Overseas students coordinating committees ‐ the origins of student support in Australia?1

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Anna Kent
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Overseas Students ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
The Government

Student support in contemporary educational settings is vastly different from what it was when international education became a visible presence on Australian campuses in the 1950s. At that time, community organizations, businesses and the government cooperated to provide support to students in Australia, with little support being offered formally through universities and colleges. These Co-ordinating Committees survived for decades, into the 1990s. It could be argued that these Co-ordinating Committees facilitated a community engagement in international education that has not continued as the number of students has multiplied. Using archival and other primary source documents, this article will look at the beginnings of the Australian Organisations’ Co-ordinating Committee for Overseas Students (AOCCOS), and other similar organizations. It will analyse how the Committees changed over the decades of their existence, and what role they played in influencing government policies.The article will also investigate when and why these Committees ended, and what, if anything, has taken their place. The huge expansion of the international education sector, with more than half a million students now studying in Australia as international students, has impacted the quantity and quality of engagement with the Australian community for many of these students.Finally, the article will look at efforts to engage the community in the support of, and engagement with, international students in Australia in a more contemporary setting. This includes support provided by institutions, community and sporting organizations and state government and municipal councils.

scholarly journals Improving Dementia Care Among Family Physicians: From Stigma to Evidence-Informed Knowledge

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-343
Author(s):  
Juanita-Dawne R. Bacsu ◽  
Farrah J. Mateen ◽  
Shanthi Johnson ◽  
Marc D. Viger ◽  
Paul Hackett
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Research Education ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

Dementia is a national public health issue and a growing concern across Canada. Recently, the Government of Canada released a national dementia strategy focused on the need to prevent dementia, advance therapies, find a cure, and improve the quality of life for people with dementia. Family physicians are a primary source of care in discussing concerns of cognitive health and dementia, especially in rural and remote communities in Canada. However, research indicates that family physicians often lack knowledge and feel ill-equipped in providing care to older adults with dementia. Inadequate knowledge and education of dementia contributes to the stigmatization (stereotypes, labeling, discriminatory practices) of people with dementia and creates barriers to diagnosis and treatment. Moreover, studies show that there is dementia-related stigma among family physicians. We believe that there is a critical gap and urgent need for better dementia education and training among family physicians to improve dementia care, treatment and timely diagnosis. Thus, it is time to rethink our approach to dementia care in Canada, and to recognize that better care of older adults requires more evidence-informed research, education and interprofessional collaboration in order to reduce stigma and improve the quality of care for people with dementia.

scholarly journals STEM education through project-based inquiry learning: An Exploratory study on its impact among year 1 primary students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Ong Eng Tek ◽  
Norazura Safiee ◽  
Zaharah Mat Jusoh ◽  
Sabri Md Salleh ◽  
Abdul Manas Hanafi Mohamed Noor
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Inquiry Learning ◽  
Primary Students ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Mathematics

Given the context of rising international education standards and the aspiration of better preparing Malaysia’s children for the needs of the 21st century, the Government of Malaysia has conceptualised the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 which embodies 11 strategic and operational shifts. In Shift 1, it is emphasised that the quality of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education will be enhanced. Accordingly, this paper describes the pedagogical practice of Project-based Inquiry Learning (PIL) which promotes STEM Education among Year 1 students in the move to progress in tandem with Shift 1. Specifically, using the context of a magnet which has been stipulated in the Primary School Standard Curriculum, Year 1 students experienced the STEM Education through the STEM Pedagogy in which they raised questions upon the presentation of a relevant stimulus (Inquiry Phase), explored the ways in which a train carriage or coach could be assembled by means of recycled materials and magnets (Exploration Phase), designed a train carriage (Design Phase), and ultimately reflected on their inventions (Reflection Phase). The cognitive and affective impacts though the use of this Project-based Inquiry Learning are presented. Implications for the teaching and learning of science are discussed within the context of STEM Education.

Tamil Nadu Power Sector

Mapping Power ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Hema Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
The State ◽  
Flat Rate ◽  
Regional Parties ◽  
Quality Of Supply ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regulatory Commission ◽  
Industrial Demand

Tamil Nadu, one of the wealthiest states in India, has achieved almost universal electrification, and also has the highest renewable energy capacity—both wind and solar—in the country. Over the last three decades, two regional parties—DMK and AIADMK—have alternatively governed the state and are locked into a pattern of competitive populism in which electricity subsidies play a big role. Early on, subsidies were well targeted and were also financially covered through cross-subsidies from other consumers and direct support from the government. By the 1980s, concern for financial discipline of the utility was abandoned, power for irrigation was made free, flat-rate meters were introduced, and growing theft was concealed under the carpet of agricultural subsidies, all leading to the deteriorated quality of supply and even more cross subsidies. Reform efforts did little to change the situation, with the state government controlling the electricity regulatory commission to prevent the ailing utility from reforming itself and protecting it from any competition. Ironically, Tamil Nadu is considered to be a power surplus state now due to falling industrial demand. There are few signs of Tamil Nadu climbing out of this spiral.

scholarly journals Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Challenges in Agriculture Markets

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Bankim L. Radadiya ◽  
Parag C. Shukla
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Market Positioning ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Online Marketplace ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Control ◽  
Strong Attachment

Agriculture market provides more scopes and benefits to the farmers. By using emerging technologies and using internet and online facilities, now farmers can directly participate in the auction and they can bid the same. Here, in this research paper we discuss about the SWOC (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Challenges) analysis of agriculture market. Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Challenges in Agriculture. Strength covers the points like Strong links with the government providing subsidies. Nationwide presence. High control over all the operations within the production process. Even government vision is to encourage the consistency, standardization in agriculture marketplace by restructuring the measures between consumers and suppliers. [1] Actual value sighting is constructed on demand and supply. Weakness covers the points like Farmer already have strong attachment to existing local marketers. Lacks of confirmed market positioning. Opportunity covers the points like Farmer will get the benefits that whole process of auction will be based on quality of product and it will be totally transparent. Farmer will get the timely payment through online. All the APMC in the countries will come under the joint online marketplace. In APMC farmer will get the benefit by the state government, but in eNam is a national agriculture market in which farmer will get the exposure of nationwide. Challenges cover the points like Participating all the APMC’s through one joint connected marketplace. Already too much competition within the market is there. So many current participants are already contributing the undistinguishable products.

English and international students in China today

English Today ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Botha
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Foreign Student ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Language Programs ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

China has since 2000 started marketing itself as a hub for international education, and there has been a push by the government to attract a large number of foreign students to the country's universities. Sharma (2011) reported that there were around 260,000 foreign students studying in China's universities, and that the aim of the Ministry of Education was to attract around 500,000 foreign students by 2020. However, as China is a so-called ‘emerging destination’ for foreign students, perhaps not surprisingly, the vast majority - around two-thirds - of its foreign student population is currently from the Asia region (Study in China, 2012). Although the largest number of foreign students in China study Chinese language programs, an increasing number are attracted by such programs as engineering and medicine. These courses are also being promoted as English-medium programs, with whole degree programs offered from undergraduate to postgraduate levels in English. Little research has been carried out on how these programs are being conducted, the reception of these programs by foreign students in China, and the impact this is having on China's universities. The attraction of international students to China's higher education institutions would no doubt alter the dynamics of language use on these university campuses. This article reports on the reception and use of English by foreign university students in one such international degree program: international undergraduate students studying for a degree in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in the School of Medicine of one of China's leading universities. This case study provides an example of how English-medium instruction programs are currently being used to attract foreign students to China's universities, partly in order for these universities to promote themselves as ‘international’ institutions (see also Botha, 2014; and Bolton and Botha, 2015).

scholarly journals A Study on Recent Schemes and Initiatives of State Government for Promoting Primary Education in Karnataka

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
N Harish
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
State Government ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Improve Access

Education is an essential instrument of social transformation and economic development. Financing of primary education is of vital importance due to it being a fundamental right in most modern societies. Government spending on primary education in Karnataka has been increasing in recent years to improve access to and quality of education. Also, the Government of Karnataka has introduced many attractive schemes in the state and the support of the Central government and private organizations. The study aims at measuring the effectiveness of such programs on improving the enrolment and access of children at the primary education level in Karnataka.

Copying Europe? Integration as a Citizenship Requirement in Australia

2020 ◽  
pp. 019791832090204
Author(s):  
Heli Askola
Keyword(s):  
Community Organizations ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Symbolic Gesture ◽  
Convincing Case ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
The Government ◽  
Diverse Groups

Recent decades have seen a significant expansion of so-called “integration requirements” for citizenship applicants in many countries. Though led by European states, the trend now seems to be reaching traditional settler states such as Australia. This article examines the integration requirement proposed for citizenship applicants in Australia in 2017. According to the proposal, applicants for citizenship by conferral would have been required to show that they had “integrated into the Australian community,” for instance, through employment, involvement in community organizations, and the absence of conduct inconsistent with Australian values. Although the proposal failed, it is noteworthy because of its far-reaching nature and novelty in a traditional country of immigration. This article analyzes the implications of the proposed legislation with reference to the diverse groups of permanent immigrants entering Australia, demonstrating its discriminatory potential in terms of gender, nationality, and visa category. It argues that the proposal failed because despite its significant implications, the government did not put forward a convincing case for its introduction and may even have initiated it as a symbolic gesture. The article contributes to understanding why integration requirements that are popular in some states and regions may fail to gain favor in others. It suggests that, given the rapid spread of restrictive immigration policies, scholars should pay more attention to the specific local conditions under which immigration and citizenship policy transfers succeed or fail.

The Demand, Content, and Entrance Criteria of Operations Management Programmes under the Context of Internationalization

2016 ◽  
pp. 75-97
Author(s):  
Chengbo Wang ◽  
Xuezhong Chen ◽  
David Edgar ◽  
Yang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
International Student ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Overseas Students ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Programme Content ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Financial Balance

Operations Management Programmes (OMPs) are among those teaching provisions attracting a substantial amount of international student enrollment, in contemporary Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). With the current situation that the government is reducing its funding input, the UK HEIs' financial balance relies more than before on the international students who pay higher tuition fees; meanwhile, with the increased number of the international students, the whole nation's economy will be indirectly benefited from the increased consumption capacity associated with them. Thus to have more overseas students is not only educationally meaningful but also economically significant. In order to increase the international student number in HEIs, it becomes more critical to have a thorough understanding of the stakeholders' demand of operations management professionals and/or preference on such an education programme's content and its graduates' competence. This chapter focuses on postgraduate level OMP, through comparing viewpoints obtained from stakeholders (hereon refer to the potential employers, academics and students) in UK and China, presents an empirical comparative investigation on the demand trend of the graduates from OMPs, as well as the preferred programme content, necessary student capability/skills and admission criteria for joining the study of such a programme.

An Empirical Comparative Investigation of Operations Management Programmes

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Chengbo Wang ◽  
Xuezhong Chen ◽  
David Edgar ◽  
Yang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
International Student ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Overseas Students ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Programme Content ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Financial Balance

In higher education institutes (HEIs), Operations Management programmes (OMPs) are among those programmes attracting a substantial amount of international student enrollment. With the current situation that the government is reducing its funding input, the UK HEIs’ financial balance relies more than before on the international students who pay higher tuition fees; meanwhile, with the increased number of the international students, the whole nation’s economy will be indirectly benefited from the increased consumption capacity associated with them. Thus to have more overseas students is not only educationally meaningful but also economically significant. In order to increase the international student number in HEIs, it becomes more critical to have a thorough understanding of the stakeholders’ demand of operations management professionals and preference on such an education programme’s content and its graduates’ competence. This paper focuses on postgraduate level OMP, through comparing viewpoints obtained from stakeholders (potential employers, academics and students) in UK and China, presents an empirical comparative investigation on the demand trend of the graduates from OMPs, as well as the preferred programme content, necessary student capability/skills and admission criteria for joining the study of such a programme.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KUALITAS PELAYANAN UJI KIR TERHADAP KEPUASAN MASYARAKAT PENGGUNA JASA KIR DI DINAS PERHUBUNGAN KOTA KEDIRI

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agung Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
State Government ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Mobile Vehicle ◽  
The Government

Public services organized by public organizations are one manifestation of functions of the state government apparatus as civil servants. Public services are intended to prosper the community. The condition of people who experience dynamic development, the better level of community life, resulting in people becoming more aware of what their rights and obligations are as citizens in living in the community, proposing their demands, desires, and aspirations to the government. The purpose of this study are as follows: 1) To determine the service quality of KIR test at the Department of Transportation (Dishub) of Kediri City? 2) To find out the satisfaction of KIR service users in the Department of Transportation (Dishub) of Kediri City?, 3) To analyze the influence Kir test service quality to the satisfaction of KIR service users in the Kediri City Transportation Agency (Dishub)? This study uses quantitative research designs. This study consists of two variables, namely the independent variable of this study is the quality of service while the dependent variable of the study is the satisfaction of the users of mobile vehicle testing services, data collection by distributing questionnaires to respondents. Based on the results of the research. The following conclusions can be drawn: 1) Based on the results of the investigation it has been proven that the quality of service of the KIR test at the Kediri City Transportation Agency (Dishub) is good, service employees, facilities and tools the support used in the test is complete and modern. 2) Based on the results of the analysis it has been proven that the level of satisfaction of KIR service users in the Kediri City Transportation Agency (Dishub) is quite high. 3) There is a significant effect of service quality variables on community satisfaction of test service users in the city of Kediri, service quality variables have an impact of 78.6% on the achievement of the service user community.

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