AUQA Performance Portfolio Chapter 3 International Activities

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AUQA Performance PortfolioChapter 3
International Activities
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What does International Activities encompass ?
Internationalisation
International Operations

• Curriculum
• Learning and Teaching
• Research

• Recruitment
• Support Academic and Pastoral
• Compliance
• Student Mobility
• Offshore and TNE
• Benchmarking
• Pathways

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Internationalisation at Macquarie

• Definition
• The process of integrating an international and
  inter-cultural dimension into the teaching,
  research and services of Macquarie University.

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• Objectives and Strategies
• Internationalisation operates at the Student,
• Curriculum, Staff and Research levels with key
  objectives
• and measurable outcomes for three strategies
• Incorporating inter-cultural and global
  perspectives into research, learning and teaching
  activities and community service engagement
• Enhancing and ensuring the quality of educational
  activities and strategic partnerships and
• Diversifying recruitment, curricula and student
  experience.

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Macquarie University International Student
Enrolments (As at December 2008)
International Local
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Top 20 Countries of Origin for International
Students Enrolled in Semester 2 of 2008
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Profile - Faculty of Arts
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Faculty of Arts Top 10 Courses
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International Operations Cause for Celebration

• Quality strengthened in every aspect of
  operations
• Compliant with
• Internal Quality Enhancement Framework
• External regulatory requirements
• From operational focus to strategic, student
  centric approach

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What is AUQA interested in ?

• Recruitment processes
• Admission standards
• Academic protocols for program approvals
• TNE and offshore quality and annual reviews
• Academic performance of international students
• Student support academic and pastoral
• Student experience

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An assessment of how each of these factors
relates to the faculty
Recruitment processes
- diversification - ethical and sustainable
recruitment procedures - recruitment of suitably
qualified students
Admission standards
- applications assessed in accordance with
approved and published guidelines - consistency
in standards
Academic protocols for program approvals
- approval for offshore program delivery - formal
agreements with partners and pathway providers
with provisions for regular reviews - approval
for changes to admissions standards, including
English language requirements
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An assessment of how each of these factors
relates to the faculty - continued
TNE and offshore quality and annual reviews
- processes for reviewing quality of offshore
programs - training and orientation of offshore
staff - workload management for staff involved
in offshore programs
Academic performance of international students
- academic monitoring to identify students at
academic risk - intervention strategies for at
risk students
Student support academic and pastoral
- discipline specific academic literacy support -
opportunities for international/local student
engagement
Student Experience
- student experience in offshore programs -
mechanisms for measuring the student experience
by unit and by course
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Future Developments

• Diversification
• Program
• Mode
• Country
• Location
• Improved support
• Improved student experience
• Improved agreement processes

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Background Slides
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• Diversification
• Four options to diversify student cohort
• Program
• Mode
• Country
• Location

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Offshore Programs Realignment of offshore
programs to complement Universitys strategic
goals to focus on highly reputed partners
experienced in offshore program
delivery Programs In Teach Out Mode
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Current Offshore Programs
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• Articulation Arrangements SIBT
• Semester 1 2009 implementation of GPA of 1.5 for
  BCom Accounting
• SIBT actively involved in dialogue concerning GPA
  requirements
• Academic Performance Monitoring and Analysis
  being conducted by Dean of Students and MI
• Further identification and investigation of
  academic performance issues

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The Performance Portfolio
Prepared in accordance with the requirements of
the AUQA Audit Manual and includes

• arrangements for teaching and learning of
  international students in Australia
• arrangements for teaching and learning of
  international students offshore
• Internationalisation of the Curriculum and
  overall student experience
• Other international activities such as research
  collaboration

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• Internationalisation Steering Committee
• Membership Provost (Chair), DVC DER,
• Executive Deans, HRDO, MI, SIBT
• develops, monitors and reviews Macquaries
  Internationalisation Strategy
• monitors and reports on Macquaries
  implementation of national and international
  protocols with relation to international students
  and transnational programs
• reviews and recommends on Macquaries
  international agreements and Memoranda of
  Understanding

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Internationalisation Strategy Developed April
August 2008 Working Group included Staff
representing
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• Regulatory Environment
• Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS)
  Act 2000
• National Code for Education Providers 2007
• Migration Act 1954
• National Protocols for Higher Education Approval
  Processes
• Australian Qualification Framework (AQF)
• National Office for Overseas Skills Recognition
  (NOOSR)

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Profile - Faculty of Arts