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Launching a new safety project: Start smart to settle well
Oct 29, 2020
Ms Desma Smith1,2,3,4 1Jobwatch, Melbourne, Australia, 2Fit2Drive, Melbourne, Australia, 3D'Accord, Melbourne, Australia, 4International Student Advisory & Support, SUT, Hawthorn, Australia A concern for critical incident responses to serious road injuries of...
ISANA NZ’s response to COVID-19
Oct 29, 2020
Ms Caroline Stevenson ISANA NZ has had to rethink our role, projects and procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a response to this new and challenging environment, we have focused on connecting with the industry as much as possible, collaborating cross-sector and...
Barriers to Internationalisation at Home (IaH): Domestic students’ perspectives in high schools
Oct 29, 2020
Ms Manaia Chou-Lee1 1Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia To meet global, international, and intercultural dimensions when internationalising schools (IoS), educational practitioners are being asked to engage students in practices and discussions around social...
Study Australia Partnership – Onshore Student Sentiment Tracker
Oct 29, 2020
The Study Australia Partnership is conducting an onshore international student sentiment study across four quarterly national surveys. The project will provide insights to help shape international student support services and communications. The first survey...
International students and COVID-19
Oct 23, 2020
Ms Alison Coelho1, Ms Aditi Sharma1 1Centre For Culture, Ethnicity And Health, North Richmond, Australia More than 500,000 international students were in Australia when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. It not only caused disruption to their study, but they experienced...
Anti Viral – a comic based COVID-19 resource for young people & international students
Oct 23, 2020
Ms Aditi Sharma1, Ms Kanwal Saleem1 1Centre For Culture, Ethnicity And Health, North Richmond, Australia The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on international students. This includes access to sexual health information and BBV and STI prevention....
Multicultural Community Action Network (M-CAN) – nothing for us without us
Oct 23, 2020
Ms Kanwal Saleem1 1Centre For Culture, Ethnicity And Health, North Richmond, Australia Multicultural Community Action Network (M-CAN) is a community-led initiative of Multicultural Health & Support Services (MHSS). It is based on community development principles...
Be inspired! UKCISA’s International Student Ambassador Scheme
Oct 23, 2020
Ms Julie Allen1 1UKCISA, London, United Kingdom This presentation will illustrate how a collaborative international student project survived and thrived during Covid-19. The UK Council for international student affairs (UKCISA) had just recruited its first cohort of...
Sustaining research students support
Oct 23, 2020
Mr Graeme Baguley1, Dr Heena Akbar2, Ms Christine Wang3, Ms Youngnam Baek3, Mr Jun Seok Song4 1Community Mentors International, Brisbane, Australia, 2Woolworths Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 3Queensland University of Technology,...