AUQA Performance Portfolio Chapter 3 International Activities

1
AUQA Performance PortfolioChapter 3
International Activities
2
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

3
Internationalisation at Macquarie

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

4
Macquarie University International Student
Enrolments (As at December 2008)
International Local
5
(No Transcript)
6
Total Percentage of EFTSL International Students
by Faculty 2008
Source Management Information Unit, Macquarie
University 2009. Data for 2008 is at 31 Oct 2008.
7
Top 20 Countries of Origin for International
Students Enrolled in Semester 2 of 2008
8
Profile - Faculty of Business and Economics
9
(No Transcript)
10
Faculty of Business and Economics Top 10 Courses
11
International Operations A 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

12
What is AUQA interested in ?

• Recruitment processes
• Admission standards
• Academic protocols for program approvals
• TNE and Offshore Quality
• Academic performance of international students
• Student support academic and pastoral
• Student experience

13
How Do These Factors Relate to Business and
Economics?
Recruitment processes
- Diversification High International Student
Cohort
Admission standards
- Selection and Evaluation of Pathways Providers
Academic protocols for program approvals

• Approval for Offering Courses at Different Campus
  Locations (City Campus ICMS)
• Approval for Offshore Program Delivery
• Due Diligence of Offshore Partners

14
How Do These Factors Relate to Business and
Economics? (continued)
TNE and Offshore Program Quality

• Master of Applied Finance and BBA
• Processes for Reviewing On-going Quality of
  Offshore Programs
• Parity between Quality of Onshore and Offshore
  Programs
• - Admission Standards
• - English Language Requirements
• - Teaching and Learning Outcomes
• - Training and Orientation of Staff
• - Workload Management for Staff Delivering
  Offshore Students

Academic performance of international students

• Academic monitoring to identify students at
  academic risk
• Intervention strategies for at risk students
• Processes for Reviewing Performance of Offshore
  Programs

15
How Do These Factors Relate to Business and
Economics? (continued)
Student support Academic and Pastoral
- Discipline Specific Academic Literacy Support -
Opportunities for International/Local Student
Engagement
Student Experience

• Student Evaluation of Learning and Teaching
• Student Experience in Offshore Programs
• Mechanisms for Measuring the Student Experience
  by Unit and by Course incorporated into program
  reviews

16
Faculty of Business and Economics A Cause for
Celebration

• Student Support
• Business and Economics Student Services
• Peer Assisted Learning
• Conversation Groups
• Peer Advisors
• Academic Writing Specialist (HDR)
• Academic Monitoring/Coaching

17
Faculty of Business and Economics A Cause for
Celebration

• Offshore Programs
• Teach-Out Mode for Programs identified in AUQA 1
  (BBA with TMI)
• Teach-Out Mode for Programs with partners of low
  strategic value (TMI and MCOM (VCM) NBS)
• Reputable Partners Experienced in Offshore
  Program Delivery
• Moderation Processes - BBA
• Applied Finance Delivery and Administration

18
Future Developments

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

19
Background Slides
20

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

21
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
BBA Times Institute of Management, Singapore (Dec 2009)
MCom (VCM) Ecole de Management-Normandie, France (mid 2009)
BMedSc/BSc(Biotech) Management Development Institute of Singapore (Jan 2010)
22
Current Offshore Programs
BBA City University of Hong Kong (SCOPE)
BEd(TESOL) Institut Perguruan Bahasa-Bahasa Antarabangsa, Malaysia
MApFin Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
MApFin Singapore Human Resources Institute
MApFin Tsinghua University
PG Dip TI Korea University
DApLin Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico
MGSM Programs Singapore Human Resources Institute Hong Kong Management Association
23

• 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

24
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

25

• 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

26
Internationalisation Strategy Developed April
August 2008 Working Group included Staff
representing
Advanced Medicine Law Business
HDRO Computing Library
Education MQC International Communications
MI SIBT
27

• 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)

28
Profile - Faculty of Business and Economics
Statistical Period Course Level Commencing Continuing Enrolments
Semester 1, 2008 1,707 3,830 5,537
Higher Degree Research 6 14 20
Postgraduate 548 1,258 1,806
Undergraduate 1,153 2,558 3,711

Semester 2, 2008 1,162 4,263 5,425
Higher Degree Research 5 22 27
Postgraduate 445 1,201 1,646
Undergraduate 712 3,040 3,752