International Student Development: Action Plan Proposal

This proposal aims to address the various problems faced by international students in Australia for higher education. The project will provide financial assistance, cultural adaptation, language support, accommodation, and job opportunities. The budget for the project is $60,000 for 2 years.

Assessment 3: Action Plan Proposal
Action Plan Proposal
Project title International Student Development.ORG
Target Group It has been considered that the importance of the higher education
is increasing day by day. Different countries are becoming the hub of
delivering the quality higher education to the students who have
came through crossing the international border in order to gain
information. Also, since the entry of Covid -19 , the academic
development was hampered considerably which directly affected the
students who have planned to go for the international studies. This
particular target segment included 800 million learners who have
been affected greatly. Since the year 2019, Australia closed its door
for all the overseas students in order to protect and prioritise the
health and safety of the domestic citizens on a greater note. This
directly resulted into the negative impact on the development of the
international students from various perspectives (de Medeiros & et.
al. (2018)). The overall development of the international students
have been hampering the mental health on a serious note. The
administration also planned to open the borders but unfortunately
this decision was also affected by the the latest version of the Covid
19 virus namely Omicron have restored the complete control on the
cross borders to prevent the spread of this virus. Concluding on this
note the development of the international students is still in critical
condition.
Funding available
The funding available for the group is approximately
$30,000 per year for 2 years which is equal to the total project
funding $60,000.
Rationale and Background
Overall purpose /
Rationale and relevance
Aim of Project
Rational : This project is required for the purpose of understanding
the various problems and the hindrances that the international
students are facing while moving to other countries for the purpose
of higher education. Also, this includes the cultural shock for the
overseas students who have came to Australia. These students may
also face financial issues during the tenure of their existence in
Australia (Tortorella, Cauchick-Miguel & Gaiardelli, (2018)). In
addition to this because of the linguistic barrier which states that if
in case they are not able to use English, it will become for them to
communicate effectively to express their issues. Also, depression can
alos be one of the key reason which is affecting the effective growth
and the development of the overseas students because of lack of
mental peace because of the above mentioned reasons. The
development may also get hampered because of the lack of the

good and affordable accommodation available for the students who
have came of the overseas countries. At last the availability of a
good job opportunity is also considered as a big issue that is
creating a lot of issues for the international students and the
learners.
AIM: As in Australia, many international students are coming from
different countries, the chances of lack of information,
understanding and awareness about the Australian culture and the
different processing relation to the function. This project will
therefore assist the international students in almost all the different
areas of the life. The project is free from any kind political
influences. It will try to assist the students which will not be
depending on the caste, nationality and creed. The project will help
them to locate the suitable housing in accordance to a budget with
getting the part time work and mixing up with the understanding
and knowledge of the culture and the language. Also, the aim will be
lying on providing various potential opportunities for the purpose of
interaction along with the counselling for the purpose of dealing
with the students who are facing a lot of troubles.
Outcomes / Impact The major outcomes of this project are mentioned below:
 The potential issues faced by the students resulting
into difficulty will be dealt with.
 Financial allowances will be provided to those students
who can not bear the expense of academic fees
because of certain emergency.
 The students will be able to adapt the cultural setting of
Australia.
 The elimination of the linguistic barriers which is
causing a higher amount of difficulty in communication
will be solved.
 The students will be able to get access for the
accommodation of their own choice as well as in
accordance to their budget.
 The international students will be able to find a great
part time job along with a trustworthy employer.
Approach
Implementation
Activities and Strategies
Implementation Strategy:
Various strategies for different problems will be adopted.
 To help students to get mixed with the new environment
along with some seminars, get together and the the
meetings as well in order to convey the experience.
 For the purpose of making the students feel good and close
to the culture, several functions can be arranged by the

group.
 Therapists will be provided to those students who are facing
the situation of depression.
 To helps the deserving international students by providing
them loans with the benefit of easy repayable instalments
and minimal interest rates.
 With the tie up with the local employer it will be major
objective to provide the good job opportunities. They will
also include a separate section for the suitable jobs on the
website as well as the application.
Project timeline The project timeline is of 2 years. Majorly, the first three months will
be spent on planning and the next three months will be used for the
development of the application and the website. Once this is done
counsellors, physicians, owners of home, various universities and the
companies will be recruited. Once the first year ends, the
advertisement of the project will be done for the purpose of creating
awareness about the objectives effectively (Haroche, (2020)). In the
second year, we will be helping a small group of students and solve
the issues that may arise consecutively. With this the second year
will also end which will therefore end the testing phase and the
products will be ready to get launched in the target market of the
students.
Stakeholders The primary partners of the project are mainly the
students. The expertise of the teachers ad the
professionals counsellors ca also be used in order to
conduct the seminars and the meetings so that they can
advice the international students for the purpose of living
in an effective way in Australia. The therapist will help in
treating the issue of depression. The project can be
established for the purpose of handling the difficulty in
the best possible way.
Budget The total budget of this project is stated at $ 60000.
Project management
Project management and
implementation
As students are the stakeholders of the project therefore, they are
responsible for all the output received. However, there will also be
some other individuals who can make the project a success.
Teachers and the counsellors will assist on conducting the
gatherings so that they can share their experiences (Ting & Gray,
(2019)). Therapists will required to treat depression. English tutors
will help in overcoming the linguistic barriers. This will therefore, will
make it easy for the international students to grow and enhance the
level of developments.

Monitoring and Evaluation
How to you plan to evaluate the project?
Outcome Method Who will
conduct it
Stage of
project
To provide
better job
to students
By getting the
feedbacks from
the international
students along
with that making
the employers
accountable.
Students Throughout
the duration
of the project.
To ensure
that the
project is on
right path
or not
Surveys including
in depth
interviews and
suggestions
Students Throughout
the duration
of the project.
To
eliminate
risk factors
By understanding
and learning from
the other projects
as examples.
Students At the initial
stage of the
project during
the phase of
planning.
Sustainability Sustainability is to be discussed in the group presentation

Annex A:
Budget Expenditure
Item Details Cost Total
Art Therapist 1 x 2 hour session
weekly
$100 per session x 40
sessions
$4,000
Psycho-therapists 2 hours session
weekly
$100 per session x 40
sessions
$4000
Website
development
28 hours session
weekly
1500 per session x 2
sessions
$3000
Official rent space For setting the office
for project
900 per month x 12
months
$10800
Advertisement
Expenses
For the purpose of
marketing the project
500 per month x 2
months
$1000
Annex B: Timeline
Year 1 Year 2
Key Activities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Hiring Art Therapist x x x x x x x x x x x
Hiring Psycho-therapists
x x
Official rent space x x x x x x x x x x x
Conducting Seminars x x x
Advertising
x x x
Website development x x x x x x x x x

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