy Harris, Austrade Latin America
Key Interests: Partnerships, Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, Marketing & Recruitment
Sectors: All
Speakers: DrJuanManuelZolezziCid,Rector, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
ProfessorVictorPerezVera,Rector, Universidad de Chile
MrDavidNelson, ICTE, University of Queensland
MsMichelleEspinoza, PhD Student, Monash University & BECAS Scholar from Chile
This session brings together a panel of senior Chilean representatives and experts who will provide an overview of education developments and directions in Chile. Issues to be discussed include current priorities in education, challenges facing education providers in the region, motivations, strategies and obstacles in relation to internationalization, key policy initiatives, mobility of students and researchers to and from Chile and, importantly, the student experience dimension. This session aims to provide delegates with some unique insights into Chile including highlighting opportunities for collaboration.
The other members of the Chilean Rectors delegation will participate in the session Q&A as required and will be available for informal discussion after the session. They are:
• Dr Victor Cubillos Godoy, Rector, Universidad Austral de Chile
• Dr Jose Rodriguez Perez, Rector, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
• Sr Oscar Garrido Alvarrez, Rector, Universidad de Los Lagos
• Alejandro Rodriguez Musso, Director of International Relations and Linkages, Universidad de Valparaiso
• Maria Teresa Marshall Infante, Executive Director, Governing Council of Chilean Universities (CRUCH)
Education as an export for Australia: More valuable than gold, but for how long?Time: 0945-1045 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Mr Stephen Connelly, IEAA
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MrAlanOlsen, SPRE P/L
MrStephenConnelly, IEAA
International education has been an important export for Australia, more valuable than gold. The value peaked at $17.995 billion in 2009/10, but dropped to $15.753 billion in 2010/11. NSW and Victoria each dropped $1 billion in export revenue from 2009/10 to 2010/11. In 2010/11, education was Australia’s third largest export, behind iron and coal, ahead of gold, tourism, crude oil and natural gas. Education is the only one of our top exports that captures Australia as more than a quarry with a view.
Education as an export dropped further to $15.127 billion in calendar 2011. Current modelling is that the value will drop further to $14.234 billion in 2012, will bottom out at $14.192 billion in 2013, then will grow slowly. Perhaps 25,000 jobs across the Australian economy will have been lost. 7,000 of these jobs will have been lost in education institutions, including in college collapses.
The conference presentation will look to the future, modelling slow growth after 2013. Assuming that fees increase with inflation, education will again be worth $18 billion by 2018, numbers of international students will recover to 600,000 by 2020.
In this modelling, higher education increases from 36% of international student numbers in 2009 to 49% in 2020. Other sectors increasingly will become conduits to higher education.
This session on modelling the future of international education will be of interest to industry leaders across all sectors.
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1: Bridging gaps, breaking down barriers and building skills: Community engagement, volunteering and international students 2: Safety & integration of international studentsTime: 0945-1045 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Ms Marion van Rooden, Department of Business and Innovation, Victoria
Presentation1: Bridginggaps,breakingdownbarriersandbuildingskills:Communityengagement,volunteeringand internationalstudents
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: University
Speakers: MsJoannaShaw, La Trobe University
When international students are matched to local volunteering opportunities in the community it’s a “win-win” for everyone. This initiative came about in response to the International Student Barometer that shows us consistently that international students rate their experience of studying in Australia as a positive one, but of connecting with the community as disappointing if not nonexistent. Stereotypes persist of international students, who in turn lack the networks and opportunities to seek realistic and positive engagement opportunities beyond their immediate needs of study, work and survival. With a backdrop of racist attacks against students in Melbourne’s north, and a subsequent drop in confidence in the international student market, partnerships were forged with local Councils, Police, and community groups to link students with volunteering opportunities. Through this intra-university partnership, students are provided with community engagement projects to work on in return for professional development designed to develop their communication, leadership and conflict management skills. Ultimately students gain credits towards a university based volunteer recognition scheme. Local Councils and community groups get a multicultural, multilingual workforce for their events, and international students get training, practical experience, networks, and intense exposure to Australian culture and community in action. The initiative has seen students gain valuable experience, use multilingual skills, connect with expatriate communities and local Australian groups, practice their English, and share their culture and knowledge widely. Communities have gained an insight into the experiences and contexts international students represent, and had eager and willing helpers on a range of projects from Blue Light Discos, to old people’s homes, multicultural festivals, and arts events. The program has the potential for far reaching benefits in building a more resilient international student community, building confidence in the community, and showcasing the valuable contribution of international students to our community thus breaking down barriers of misunderstanding and generating partnerships, and trust.
Presentation2: Safety&integrationofinternationalstudents
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Government, Schools, University
Speakers: MsElizabethShepherd, British Council, Hong Kong
MsDanielleHartridge, ISANA: International Education Association
Internationally as higher education provision grows and modes of delivery evolve in sophistication and increase number, internationally mobile students have increasing choice before them. Research shows that potential students are influenced by the experience of their peers who study before them. Mobile technology and social media allow individuals and peer groups to remain constantly in communication. Never before has student feedback been move available and in demand. Students can gain credential and qualifications anywhere in the world, increasingly without having to leave their home country or region. Positive student experience, development of analytical and creative thinking skills, full integration into both University and local community are essential in creating full filled and employable graduates ready to contribute to the global economy. This session will aim to further explain the factors that impact on making the international student experience a positive one, by drawing on Education Intelligences’ Student Insight survey that since 2007 has collected over 150,000 potential students’ thoughts and aspirations about overseas study. We aim to understand how institutions can react to these changes and how home students and wider communities can contribute to possible solutions.
Exploring findings from the Learning Without Borders Project: developing and supporting transnational academic leaders to enable TNE teaching excellence and internationalization of the curriculumTime: 0945-1045 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Ms Siobhan Lenihan, Office for Learning and Teaching
Key Interests: Transnational Education
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrBeenaGiridharan, Curtin University, Sarawak
MsVeronicaGoerke, Curtin University
ProfMargaretMazzolini, Victoria University
A/ProfPeterLing, Swinburne University of Technology
MsGillianLueckenhausen, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak
ProfShelleyYeo, Curtin University
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Transnational education (TNE) involves collaborative efforts of programme and unit coordinators working with colleagues from offshore branch campuses or international partner institutions within cross-cultural contexts. Sustainable approaches to recognising and rewarding leaders in TNE are arguably key to achieving teaching excellence at partner and branch campuses.
This conference session will explore perspectives of staff at both onshore and offshore campuses, as studied during a two-year collaborative project between the Australian and Malaysian campuses of Swinburne University of Technology and Curtin University. It will highlight the broad outcomes and recommendations from this Australian Learning and Teaching (ALTC, now Office for Learning & Teaching, OLT) funded project entitled “Learning Without Borders: Linking Development of transnational leadership roles to international and cross-cultural teaching excellence”.
The project involved identifying issues relating to recognition and support for staff in TNE roles – both at home and abroad – and identifying what engaging, just-in-time professional development approaches might assist them to function and collaborate effectively.
TNE partnerships also bring contested ‘internationalisation of the curriculum’ concepts into focus: even widely quoted definitions of internationalisation of the curriculum can bear further inspection, when applied to curricula which is both delivered and experienced across multiple campuses and in different cultural settings. In particular, transnational quality assurance approaches that universities use to ensure equivalence for delivery in multiple countries can variously constrain or enrich internationalisation aspects of curriculum, both offshore and on the home campus.
In this Conference Session the project team will use a mix of presentations, demonstration and discussion to explore options for the effective use of the Learning Without Borders online professional development modules, explore project recommendations in support of strengthened TNE academic leadership and effective internationalisation of the curriculum, and speculate on implications for the future development of internationalised universities.
Learning Without Borders Project outcomes and deliverables, including on-line professional development modules for academics with TNE responsibilities, can be found at tne.curtin.edu.au.
1: The performance of English as ‘classroom tennis’: IELTS scores, bilingual international students, and Anglophone teacher education 2: Degrees of proficiency: Building a strategic approach to university students' English language assessment and development.Time: 0945-1045 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Ms Jennie Lynch, IELTS Australia
Presentation1: TheperformanceofEnglishas‘classroomtennis’:IELTSscores,bilingualinternationalstudents, andAnglophoneteachereducation
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: English Language
Speakers: ProfessorMichaelSingh, University of Western Sydney
This paper provides an overview of a study that addressed the question of an appropriate IELTS score for graduate entry teacher education courses. The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) requires that all entrants to initial teacher education programs admitted on the basis of IELTS (or equivalent) have “score of 7.5 (with no score below 7 in any of the four skills areas, and a score of no less than 8 in speaking and listening), either on entry to or on graduation from the program” (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Education Programs in Australia: Standards and Procedures, April 2011). This may see universities setting an entry level corresponding to the requirements of the teacher registration authority, and even higher levels for education employers, such as NSW’s Professional English Assessment for Test (PEAT) for teachers. The study investigated the views of lecturers of bilingual international student-teachers, prospective teacher registration authorities and the students themselves on the extent to which current scores are considered adequate. A key finding from this study is that for these bilingual international student-teachers the ‘public performance’ of English is a significant issue. This must be able to perform English as it they were playing ‘classroom tennis’. Thus, bilingual international student-teachers need to perform adequately in English for the purposes of their academic study, and also need to be fluent in the public situation of teaching their own classes on practicum and in their future careers. However, this paper asked whether AITSL’s requirements for higher IELTS entry/exit scores will continue to distract Australian teacher education from key issues concerning its internationalisation. AITSL’s requirements license Australian teacher education’s privileging of monolingualism and the use of Euro-American theories, to the neglect of non-Western languages and theories.
Presentation2: Degreesofproficiency:Buildingastrategicapproachtouniversitystudents'Englishlanguageassessment anddevelopment.
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: English Language, Government, University
Speakers: MsCynthiaKralik, RMIT University
A/ProfKatieDunworth, Curtin University
In 2011, the ALTC (now the Office for Learning and Teaching) approved funding for a project entitled 'Degrees of Proficiency: Building a strategic approach to university students’ English language assessment and development'. The project is an inter-university investigation into institution-wide approaches to post-entry English language assessment and language development in the university sector and is being conducted by four universities: Curtin, RMIT, the University of Sydney and Swinburne. The investigation involves mapping and analysing existing approaches and their guiding beliefs and values across all Australian universities via a survey instrument. It will also provide case study data on factors which enhance or inhibit the effective development of students’ English language levels and develop criteria for the evaluation of the range of approaches in place. The presentation will describe the project and its deliverables, the aims of which are to provide the tertiary sector with practical, best practice guidelines and resources. The presentation will also discuss how universities are responding to emerging requirements for student English language proficiency, how they are implementing and evaluating different approaches and the impact of new initiatives on university resources.
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1: The future of education agent management 2: International student recruitment in Asia: is a one size fits all approach to international student admissions damaging your school's outcomes?Time: 0945-1045 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 218
Chair: Mr Andrew Holloway, Victoria University (TBC)
Presentation1: Thefutureofeducationagentmanagement
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: English Language, Foundation, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsGabrielleRolan, University of New England
MrRishenShekhar, StudyLink
Education agents are seen by some as a necessary evil, and by others as key strategic partners. This session will explore the future of the educator/agent relationship and look at practical ways in which it will develop in the brave new world of Gen Y, expanding agent business models and greater regulation.
Australian institutions have embraced the role of agents in the recruitment process and the current focus is on refining agent lists and developing deeper strategic relationships. Many are looking at ways to innovate with their agents, as turnaround times, commission rates and visa navigation and processing become more of a competitive advantage with significant quality implications.
Attendees will learn about the impact of recent legislative changes and innovative partnerships in both destination and source markets, and how these will impact on the use and reward of agents in future. Drawing on the very different approaches used by US, UK and Australian institutions - the session will explore how future agent partnerships and management techniques will develop.
Presentation2: InternationalstudentrecruitmentinAsia:isaonesizefitsallapproachtointernationalstudentadmissions damagingyourschool'soutcomes?
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: Schools
Speakers: MsTraceyO'Halloran, AEAS
MsSimoneBarker, AEAS
Sweeping references to ‘Asia’ over simplifies one of the most diverse geographical areas on the globe. A successful international student admissions strategy recognises ‘Asia’ as a conglomerate of diverse cultural and linguistic groups. In China alone over 250 languages are spoken with over 50 different ethnic groups represented. Despite operating in such varied recruitment environments, many schools continue to take a blanket approach to developing admissions policies. This session presents China as a case study. It explores how cultural and social norms can impinge on the effectiveness of tools such as interview, school reports and testing – which have long been used to evaluate the quality of international students entering Australian schools. Using evidence gathered through over 13 years engagement with China, this session explores how schools can tailor international student admissions policies to student recruitment markets. A truly international student admissions policy is fundamental to safeguarding the quality of students admitted to Australian schools and for maintaining reputation, student welfare and quality educational outcomes. This session is aimed at the schools sector and is suitable for newcomers and those experienced in international student recruitment (assessing applications, admissions policies and recruitment strategies). However, issues covered are applicable to international education recruitment in all sectors.
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Room: AIEC Exhibition Information Space
Speakers: DannyOng, Multicultural Employment Consultant, Employment & Career Development, Monash University
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Internationalisation of education in North and South East Asia: Implications for AustraliaTime: 1115-1230 5 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Mr Jeffrey Smart, Swinburne University of Technology
Key Interests: Partnerships, Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, The Student Experience, Marketing & Recruitment
Sectors: All
Speakers: MrDeanWoodgate, Counsellor (Education and Research), Australian Embassy, Republic of Korea
MsCathrynHlavka, Minister Counsellor (Education and Research), Australian Embassy, PR China
MsLouiseMcSorley, Counsellor (Education and Research), Australian Embassy, Malaysia
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The Internationalisation of education in Asia has been a major force for change in recent years. This session will look at the internationalised face of education with particular reference key countries in North and South East Asia. Australian Education International (AEI) Counsellors Cathryn Hlavka, Louise McSorley and Dean Woodgate will provide first-hand accounts of the changes that China, Malaysia, Korea and other parts of Asia are facing.
The session will consider a number of key questions including: How is internationalisation defined in these countries? What are the government policy drivers in-country behind internationalisation? Realistically, how expansive are the internationalisation policies of each country? Are Australian graduates well prepared for work when they return home to this new internationalised environment and what can institutions do to help their international students be better prepared for this? How has the student mobility landscape changed for both inward and outbound Australian students? Where does institutional collaboration and research fit into the mix? How do the internationalisation strategies of these countries impact on opportunities for Australian providers?
Damocles Sword? Standards in international educationTime: 1115-1230 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Ms Helen Zimmerman, NAVITAS
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: All
Speakers: ProfDeanForbes, Flinders University
A/ProfSophieArkoudis, University of Melbourne
MrMelKoumides, ACPET Victoria & Director Academia International
DrDorteKristoffersen, TEQSA
MrChrisRobinson, ASQA
The effort of national governments to enforce “standards” in national education systems appears to be a worldwide trend. In Australia this trend is manifested through the pronouncements of the Australian authorities through organisations such as the Tertiary Education and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). No matter what the complexion of the next Australian Government might be, for Australian higher education and VET institutions standards are likely to be “here to stay”.
The pronouncements of the Australian “standards” agencies therefore are of keen interest to education institutions who find themselves trying to anticipate and respond to the challenges ever increasing regulation will pose. The bedding down of TEQSA and ASQA, newly formed quality assurance agencies, is taking time. Their focus and priorities remain unclear to many institutions and peak organisations.
In August the Australian media reported that “universities, VET and private providers will all be the target of a "thematic" audit by the new regulator, TEQSA, focusing on English standards. In particular, it was reported that TEQSA will concentrate on whether the English competence skills of students improve as they go through their course, and how the institutions assess this.
This session will discuss the impacts a “standards” focus by quality assurance agencies in Australia is likely to have on Australian education institutions and their international activities and programs.
The triple international marketing face off: Asia, Australia, and the USTime: 1115-1230 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Ms Beth McMurtrie, The Chronicle of Higher Education, USA
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: All
Speakers: DrStephenHolmes, The Knowledge Partnership (Aust) Pty Ltd
MsTeresaValerioParrot,TVP Communications
MrSamuelAng, The Knowledge Partnership Asia Pte Ltd
This debate style session is designed for senior industry leaders across all education sectors. The primary areas of interest applicable to this presentation are – Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions. As the Asian century gears up, the centre of higher-education gravity is shifting to the east side of the Pacific ocean. Competition for the world's best talent—prospective students, young researchers, and seasoned administrators—is intensifying. Universities in Asian countries, Pacific countries, and the United States need to manage their reputations to recruit this top talent. In this session, we bring together you 3 expert international presenters fighting for global supremacy in their takes on 'best practices' from this new competitive world of education marketing. In the U.S. corner, Elizabeth Scarborough, with all the latest and greatest case studies of marketing successes among U.S. universities, colleges and schools. In the Australian corner, veteran reputation-management pugilist, Stephen Holmes, teaching the ancient art of Australian recruitment across the education sector with some contemporary holds thrown in. In the Asian corner, Singapore-based Sam Ang with firsthand experience of US, Australia and Asia, and now the East-Meets-West education hybrid (Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore).
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1: The Chinese half-million: Australia’s future within the international education sector 2: Engaging with Chinese students to improve services 3: Navigating the waters of a new academic culture: Chinese university students coping with the challenges of academic writing in AustraliaTime: 1115-1230 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Ms Kim Dienhoff, IDP Education
Presentation1: TheChinesehalf-million:Australia’sfuturewithintheinternationaleducationsector
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrGrantWatson, RMIT University
MsSharonYap, RMIT University
In 2011 a record 292,611 international students were enrolled in educational programs in China, putting the Asian economic giant well on its way to a target of 500,000 international student enrolments by 2020. At the same time the pool of potential international students coming from China is shrinking: between 2012 and 2020 the number of Chinese citizens aged 15-24 is expected to decline by more than 26%. As China and other Asian nations make a transition from being consumers of international education services to becoming providers of those services, it is up to Australia to determine its new position in the international education landscape of 2020. If Australian institutions are intent on maintaining or increasing their cohort of international students, the rise of Asian providers presents a significant future challenge. Is there a point where the supply of international student places in the region will outstrip demand for those places? Is Australia too exposed to fluctuations in the Chinese market? If the Australian education community wishes to sustain its current number of international students, where should our institutions look to find the cohorts of 2020? This high level presentation is of interest to all in the international education community, particularly those engaged in planning strategies and marketing initiatives to drive their institutions into the coming decade.
Presentation2: EngagingwithChinesestudentstoimproveservices
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Government, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsMaryAnnSeow, University of South Australia
In the Asian century Australian universities are likely to see increasing numbers of Chinese students studying in Australia. The overall qualities of the education as well as graduate outcomes are key factors in the decision-making of these students (International Student Barometer, 2010) who come to Australia with clear goals and expectations. Student services make an important contribution to the achievement of successful graduate outcomes and the availability of these services is often used in marketing and recruitment. However, it has been shown that there is a disjunction between expectations and experience of on-campus support services and furthermore that ...Institutions could promote the services and facilities available to international students more effectively and generally improve awareness of these services. (International Student Barometer, 2010, recommendation 14) This paper is based on interviews with Chinese academic staff, agents and Chinese students conducted in September- October 2011 as part of an Australia Endeavour Executive Award. It was found that due to the different student service models in China and Australia, Chinese students have different understandings and expectations of the services that will be provided to them as students in Australian universities. It is argued that this could have implications for students engagement with transition programs, support services and their interactions with staff and, ultimately, impact negatively on their performance and on the reputation of Australian universities in China. Furthermore, similar issues influence the understanding of support services by agents in China. It is argued that Australian universities must acknowledge and address these issues when engaging with students at the prospective stage, at orientation and at critical stages in their academic progress when intervention is required. Providers need a better understanding of the student experience in China. This paper will conclude by suggesting some practical ways in which this might be achieved.
Presentation3: Navigatingthewatersofanewacademicculture:Chineseuniversitystudentscopingwiththechallenges ofacademicwritinginAustralia
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: English Language, University
Speakers: MsCatherineMontes, University of Queensland
A decrease in the flow of government funding and a more globalised world community has led to an influx of international students into Australian universities. Of the many issues faced by the Chinese cohort of international students enrolled in tertiary education in Australia, inadequate academic language competence is one of the most salient. In particular, academic writing has been consistently identified by teaching staff and students as being especially problematic (Bretag et al., 2002; Sawir 2005). Previous research has indicated that, despite gate-keeping measures such as IELTS and alternative non-test entry pathways, these students continue to face challenges with key aspects of academic writing. Furthermore, research has also shown that when attendance to university provided language support activities is voluntary, the numbers of students are generally low (Arkoudis & Tran, 2010; Benzie, 2010; Hirsh, 2007). As such, while some Chinese students are able to navigate the waters of their ‘language shock’ (Marr, 2005) and achieve positive study outcomes, educational research which looks at this complex problem from different perspectives is needed in order to ultimately provide solutions which will support the students who, for various reasons, become lost along the way. There is a dearth of longitudinal, in-depth and qualitative research focusing on how students become enculturated to new target discourse genres (Duff, 2010). Accordingly, through the theoretical lens of ‘language socialization’ (Duff, 2007a), this paper aims to illuminate the process by which the participants of the study shifted from being novice writers to more experienced writers. Using a collective case study research design, this paper will give a brief synopsis of the nature of the ‘language shock’ experienced by the participants as well as the strategies they used to address their emerging academic writing difficulties during their first two semesters of study.
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1: The global higher education sector in 2020: Opportunities for international engagement 2: Strategies to support international education: opportunities for cooperation and collaboration between Japan and AustraliaTime: 1115-1230 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Ms Joanne Barker, University of Adelaide
Presentation1: Theglobalhighereducationsectorin2020:Opportunitiesforinternationalengagement
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: Corporate, Foundation, Government, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsAnnaEsaki-Smith, British Council, Hong Kong
MsZainabMalik, British Council, Hong Kong
Global higher education is a constantly evolving landscape and in order to stay relevant, governments and universities are prioritising internationalism in teaching and research as a critical objective. However, it is difficult for many policymakers, administrators, and academics to know where to focus their time and efforts in order to maximize their returns. There is a clear correlation between GDP per capita at PPP (purchasing power parity) and gross tertiary enrolment ratios. This relationship sheds light on the geographic areas of opportunity for investment, partnerships, and transnational education as well as academic and business research collaborations. This presentation examines markets to watch along with the demographic and economic drivers that will reshape the higher education landscape by 2020; it will most benefit corporations, policymakers, and universities that are interested in where to focus their resources in the next decade. This session will draw on a new study by Education Intelligence, The Shape of Things to Come, which aims to forecast which of the traditional and newly emerging Higher Education markets will provide fruitful opportunities for international engagement in the areas of student mobility and research collaboration.
Presentation2: Strategiestosupportinternationaleducation:opportunitiesforcooperationandcollaborationbetween JapanandAustralia
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: Government, University
Speakers: MrChristopherLawson, Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Like many developed nations, Japan has a rapidly ageing population, with Japan’s school age population shrinking. This has led to an oversupply of university places, with all qualified applicants able to get a university place if they wish. One consequence of this ageing population is that Japan is looking to attract international students, in part to utilise the excess university places to develop a workforce for the future. Education reforms in 2004 granted Japanese national universities greater autonomy, and encouraged competition in the domestic university sector. Some universities have responded to this competition by developing an increasing focus on international student recruitment and interest in study abroad programs, to differentiate themselves and provide a competitive edge. In 2008, the then Prime Minister announced that Japan would aim to host 300,000 international students by 2020 (in 2009, Japan had approximately 120,000 making it the eighth largest provider, while Australia had over 490,000 – making it the third largest provider). To facilitate this expansion, the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) outlined five measures to support the Japanese international education sector. One of these measures involved allocating subsidies to a group of universities (the ‘Global 30’) to internationalise by expanding the number of courses they deliver in English and developing double degree programs with universities in other countries. This session looks at Japan’s strategies to grow and support its international education market, comparing and contrasting these with Australia’s own strategies. It investigates possible areas for cooperative and collaborative research between Australian and Japanese universities, and looks at some of the strategies that Japanese universities are implementing to enhance the experience of international students studying courses taught in English in Japan. This session is pitched at industry practitioners interested in developing a knowledge of Japan’s international education sector and developing cooperative programs with Japanese universities.
1: Awareness, strategies and outcomes: Enriching learning and teaching in our international classrooms 2: Making and impact by design: How to manage change effectively in an educational assessment context 3: Embedding language across the curriculum: a continuum of development supportTime: 1115-1230 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Dr Craig Whitsed, Murdoch University
Presentation1: Awareness,strategiesandoutcomes:Enrichinglearningandteachinginourinternationalclassrooms
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy, Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: All
Speakers: MsSueLubbers, University of Sydney
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Many studies of international, and in particular of Asian students, have tended to ‘[position them] within a discourse of deficient learning styles, such as rote learning or non-critical learning and also as deficient personally – passive and quiet, non-contributing’ (Koehne 2004, p5). A number of significant studies have however revealed that Asian students used memorisation, for example, ‘in order to gain a deep and lasting understanding of the information and important concepts’ (reported in Lubbers and Dale, 2006). (Kember and Gow, 1989) have argued that the Asian approach to repetitive learning should actually be regarded not as a deficit at all but rather as an approach to learning that could well be adopted by other students. In fact, the latest cognitive research supports the view repetition is needed to master difficult or new concepts and skills. While a substantial body of research points to these and other very positive aspects of students emerging out of Asian education systems, anecdotal evidence points to a continuing deep-held and widespread view among Australian teachers and academics, as well as among the student body of the ‘passivity’ of Asian students in international classroom contexts. This session argues that the Asian student in the Australian or any other international educational context, is far from passive, and that, indeed, each student has a great amount of invaluable cultural, educational and personal capital to contribute, not only to classroom activities and discussions, but to the improvement of learning and teaching for all students. The presenter draws on a case study carried out (2012) on a class of international students at the University of Technology, Sydney, that demonstrates clearly the individual contributions of each student, from a wide variety of cultures including Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, to learning and teaching practice, and to the value of the development of an intercultural and learning and teaching meta-language that makes classroom practice and student contributions explicit.
Presentation2: Makinganimpactbydesign:Howtomanagechangeeffectivelyinaneducationalassessmentcontext
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: All
Speakers: DrNickSaville, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
It is a common premise that assessments exert powerful influences both on stakeholders (learners, teachers) and on educational systems and society in general. Introducing language assessments as part of educational reform at national or institutional level is increasingly frequent with a common goal of improving language standards. However, as Goodhart’s Law (1975) states “any purposeful action will produce some unintended consequences” as well. Or as previous research has shown, “good examinations are not guaranteed to produce positive results and bad examinations do not necessarily produce bad ones” (Wall 2004: xiv). How can education providers then assess effectively whether their language education reforms work as intended? This presentation introduces the concept of 'impact by design', Cambridge ESOL's approach to researching language test impact, with suggestions as to how it can help examination and education providers foster beneficial effects from their tests and avoid or mitigate harmful consequences. It is an action-oriented approach based on four maxims that collectively allow for the monitoring of positive and less positive impacts in new educational assessment projects, thus maximising their sustainability. Linking to the conference theme, the presenters will illustrate the application of this approach with examples of projects which Cambridge ESOL has carried out in state schools in three Asian contexts (China, Vietnam and Taiwan). This session will appeal to educators, decision makers and policy planners across all sectors who are currently implementing or plan to initiate language programs or reforms and delegates who would like to get an insight into English Language initiatives and policy in the state school sector in Asia.
Presentation3: Embeddinglanguageacrossthecurriculum:acontinuumofdevelopmentsupport
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: English Language, Schools, University, Vocational Education
Speakers: A/ProfCarmelaBriguglio, Curtin University
Internationalisation of tertiary education, particularly in the business disciplines, means that teaching needs to cater to a diverse student body with a variety of learning needs. Paramount amongst these is the need for graduates to develop the necessary intercultural communication skills needed for the global work and social contexts in which many will be operating. It is generally assumed that international students studying outside their own country will develop the required communication skills simply by living in the new country and/or mixing with local students. We know form research in countries such as Australia that this is not necessarily the case; skills in English as a second or additional language (ESL/EAL) need to be developed through student effort and/or deliberate intervention in teaching and learning. Currently, all Australian universities provide some form of language and learning support, particularly, but not only, for ESL/EAL students. Such support is provided through a variety of organisational models, including central, faculty-based or campus-based language and learning centres. This allows for a variety of language development strategies including student self-access materials, language and academic literacy programs, collaboration between language and discipline specialists, and fully embedded support within subject content. Discipline staff and language specialists involved in embedded programs in more recent years are particularly enthusiastic about the effectiveness of such collaboration. However, this paper argues that the ‘international university’ should provide a number of learning avenues for student language development, ranging from student self-access to totally embedded language support. Thus a multi-layered model of language development provision, which ranges from least embedded to most embedded will be presented, and the implications, effectiveness and costs of the different models of provision will be discussed.
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The Global Student Mobility Charter and the EAIE/IEAA Delphi Study on leadership in international educationTime: 1235-1325 5 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Chair: Ms Meredith McQuaid, President, NAFSA
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: All
Speakers: MrStephenConnelly, President, IEAA
MrHans-GeorgLiempd, President, EAIE
ProfLeoGoedegebuure, Director, LH Martin Institute for Leadership and Management in Higher Education, University of Melbourne
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Since their joint symposium in Sydney in 2009, the International Education Association Australia (IEAA) and the European Association for International Education (EAIE) have collaborated on two important projects
The first is the Global Student Mobility Charter, proposed by IEAA, project managed by EAIE, combining input from international education associations around the world and launched at the EAIE conference in Dublin in September 2012.
The second is a joint EAIE/IEAA Delphi Study: Leadership Needs in International Higher Education in Australia and Europe, a research study undertaken through the LH Martin Institute for Leadership and Management in Higher Education (University of Melbourne) and the Institute for Policy Research and Advice, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands. Substantial findings were released at the EAIE conference in September.
This session will provide an update on these two projects, outlining their significance for international education, exploring the implications for professionals on both continents and identifying next steps.
1: Cutting through the information overload: How international students choose a study destination2: Information seeking behaviour of international students: Foundations for improving communicationTime: 1235-1325 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 212
Chair: Ms Kate Amos, IDP Education
Presentation1: Cuttingthroughtheinformationoverload:Howinternationalstudentschooseastudydestination
Key Interests: Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: University
Speakers: MsLyndellJacka, IDP Education
ProfShantonChang, University of Melbourne
Which country, which city, which institution, which course? Prospective international students are faced with plethora of questions and an even greater abundance of information to sift through before they can answer them and come to a decision. [In a rapidly changing technological environment, the immediate social group remains a powerful influence. Students still rely and trust their friends, their family and their community – who all play an important role in the decision-making (particularly in parts of Asia). Today, of course, the social group has expanded exponentially through social networking sites with an increasing amount of information available online. [The extent to which students rely on digital information in making their decision remains uncertain. Despite the availability of online information, much of it is in another language (English) or uses jargon, is difficult to find and to navigate and competes with face-to-face information. [So what are some of the challenges that the international education industry faces in providing relevant, accurate and timely information in a highly competitive market? How can they engage with students before they leave home and remain engaged when they arrive in-country to disseminate crucial information to them? [Attendees at this session will receive invaluable insights into the role of social networks among international students, the channels used and details of the type and timing of information sought. [The session also presents a snapshot of why international students, from a range of countries, decide to study overseas and which of the major English-speaking destination countries they choose. It examines whether attitudes and behaviours of international students have changed over time, the importance students place on rankings and the relationship between student expectations and actual experiences.
Presentation2: InternationalStudentsintheDigitalAge:Doyouknowwhereyourstudentsgotoforinformation?
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching, Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: University
Speakers: DrShantonChang, University of Melbourne
DrMarshaBerry, Rmit University
DrCatherineGomes, RMIT University
With vast numbers of international students entering Australia, educational institutions and other international student service providers, often encounter challenges when disseminating relevant and timely information to these students. Often these challenges are compounded by the classification of international students within country and region specific boundaries rather than information needs and social networks. Therefore, there is a need to find new, creative and effective ways of disseminating information to international students that go beyond traditional classifications. This research conducted focus groups with students from a range of countries and across different educational levels to understand the social networks students belong to and to discern if there are patterns in the ways different social groups access information while in Australia. The results indicate that classifying students according to the patterns of their social networks is more useful than grouping students to nationality when considering where students get information pre-arrival and during their time in Australia.
Offshore VET delivery: A growth areaTime: 1235-1325 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 213
Chair: Ms Ingeborg Loon, Australian Council for Private Education & Training (ACPET)
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Vocational Education
Speakers: MsThamLu, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
MsIngeborgLoon, Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET)
MrSteveNerlich, Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
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Even before the 2011 Knight Review encouraged Australia’s public and private VET providers to explore transnational education and training opportunities, the number of international students enrolled in Australian VET qualifications offshore has been growing substantially since 2006. The number of public providers involved has increased in the past 5 years by nearly 15% from 2006 to 2010 and the number of overseas based students studying this way has doubled, rising from approximately 31,000 in 2006 to over 60,000 students in 2010. This increased international student demand has led to greater collaboration between Australian providers and international institutes, as well as the emergence of new training providers types in a highly competitive global marketplace. The purpose of this presentation is to examine how off-shore delivered VET has changed over this period. The presentation concludes by showcasing some of the more successful partnerships in off-shore VET delivery, highlighting how Australian training providers can offer high quality training services while still remaining competitive in the global education and training market. The latest statistics on offshore VET delivery by the public and private VET sector stats will be examined in this presentation.
1: Strategic framework for international education engagement – India 2: Developing capacity for doctoral research supervision and training amongst universities in the Iraqi Kurdistan regionTime: 1235-1325 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 219
Chair: Prof Jandhyala Tilak, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
Presentation1: Strategicframeworkforinternationaleducationengagement-India
Key Interests: Partnerships
Sectors: University, Vocational Education
Speakers: MsRacquelShroff, Global Education Solutions
The recent crisis in international education saw a reduction in appeal and enrolments of international students from India and other Asian nations. Due to the complex nature of the education, training and recruitment landscape in India, Australia needs a holistic, end-to-end engagement model with a renewed focus on targeting the right segments, enhancing quality of education, student experience and graduate outcomes, building transnational education capability and capacity and forging knowledge partnerships. The proposed framework will guide the development of a long term and productive relationship with India. It articulates some of the opportunities available for Universities as well as TAFE/RTOs and highlights some of the challenges and risks. The framework is influenced by the raft of legislative reforms being implemented in Australia such as student visa and skilled migration, India's ambitious skills target of 500 million workers by 2022 and Foreign University Bill and is also aligned to the long term goals and national priorities of both countries. The framework proposes a range of objectives and strategies to maximise the opportunities, enhance the Australian education brand and rebuild the Australia's international education industry in India. Initiatives to create sustainable models of international recruitment through both product and market diversification and symbiotic partnerships based on mutual areas of strength and complementarities will be explored. Some innovative and commercially viable business models of offshore VET delivery in India will be showcased. Through various case studies, the framework illustrates the commercial and public diplomacy benefits of student and staff mobility, centres of collaborative research excellence, career management and workplace transition programs. In view of the cohesive, coordinated and sustained activities of other competitor countries, it is proposed only through a strong leadership, shared vision, and greater collaboration amongst the key stakeholders (including governments and industry) and adopting a whole of government and integrated industry approach the desired outcomes can be achieved.
Presentation2: DevelopingcapacityfordoctoralresearchsupervisionandtrainingamongstuniversitiesintheIraqi Kurdistanregion
Key Interests: Impact
Sectors: Corporate, Government, University
Speakers: DrChristopherHill, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
This paper, drawing upon a recently completed 2 year DelPHE Iraq project, will address challenges identified in the 2009 report on UK Higher Education Engagement with Iraq including developing research capacity in an environment where academics have lacked exposure to recent research advances; where the academic and research skills are not always of the standard expected for participation in international education; and where academics lack familiarity with information technology and the use of the internet for learning and collaboration. The ‘Higher Education Strategy in the Kurdistan Region’ document, published in 2010 by the Kurdish Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, firmly identified and highlighted the strategic objectives for educational reform and development in the region:
• introduction of quality assurance systems and processes;
• the review and modernisation of postgraduate studies;
• training of established academic staff in international centres of excellence;
• research funding and administration
This session will outline the outcomes of the DelPHE project, discuss the lessons learnt for future development and highlight the necessity to support academics and institutions to deliver locally led-programmes in order to cascade and embed the learning and training from this project within Kurdish partner universities. Development of this model will help local HEIs increase their independence and develop internal capacity. The pedagogic elements will also enhance the learning experience for all students. This session addresses central issues such as expansion of learning models, capacity building and development and international partnership and growth. This session will be of interest, both to colleagues already engaged in educational activity in the Middle East and to those looking to expand their network in this region.
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1: Student living environments: What matters most? 2: Housing and international student experience in AustraliaTime: 1235-1325 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 220
Chair: Ms Danielle Hartridge, ISANA: International Education Association
Presentation1: Studentlivingenvironments:Whatmattersmost?
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: Corporate, English Language, Foundation, University
Speakers: MsAllisonDoorbar, EduWorld Pty Ltd
With increasing awareness of the importance of delivering a quality student experience, creating a positive living environment while studying is key to recruitment, student engagement and satisfaction. This session presents highlights from unprecedented research commissioned by Campus Living Villages (CLV), conducted by JWT Education, that was designed to identify the key factors that influence a student’s choice of living accommodation. The study focuses on those components of the living environment that really contribute towards the most conducive living environment for students. The session will appeal to all who are directly or indirectly responsible for the entire student experience and are concerned with the provision of quality accommodation to domestic and international students. With over 5,500 students in the UK and Australia participating in the study, the research identifies various segments of the market and what factors they share in common and where significant differences exist. The sample includes students from a multitude of target audience groups including: nationality (UK and Australia domestic students, as well as international students from all continents), different levels of study (undergraduate/postgraduate), life stage (single/married/with partner and/or with children), as well as preferences of students living in a variety of accommodation (on or off campus, university sponsored or private accommodation). Insights into student preferences for types of living environment and types of social atmosphere, student values segments, accommodation attribute factors, as well as reasons for choosing current accommodation will be presented. This session will be relevant to all who are interested in positively impacting the student experience, in particular those with an interest in student living experiences and in turn, improving overall student satisfaction.
Presentation2: HousingandinternationalstudentexperienceinAustralia
Key Interests: Student Experience, Learning & Teaching
Sectors: English Language, Government, University
Speakers: MsSarahJudd, University of New South Wales
As the Asian Century unfolds, attracting large numbers of Asian international students is increasingly in Australia’s national interest. Recent declines in international enrolments have highlighted the importance of positive student - both within and beyond the classroom - in meeting student needs and expectations and securing a competitive advantage for Australia in the international education industry. This paper addresses the influence of one factor of student experience which has been frequently mentioned but rarely explored in depth: housing. It presents findings from research into the housing experiences of Chinese international students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Chinese international students are the largest national group investing in international education in Australia and represent the most influential economy in Asia. Working to secure positive student experience for this group is therefore highly important. This paper presents findings from a survey of 393 UNSW Chinese international students, two focus groups comprising 19 students, and ten interviews with a range of stakeholders working with international students across Sydney. Many student participants reported difficulties finding housing and problems with housing quality, affordability, density, stability and location. This paper demonstrates the ways in which these housing experiences can affect broader student experience and wellbeing through their implications for academic performance, financial circumstances, physical and mental health, personal security, and social engagement. It also offers ideas for increasing the effectiveness of housing services and support. This session is particularly relevant to the higher education and ELICOS sectors, where Chinese students living independently are most concentrated, but its themes are consistent with concerns raised regarding international students of diverse nationalities, locations and educational sectors. The research findings regarding the role of housing in international student experience will also be of interest to education providers, student housing providers, student organisations, peak bodies, and all levels of government.
2012 Research Agenda: Australian Universities International Directors ForumTime: 1235-1325 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 217
Chair: Ms Jo Asquith, James Cook University and Chair AUIDF
Key Interests: Strategy, Policy & Advocacy
Sectors: University
Speakers: MrAlanOlsen, SPRE P/L
MsJoAsquith, James Cook University and Chair AUIDF
MrSteveBerridge, Victoria University
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Jo Asquith, Director, James Cook International at James Cook University, and Chair, Australian Universities International Directors Forum, will chair this session and describe the research agenda of AUIDF. The session will appeal to people managing and working in international student programs in universities.
Alan Olsen, Director, SPRE P/L, will present findings from three studies:
• Benchmarking Australian University International Operations 2011, involving 37 members of Universities Australia, covering 97,058 commencing international students. The study has been conducted from 2002 to 2011; this session will include time series over ten years
• Benchmarking from the Public Domain, analysis of data on finances and students in Australian universities from Australia’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in 2010. This session will compare university revenues from fees from international students and the extent to which international students are represented in universities, by field and level, including among postgraduate research students.
• Outgoing International Mobility of Australian University Students 2011, a stocktake and benchmarking of international study experiences of students in Australian universities in 2011 by type of experience, domestic or international, level of study, gender, duration of experience, field of education and destination. The research includes analysis of the relationship between funding and participation in outgoing mobility. The methodology developed in Australia for measuring access to mobility, the number of international study experiences in a year as a proportion of the number of completing undergraduates in that year, has been adopted by Open Doors.
Steve Berridge, Director, Victoria University International at Victoria University, will provide a unique perspective on benchmarking from his experience as an International Director at universities in UK and Australia. He will describe his university’s use of results from AUIDF research, and will compare the availability of data on students in UK and Australia, including data on academic progress and retention rates.
Understanding the global impact of our international student graduates – what we know, what we don’t and what we need to knowTime: 1235-1325 5 Oct 2012
Room: Meeting Room 218
Chair: Mr Yossi Goldfarb, Department of Business and Innovation, Victoria
Key Interests: Impact, Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Sectors: University, Vocational Education
Speakers: DrKateDempsey, Victorian TAFE International
DrJoannePyke, Victoria University
MrKevinBrett, i-graduate Group
Keeping in Touch: Victorian TAFE Efforts to Track International Graduates. Victorian TAFE International (VTI) is an association of 13 independent TAFE Institutes and 3 dual sector universities in Victoria, Australia. This presentation will outline Keeping in Touch: Victorian TAFE Efforts to Track International Graduates and Develop Alumni. The report is a research project completed in April 2012, which outlines efforts made by all 16 TAFE/universities to keep in touch with international TAFE students. The presentation will provide practical details of efforts that have been made to stay in touch with international graduates, the barriers to doing so and the pitfalls along the way.
International education and brain circulation: the case of China-based Australian alumni. This presentation discusses a study of the influence of China based Australian university alumni on travel and tourism between China and Australia. Looking at tourism and travel as one dimension of alumni behaviour, it will examine the role of international education in promoting ‘brain circulation’ and the transnational exchange of skills, capital and technology between Australia and the rest of the world. Drawing on the findings of a survey and in-depth interviews of Chinese alumni, the presentation explores the social and economic flow-on effects of the connections forged by Chinese students through study in Australia.
International alumni: a comparative perspective. Here we examine how higher education providers (HEPs) engage with their international alumni network to enhance reputation, student recommendations and employability. We present research conducted by the International Graduate Insight Group (I-graduate) that tracks international graduate outcomes and perceptions of value among international graduates of UK HEPs. The research investigates alumni affinity: perceptions of connectedness and quality of communications between providers and alumni. This paper draws on contemporary evidence in international alumni practice to highlight the value of data to HEPs and will be of interest to colleagues working in marketing, communications, careers services, alumni relations and business development departments.
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Sponsor Information Session: Victorian Government, Study Melbourne: Opportunities for Victorian Education in the ASEAN region
Time: 1400 - 1420 5 Oct 2012
Room: AIEC Exhibition Information Space
Speakers: CeliaYeo, Education Services Director, Victoria Government Business Office, Kuala Lumpur, South East Asia Refer to Page 11 for further information. Lunch in Exhibition and bring with you.
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Closing Plenary Speaker: Sebastian Terry: 100 ThingsTime: 1430-1530 5 Oct 2012
Room: Plenary Room 3
Co-Chairs: Mr Andrew Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, IDP Education & Ms Helen Cook, Vice-President IEAA
Speaker: SebastianTerry*
Everyone has at least one thing they have to do before they die. Some even have a list. But how many goals and dreams on this list are actually achieved?
In 2009, at the ripe-old age of 27, Sebastian realised that like most people, he has not achieved anything on his long-forgotten list.? The death of a close friend combined with a naturally abstract view on life sparks a moment of clarity. In the midst of overseas trip, Sebastian decides to put pen to paper and re-create a list of 100 Things. His goal, to tick off everything. It’s the start of a crazy, no holds barred adventure that sees Sebastian travel to the ends of the earth on a quest to prove that anything is possible, including true fulfilment.
Along the way, Sebastian strives to raise $100,000 for Camp Quality, a great organisation creating happiness for children and families affected by cancer.
What’s on your list?
Support for the journey has been unexpected and also worldwide. What started as a journey about one man has now developed into a journey about many. “Never in a million years did I think anyone would take inspiration from this trip, but I now receive emails from people everywhere not only supporting me, but also asking for advice and even sharing their own lists!”
On behalf of every red-blooded person scared of aging, and afraid to follow their dreams, Sebastian has boldly re-shaped his reality as he attempts to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of not just himself, but people everywhere.
From marrying a stranger in Las Vegas, to helping to push a man in a wheelchair for a half marathon event, “100 Things” takes you on an epic adventure around the world as Sebastian continues on a journey that has no plan.
Enjoy Sebastian’s talk and look forward to where it will take you in your own journey....
* Sebastian Terry brought to you by Claxtons Speakers International
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SINCE 1961, ELS has helped more than one million international students from 140+ countries around the world learn English quickly and effectively – assisting them in accomplishing their personal and professional goals. Building on its many years of experience, ELS has developed its own unique integrated curriculum, textbooks and language-learning software.
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ELS Language Centres
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact: [email protected] for information on UEC Courses
Contact: [email protected] for information regarding hosting and ELS Centre.
ELS Language Centres, the largest network of campus-based English language instruction Centres in the world, offering 83 study locations in the USA, Canada, Australia and eight additional countries.
ELS offers direct entry pathways to thousands of students each year assisting them to enter undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at public and private colleges and universities. Over 650 universities worldwide accept ELS Certificate of Completion as proof of English proficiency for admission purposes.
SINCE 1961, ELS has helped more than one million international students from 140+ countries around the world learn English quickly and effectively – assisting them in accomplishing their personal and professional goals. Building on its many years of experience, ELS has developed its own unique integrated curriculum, textbooks and language-learning software.
Visit us at booths 30 and 31 to learn more about ELS in Australia and enter to win a free iPod Shuffle!
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Medibank – health cover that gives you moreAt Medibank, we’re more than just a health insurer - we provide health support too. Medibank now offers a new range of health support services called Mi Health to all members with hospital cover, providing even better value.
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With Mi Health you can speak to a Medibank Nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on our Health Advice Line for any health question big or small. Translation services are also available.
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