Title: Improving work placement for international students, their supervisors and other stakeholders
Abstract:The research literature acknowledges that there are a number of challenges and issues that international students face during their work placements in unfamiliar surroundings. The Work Placement for I...The research literature acknowledges that there are a number of challenges and issues that international students face during their work placements in unfamiliar surroundings. The Work Placement for International Student Programs (WISP) project aimed to improve work placements for international students across a range of disciplines and universities in Australia. More specifically the project aimed to: (1) identify current procedures and practices in relation to work-placement and associated assessment for international students in the discipline areas of business, education, engineering, and health in participating institutions; (2) identify and understand challenges, concerns and successes for international students, their mentors (i.e. those people who are responsible for assessing and working with students during their placement) and coordinators (i.e. those people responsible for the coordination of placements, at both universities and workplaces) prior to, during and after the students leave; and (3) develop and apply a working model of effective practice around internationalisation, workplace socialisation and reflection.Read More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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