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Engaging the HE community, industry and government through benchmarking international student employability
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 18:21 authored by Booth, S, Suzanne ReadInternationalisation and student employability are key agenda items for universities across the higher education (HE) community. Shared challenges include providing international students with employment opportunities through in-country internships, work placements and scholarships as well as providing all students with student mobility options. An international benchmarking exercise involving 10 universities across 4 countries was undertaken in late 2015 to address these shared challenges and learn from each other. This paper will provide an overview of international student employability across these 10 universities. A snapshot of key areas of good practice and areas for improvement/or further development will also be discussed. This paper argues that the future direction of higher education, in remaining competive as well as relevant to all students, is about engaging and comparing practice with other HE institutions, governments and industry partners across the sector to create a cross-sectoral, multi-layered approach to addressing key challenges such as international student employability.
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Publication title
Proceedings of the HERDSA Conference 2016: Research and Development in Higher Education - The Shape of Higher EducationVolume
39Editors
M Davis, A GoodyPagination
23-32ISBN
978-0-9945546-2-8Department/School
DVC - EducationPublisher
Higher Education Research and Development Society of AustralasiaPlace of publication
AustraliaEvent title
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference 2016Event Venue
Fremantle, Western AustraliaDate of Event (Start Date)
2016-07-04Date of Event (End Date)
2016-07-07Rights statement
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