Work Integrated Learning and International Students

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• Work Integrated Learning and International
  Students
• The Value of Experience
• Natalie Gamble
• Griffith university, Australia
• Carol-joy Patrick
• Griffith University, Australia
• Chen Fong
• Australia China Investment Corporation

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• Why do international students come to Australia?
• Continuing international student growth

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• What is the Global Skills Shortage?
• Who is it effecting?
• - Multinational corporations (MNCs)
• - Local businesses in developing economies
• - Local businesses in developed economies
• - University graduates in developing economies
• How are they effected?

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• Statistics from developing economies
• China
• - 5 million graduates in 2007
• - 80 employment uptake, but just 10
  employable
• India
• - 10 million graduates in 2007
• - 25 employable
• Similar trends can be seen in South America,
  South- East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

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• So why the disparity?
• - traditional teaching models
• - little or no hands-on experience
• - poor understanding of applicability of
  technical skills and knowledge
• - weak business acumen
• - deficient in professional skills

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• What are employers looking for?
• -generic skills
• -graduate attributes
• -experience
• How can these skill deficits be addressed?
• - project- and/or problem-based learning
• - soft skills training programs
• - work experience programs
• Work-integrated learning can address all of this

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• What is Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)
• What does it do?
• How can it help?

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• What are Australian universities doing now?
• - Griffith Universitys Industrial Affiliates
  Program (IAP)
• - The University of Western Sydneys
  International Internship program
• - Griffith Universitys Master of Drama
  Education
• What needs to be considered for each of these
  options to be viable?

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• What can Australian universities do?
• - Independently (eg IAP, 22 programs)
• - In partnership with MNCs (eg scholarships,
  exchange programs)
• This is a strategic move that would see
  Australian institutions increase their share of
  the lucrative international student market

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• WIL for international students
• - What makes it attractive to students?
• - Why will they pay money to us in order to
  work for someone else?
• - What about the students who cant afford it?

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• WIL for international students
• - Support mechanisms
• - Strategic opportunities
• Feedback from past international student
  participants demonstrates that Australian WIL
  programs really are achieving what they set out
  to do

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• My IAP experience allowed me to develop my
  self-management, conceptual and analytical
  skills, and my personal and professional
  effectiveness. And it gave me work experience,
  which is important when searching for a job
  Christophe Louis
• It provided practical knowledge not available in
  other courses. I worked on a real-life project
  with real outcomes, which can mean more than just
  having a good GPA Rakitha Tui Appu Arachilage
  Don

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• WIL with the MNCs
• - How would this model work?
• - What makes it attractive to them?
• - A win-win situation
• This proposed model would see a positive outcome
  achieved for all stakeholders international
  students, multinational corporations, and
  Australian universities

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• Making it happen
• - Next steps

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• Thankyou for attending!
• Any questions?

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• Natalie Gamble Industrial Affiliates Program
  Manager (International), Griffith University
• 07 3735 5294, n.gamble_at_griffith.edu.au
• Carol-joy Patrick Industrial Affiliates Program
  Manager, Griffith University
• 07 3735 5007, cj.patrick_at_griffith.edu.au
• Chen Fong Managing Director, Australia China
  Investment corporation
• 07 3343 7000, chenf_at_acinvests.com