Enablers

Elisabeth Webber1, Elvia Cacciotti2 1Chief Education Officer, DE International, NSW Department of Education, , , 2Manager Schools Support and Compliance , , This session will look at the requirements, legislation and approaches to providing a safe and supportive environment for...

Ms Debbie Vadasz1, Ms Helen Craig1 1Student Development International; UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia The wellbeing of international students has long been a concern for education providers. Reports such as The Wellbeing of International Students in the City of Sydney released...

Mr Abhishek Awasthi1, Mr Shaun Corcoran1 1Bendigo Kangan Institute (Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute), Bendigo, Australia Student engagement and transition is critical in the first year and remains a key for predicting participation in education (Hillman, 2005). Hence, the student...

Mr Hossain  Salahuddin1, Ms Wei Cai1, Mrs Meijun Huang1, Mrs Jing Li1 1University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia This is a summary of services the Library at the University of Technology (UTS) offers to international students – who account for...

Dr Angela Lehmann1 1Universities Australia, Deakin, Australia Understanding the home university culture of our international students can assist our student support and academic teams to better provide empathetic approaches to living and learning in our universities. Drawing on first-hand experience...

Ms Louise Tabrum1, Ms Helen Warren1 1Unsw Sydney, Sydney, Australia This presentation will describe Student Development International’s (SDI) best practice for providing an effective Under 18s Care Program to under 18 year international students studying at UNSW Sydney. The monitoring...

Ms Meera Gopalkrishna1, Mr Patrick Hoppe1, Mr Bruce Williams1 1Monash College, Melbourne, Australia The journey of a Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) student officially begins when they enrol in our Melbourne City Campus, but the transition does not stop there....

Mrs Sally McGill1, Miss Susan Ye2 1Wintec, Hamilton Central, New Zealand, 2Wintec, Hamilton Central, New Zealand Wintec wants to take student support beyond the minimum expectations outlined in the Code of Practice for the Care of International Students, so through...

Mr Terry Mcgrath1 1Isana Nz, Palmerston North, New Zealand A Report on Community Engagement Training in New Zealand In 2018, ISANA NZ was contracted by the Ministry of Education to provide training across Aotearoa New Zealand to provide community engagement...

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