International student recruitment: lessons from Australia

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1 International student recruitment: lessons from Australia Cihe, Heqco and Maesd symposium on internationalisation in higher education: new trends and future directions for Ontario 3 November 2017 Gavin Moodie

2 International student enrolments in Australia by sector, /15 350, ,000 Higher education 250, , ,000 VET Elicos 100,000 50, Non award School Break in series (Australian Government Department of Education, 2017)

3 International student enrolments in Australia, by sector, /15 Asian financial crisis SARS Global financial crisis 350, ,000 Higher education 250, , ,000 VET Elicos 100,000 50, Non award School Break in series (Australian Government Department of Education, 2017)

4 International student enrolments in Australia, by sector, /15 350, ,000 Higher education 250, , ,000 Uni indexation cut VET Elicos 100,000 50, Non award School Break in series (Australian Government Department of Education, 2017)

5 International student enrolments in Australia, by sector, /15 350, ,000 Higher education 250, , ,000 VET immigration scams VET Elicos 100,000 50, Non award School Break in series (Australian Government Department of Education, 2017)

6 International student enrolments in Australia, by sector, /15 350, ,000 Higher education Deputy PM Gillard visits India 250, , ,000 VET Elicos 100,000 50, Non award School Break in series (Australian Government Department of Education, 2017)

7 7/15 Sectors and governments Education Immigration Employment Tourism Housing Transport Agriculture Consumer protection Police National State Local

8 Changes for international students Agents Pathways programs International partners Shared services Year round admissions International student services Campus or study centre in the country Campus or study centre outside the country 8/15

9 Number of Australian universities by proportion of international students offshore 9/15 % of international students off shore Number of universities 40% or more 10 10% to 39% 12 1% to 9% 8 0% 11 Overall: 23% 41 (Summarised from Department of Education and Training, 2016)

10 10/15 Short term study abroad Strong government policy Prominent government scholarships (4%) Government loans (21%) University student financial aid funded from international revenue (47%) Private support (7%) (Olsen, 2014: 14) Study abroad incorporated into curriculum

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12 Integrating skills in the curriculum 1 The literature is unequivocal that high impact student learning occurs when communication skills are integrated within disciplinary learning and assessment (Arkoudis, Baik and Richardson, 2012; Dunworth, 2013; Wingate, 2015). (Arkoudis and Kelly, 2016) 12/15

13 Integrating skills in the curriculum 2 Distributed responsibilities: Teaching and Learning leaders Course coordinators Teaching academics Academic Language and Literacy advisors 13/15 (Arkoudis, Sophie (2014) Integrating English language communication skills into disciplinary curricula: options and strategies, Sydney: Office for Learning and Teaching.)

14 14/15 References Arkoudis, Sophie (2014) Integrating English language communication skills into disciplinary curricula: options and strategies. Sydney: Office for Learning and Teaching, Arkoudis, Sophie and Kelly, Paula (2016) Shifting the narrative: international students and communication skills in higher education, research digest 8, International Education Research Network, Australian Government Department of Education (2017) International student enrolments in Australia , Data/Pages/InternationalStudentData2016.aspx Department of Education and Training (2016) Selected higher education statistics 2015 student data, Olsen, Alan (2014) 2014 Research agenda: Australian universities international directors forum: presentation to Australian international education conference,

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