Accommodation Service for International Students

The presentation discusses the difficulties faced by international students in finding suitable accommodation in Australia and proposes a business model for Desklib to help them. The lack of information and support from education service providers and institutions is identified as a critical success factor. The proposed business model aims to find comfortable accommodation for students near their education institutions, saving them time and money on transportation costs. The presentation also highlights the importance of accommodation in settling down in a new country and ensuring students are aware of their housing rights and obligations.

ACCOMMODATION SERVICE
FOR INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS

Introduction
 Australia has been consistently ranked high among the
most open countries for international students as a
study destination.
 During the modern times, there has been a significant
rise in the number of higher education institutions in
Australia.
 Even if a number of benefits are available to the
international students were studying abroad, there are
a wide range of difficulties associated with departure
from their home country and attaining a qualification in
foreign language (McCarthy and Humphrey, 1995). One
of the major difficulties in this regard is related with
finding suitable accommodation.

Problem Identification
 In the present research, an attempt has been
made to find the methods through which
international students try to deal with
different accommodation problems faced by
them. There are a lot of international
students who are placed in a situation where,
what is important for them is not their ability
for self responsibility, but it is the accessibility
of external assets like social support, finance
or accurate and comprehensive information
(Parr, Bradley and Bingi, 1992).

Benefits from Business
Idea

Feasibility of the idea
The present business idea
appears to be feasible
because there is a significant
lack of accommodation,
particularly for international
students. As a result, the
students who had recently
arrived in Australia,
particularly in a large city
like Melbourne find them
baffled. They cannot find
much help in this regard as
the education service
providers do not make much
efforts to help the students
in finding accommodation
On the other hand, the
students are looking for
comfortable
accommodation that is
near their education
institution, and also at
affordable prices. Due to
the fact that at present
there is no such
mechanism that can help
the students in this
regard, it is clear that
the business will be
successful
As more and more
students will be
willing to use the
services of the
business that helps
them in finding
suitable
accommodation at
an affordable price,
that too, near their
institution

Proposed Business
Model
•A business model can be described as the plan adopted by a company asked about it is going to generate revenue and achieve profit. The business model explains the products or services
that the business is planning to manufacture and market, how it is planning to do so including the expenses incurred for doing so.
•In this case, the business model of the company is to help international students in finding suitable accommodation at a proper price. In this regard, the company will try to find
accommodation for the students near their education institutions.
•This will help the students in saving their time and money that was involved in reaching their institutions from faraway locations. Moreover, by staying near their institutions, the students
will be able to save on their transportation costs.

Proposed Business
Model
•Similarly, it will also provide a sense of security to the students as they will be living near their education institutions. As mentioned above, a lot of international students come to Australia
every year.
•However, finding suitable accommodation remains a problem for these students. Moreover, there is not much support available to the students at present in this regard.
•Therefore, the company will try to deal with this issue and help the students who have recently arrived in Australia in finding a comfortable location at an appropriate price. Price is also a major
concern for the students who have recently arrived in Australia. Moreover, these students are also worried about their safety.

Proposed Business
Model
•Therefore, they want to have accommodation near their education institutions. This allows the students to save some money that was going to be incurred as
transportation costs if the students are living far away from their education institutions.
•Similarly, having a comfortable accommodation also helps the newly arrived students in settling down to the environment of the new country.
•Ensure that the international students are aware of their housing rights and obligations. Ensure to provide students to rent private property or reside in student
housing accommodation (Niven, 1987).

Critical Success Factors
Among the
critical success
factors of the
present
business plan
is the fact that
a large number
of international
students arrive
in the city of
Melbourne
every year.
Having
comfortable
accommodation
plays an
important role
in settling
these students.
Not much
information is
available to the
students
regarding
these issues
The lack of
information
available to
regarding
accommodaton
is also a critical
success factor
of the proposed
business.
The education
service
providers, as
well as their
education
institutions
have not made
sufficient
efforts to
provide
information to
the
international
students that
can help them
in finding
appropriate
accommodation
.

Conclusion
 It can be stated in the end that as the focal
point of education as an export industry is on,
increasing the number of international students;
sufficient attention could not be given for the
welfare of these students, particularly in terms
of their lodgings and living expenses. The most
recent research is mainly aimed at identifying
the shortcomings that are present in available
accommodation and/or asked the experience of
international students regarding their
accommodation (Poyrazli and Grahame, 2007).

References
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Needs of international students within a semi-urban campus
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pp. 28-45.
Niven, A 1987, 'Salad days without the dressing? What British
higher and further education institutions can do for their
overseas students', Higher EducationQuarterly, vol. 41, no. 2,
pp. 144-61
Parr, G, Bradley, L &Bingi, R 1992, 'Concerns and feelings of
international students', Journal of College Student
Development, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 20-5.
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