There aren’t enough skilled workers to support Australia’s day-to-day building needs, let alone in response to disasters.
- Associate Professor, Migration and Education, Australian National University
The switch to online delivery further disadvantaged students from migrant and refugee backgrounds. But a new study also finds many students and staff developed closer and more caring relationships.
While international students do need baseline proficiency in English, they need support the whole way through their degrees to actually be successful.
Federal government policies are the biggest barriers to people seeking asylum in accessing higher education in Australia.
Difficulty with English language can mask other difficulties culturally and linguistically diverse students may have, such as Austism or dyslexia.
Without developing a better understanding of the challenges refugee students face, we run the risk of further disadvantaging refugee students in Australia.
Refugees are both more likely to apply for citizenship, and twice as likely as other migrant groups to have to retake the test.
Students from non-English speaking backgrounds learn differently depending on the types and number of languages they speak and are literate in.
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