international education perspectives and graduate outcomes

international education perspectives and graduate outcomes

INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION
PERSPECTIVES AND
GRADUATE OUTCOMES
Cindy Tilbrook
Executive Director
Graduate Careers Council of Australia Ltd
1993: 37,000
2002: 145,000
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Singapore
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Indonesia
China
India
USA
Rest of the world
=
14% of
tertiary
students in
Australia
Presentation Outline
• International Education Statistics
• Employment Outcomes for International
students studying in Australia
• Issues for the future
Factors affecting local and international
employment & education trends
• Social changes
• Patterns of
employment
• Workplace flexibility
• War for Talent
• Technological change
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Knowledge revolution
Generic skills
Lifelong learning
Economic growth &
development
• Focus by world
organisations
Trade Figures
OECD: 85%
Value:
$30 billion
1.5 million
students
Australia:
3rd largest service;
8th overall;
$5 billion
5 countries
= 70%
Outcomes for
International Students
• 1999-2000, 14% of
permanent residence
grants – holders of
student visas
• For graduate
outcomes, use the
Graduate Destination
Survey (GDS)
• 2002: 6,449
• 2000-01, 50% of
responses from
applications for skilled
21,840 bachelor
migration were former
degree completions:
overseas students
29.5% response rate
Activities of Bachelor Degree
Graduates
Table 1: Activities of bachelor degree graduates, overseas (international) and Australian
citizens and permanent residents, by sex, (%) Source: 2002 GDS
Available for
full-time
employment
In
fulltime
study
In part-time
or casual
employment,
not seeking
full-time
employment
Not
working,
seeking parttime or
casual
employment
only
Unavailable
for full-time
study or fulltime
employment
2.4
0.5
6.0
0.6
TOTAL
%
TOTAL
N
4.0
100
6,449
3.9
100
59,629
Persons
Overseas
59.1
33.9
Australian citizens
and
permanent
residents
65.4
24.1
Figure 4: Trend patterns in graduates going on to full-time study,
comparing Australian and overseas citizens (%).
Source: 2002 GDS
40
%
30
Australian
20
Overseas
10
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Employment Outcomes
Table 3: Graduates available for full-time employment, overseas (international) and
Australian citizens and permanent residents, by sex (%). Source: 2002 GDS
Overseas
Australian
citizens &
permanent
residents
In full-time
employment
Seeking fulltime
employment:
not working
Seeking fulltime
employment:
working parttime or casual
Total
seeking fulltime
employment
TOTAL
%
TOTAL
N
74.3
17.8
7.9
25.7
100
3,814
7.5
11.2
18.7
100
39,018
81.3
Country Differences
Table 5: Bachelor degree graduates available for full-time employment, overseas
(international), by country of origin, (%) Source: 2002 GDS
In full-time
employment
Seeking full-time
employment: not
working
Seeking full-time
employment: working
part-time or casual
Total seeking
full-time
employment
China **
57.6
24.2
18.2
42.4
Hong Kong **
84.3
11.7
4.0
15.7
Indonesia **
46.2
37.4
16.4
53.8
Japan
82.6
8.7
8.7
17.4
Malaysia **
68.7
24.5
6.8
31.3
New Zealand
86.8
5.3
7.9
13.2
Norway
87.9
9.1
3.0
12.1
Singapore **
81.0
13.2
5.9
19.1
United Kingdom
90.6
6.3
3.1
9.4
TOTAL (this group)
76.2
15.6
8.2
23.8
TOTAL overseas graduates
74.3
17.8
7.9
25.7
Overall Course Satisfaction
Table 6: CEQ Overall Satisfaction Results. Source: Graduate Careers Council of
Australia
Bachelor
Degree
Other
Postgrad
Masters
Coursework
Australian 2002
68.0
67.1
66.8
68.3
Overseas 2002
65.7
65.4
69.3
66.8
Australian n 2002‡
47854
9185
7029
4068
Overseas n 2002‡
5040
717
2582
8339
TOTAL
Conclusions
• International workforce mobility
– 1997-2000: 81,700 to 115,700
• Requirement for flexibility
- e-learning and “offshore”
- 2000 – 19% of overseas students were “offshore”
- See www.cardean.edu
• Issues
– International registration of providers
– Recognition of foreign qualifications
– International approach to quality assurance and accreditation
Conclusions cont’
• Increased government activity
– 2003 Budget
– 14th October: “Engaging the World through
Education”
• Greater study and analysis required
Copies of paper are available:
Email: tilbrook@gradlink.edu.au
Phone: 03 8344 9334
or at
www.gradlink.edu.au