Questions for DIscussion - Week 11 - Migration, Mobility and Education by International Migration https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs Please post your questions here. Include your name. en-us 2018-04-17 07:06:33 UTC 2025-12-07 11:24:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/260821561 What do we really mean by 'Academic Mobility'? Why international academic mobility becomes so important today? Are Academic mobility of students as a key factor for professional competences development of future society?  MIKI

]]> 2018-05-15 12:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/260821561 csyddall https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261089273 Connor Syddall - 992118 

Should Australian universities look at internationalisation through the development of campuses external to Australia, as RMIT did in 2000? 
 
With increasing international students numbers, would it be beneficial to make cultural learning units, such as gender and cultural diversity, mandatory for all students? 
 
How real is the threat that the cultural diversity of international students will assimilate to the dominant culture, as is often the case in Australia? How can we protect the culture of international students?
]]> 2018-05-16 04:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261089273 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261184498 Cheng Peng - According to Kirpitchenko (2017), cosmopolitan dispositions enables mobile scholars to successfully exchange knowledge and interact in intercultural academic settings. If so, how can students develop such cosmopolitan dispositions in order to interact and learn in the intercultural academic settings? Also, we have always considered studying abroad as a benefit to students, but are there disadvantages of studying abroad? If so, what are the disadvantages? ]]> 2018-05-16 12:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261184498 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261429985 Week  11 questions - Hugh Binks
-          Why do so many students from well-developed countries travel overseas to study when there are already great educational facilities in their home nations? 
-          Do certain education and research courses need to be seriously overhauled in order to maximize the learning potential of international students? 

]]> 2018-05-17 01:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261429985 misidro https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261448388 What are the economic, socio-cultural and political pros and cons of international student mobility for sending and receiving countries? 
Is international student mobility equitable and sustainable for developing countries who send students overseas with the potential of them wanting to stay in the host country?
- Martin Isidro
]]> 2018-05-17 03:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261448388 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261451472 It is contended in the  Jöns  (2015) reading that the form of Western academic migration after the second world war established the "Anglo-American hegemony in science and higher education". Given that the recent trend in academic migration is shifting towards East Asia, can such patterns of movement been seen as predictors of a nation's future or current status in the world? - Matthew Bennett]]> 2018-05-17 04:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261451472 hconngleton https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261489636 Hugh C 790222

To what extent does international education programs of Australian universities directly lead to more more student migrants applying for skilled migration visas upon completion of Australian university studies?]]> 2018-05-17 08:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261489636 ttelipko https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261583639 What is differentiating Australia from other countries of immigrants  in terms of education and what are the similarities?
How should university attract the flow of talents to outstand in competition?

- Irina Telipko  

]]> 2018-05-17 13:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261583639 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261664361 Discussion Questions (Priya)
Other than obvious economic benefits, how does international education impact Australia's diplomatic relations, trade links, cultural literacy and cultural linkages?

How is multiculturalism embodied in Australian higher education? Based on your experience, do you think that it adopts an  'assimilation' perspective or a 'pluralism' perspective?]]> 2018-05-17 16:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261664361 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261752234 Annisa Amalia

1. To what extent does talent mobility support or affect Australia’s multiculturalism?

2. How does talent mobility relate to the issues of ‘brain gain’ and ‘brain drain’ in both destination and sending countries?]]> 2018-05-17 21:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261752234 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261766042 Steph Kilpatrick
Do you think at the University of Melbourne  there has been a rejecting of the other or that the university has embraced multiculturalism? 

Do you think Australia could open up academic mobility in a system like the EU has?

International Education is one of the largest imports for Victoria. Do you think education should be seen as a commodity? How does this affect broader welfare conversations? ]]> 2018-05-17 23:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261766042 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261768623 Discussion Question Week 11
-Does ‘the internationalisation of education’ enhance anti-racism/multiculturalism, migrants’ social integration, and understanding of cultural diversity in multicultural societies?

-From your experiences, (international students) why did you decide to study abroad and how have you benefited from it? (Australian students) how has the culturally diverse learning environment affected your academic outcomes?

Ayumi Kamijo
]]> 2018-05-17 23:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261768623 https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261770612 What steps can Australian universities take to be more welcoming and supportive to multicultural students who are interested in applying, but who are not proficient in the English language? Do Australian universities do enough to recognize and assist students from overseas who are struggling financially? If not, what other policies could be put in place? -Chelsea Hawkinson]]> 2018-05-18 00:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/SOCI90010/Week11_Qs/wish/261770612