Implementing Effective Induction and Orientation Programs for International Students in Australian Universities

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Areas where change is required.................................................................................................3
Reason for change......................................................................................................................4
Approaches to change in education system...............................................................................6
Aversion to change.....................................................................................................................7
Effective communication...........................................................................................................8
Future implication of the education development......................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The report mainly focuses on the educational change that needs to be implemented in
Australian Universities to make the educational system more efficient and by which the
internationalization of education will increase in Australian Universities. It is evident that
Australian Universities are well recognized for providing higher education to students all
across the world. The Universities are globally recognized for cultural diversity, impressive
educational programs, friendly native, and many more career opportunities programs that are
beneficial for students for their career development. Australia assumes to be one of the best
destinations for students across the world. Australia is assumed to be the third popular
destination for international students in the English speaking world behind UK and US. Many
students all over the world are interested in pursuing their higher education in Australian
Universities because of the high quality of education that is given in the colleges. The higher
education universities in Australia tries to seek internationalization and raise the enrolments
of overseas students as obtaining student experience is vital for making sure a sustainable
future by exhibiting quality learning, increasing the standard of English language, and
ensuring retention of enrolments (Perez-Encinas & Ammigan, 2016). The orientation and
induction programs are must for all international students are essential to capture student
voice for better understanding of the challenges that students will face during their early stage
in the universities. Each Australian Universities must follow the Good Practice Principle
(GPP) so that the management of the organization can easily understand the values of the
international students and can even examine the current services that are provided by the
colleges (Ashton-Hay, 2016). Even though induction programs are organized by all
universities for all the students at the beginning of the educational program. However, all
universities need to conduct an orientation and induction program for the international
students to make them aware about the cultural diversity of the country and to make them

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understand that what all the skills and knowledge they need to develop to achieve success in
their academic career. The report will analyze why the induction and orientation activities are
more important for international students those are taking admission in the Australian
Universities.
Areas where change is required
It is extremely important for a student to be adaptive to the environmental changes
and to become familiar with the cultural diversity of the place in which one is going to start
the higher education program that will ultimately affect their future career development.
Taking admission in Australian Universities for pursuing higher education is not enough, but
to excel in the academic course is the most vital thing that one student needs to keep in mind.
The Australian Universities are well aware that various international students are interested in
taking admissions in the universities and are attracted towards the quality education of the
colleges. It is the prime responsibility of the universities to frame policies and regulations that
prove to be beneficial for international students; even the organization must ensure that
international students become familiar to the environment and culture so that they can
comfortably carry on their studies in an efficient manner (Perez-Encinas & Rodriguez-
Pomeda, 2018). In this globally competitive world if the Australian Universities wants to
continue their leading position in field of education system, then it is essential that the
organizations need to implement some innovative strategies that will help to the universities
to attract more international students thus increasing the economic development of the
country. Organizing an orientation and induction program, especially for international
students, will help the educational organization to discuss all the relevant information is that a
student’s needs to start their life in Australia. Since the 21st century, the number of
international students has grown immensely. As per the Organization for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD) in 2000, total number of students who enrolled in