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Copy of Copy of VISTA December 10 December 2010 Issue 34 Inside this issue: Political Advocacy 1 Meetings with Ministers 2 Bowen and Emerson Victorian Election 3 International Education Association of Australia Economic Impact of the 3 Downturn President’s Column 4 AIEC in Summary 5—6 Editor’s note: In this last issue of VISTA for 2010 we highlight recent events and achievements, particularly in the area of advocacy Australia—US Symposium 7 Editorial and look ahead to 2011, certain to be a challenging year for all of us. IEAA Excellence Awards 8 –9 Special IEAA Excellence 10 Awards 2010: Rod Jones IEAA Board 2011 11 Political Advocacy 2011 Professional 12 Over the past 6 weeks the Association has been at the Development Program centre of industry efforts to gain the ear of senior Graduates with Global 13 politicians, especially in Canberra, to urgently address Employability what Senator Evans, the Minister for Tertiary Education, VET Sector—Outbound Mobil- 14 Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, said to the Senate ity ToolKit Release Imminent Estimates Committee in early November, the “negative Going Global 2011— World 15 cocktail” of factors facing the industry. Education: the New Power House To our misfortune, a combination of negative factors – Internationalisation of 16-17 Pedagogy and Curriculum in failed regulation, poor government policy making, adverse Higher Education: Exploring media coverage, questions about quality in some parts of New Frontiers the sector, a tightening visa regime and the growing Global Vision, Local Action 18 strength of the Australian dollar — have meant the chal- Conference lenges of 2010 were unprecedented. Yet the Australian 5th Asia Pacific Conference 18 Government has been in denial about them. As IEAA on Educational Integrity President, Stephen Connelly, commented at the Opening Plenary to AIEC on 13 October: The International Association 19 for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience Our current major challenge is to convince Canberra that The European Union Visitors 20 we have a problem and the benefits of international edu- Program cation are too great to allow this great enterprise to suffer. Mark your Calendar 21 IEAA will be conducting new membership survey in January. An invitation to members will be send early next month. By participating to the survey, you will be able to enter a draw to win a free registration for one of IEAA 2011 workshops. Issue 34 Page 2 Meetings with Ministers Bowen and Emerson Discussions originally facilitated by IEAA amongst Overall, discussions were very positive. The Ministers major peak bodies are producing outcomes on a acknowledged the need for some policy refinement, number of fronts but especially in relations with the especially but not only around student visas. Despite Australian Government. the need for urgent action from the sector's perspective it is clear the Government intends to work through the issues in a comprehensive fashion On 22 November a group of peak bodies (IEAA, to ensure that any policy changes are properly TAFE Directors Australia, the Australian Council for thought out and not knee jerk. Announcements of Private Education and Training, English Australia significance are therefore not likely very soon. and the Independent Schools Council of Australia) met successfully with the Minister for Immigration, Both Ministers responded positively to the request for Chris Bowen, the Minister for Trade, Craig, Emerson, more effective consultation. Both agreed to further and Senator Brett Mason, Shadow Minister for Uni- discussion about the best mechanisms for achieving versities and Research, in Canberra. Helen Cook this outcome. Both appreciated that the sector was and Dennis Murray represented IEAA at the meet- attempting to take a whole-of-industry approach to ings. Universities Australia did not participate, pre- consulting with Government. IEAA members will ferring to engage with the Government in parallel know already that this has been a major IEAA with the other peaks. However, UA is being in- objective over the past 12-18 months and that IEAA formed of developments (and vice-versa) and is has facilitated and led discussions between the six continuing as a member of the group for other mat- major education peak bodies with this end in mind. ters. CPA Australia, the Australian Tourism Export Council and the National Tertiary Education Union also participated in the meetings. IEAA has formally welcomed the commitment of the Government to more effective consultations and with other peak bodies is pressing for the urgent estab- The group prepared and disseminated a joint state- lishment of a Student Visa Advisory Group as well as ment and set of policy propositions in the lead up to a longer term mechanism for engagement. We will the meeting. Four main propositions were keep members alerted about any significant presented: developments. Proposition 1: More effective, formal consultative mechanism between the education sector and government Proposition 2: Key refinements to Student Visa requirements Proposition 3: Promotion and marketing of Austra- lia’s education services Proposition 4: Removal of international students from immigration statistics during their period of study Issue 34 Page 3 Victorian Election In the lead up to the Victorian election on 28 No- IEAA will be pressing for an early meeting with the vember, IEAA issued an Open Letter to Victorian newly elected Liberal-National Government to dis- Politicians, Political Candidates and Political Parties cuss the future of international education in the calling for public response to 6 priority issue affect- State. With the help and input of members, similar ing international education in Victoria. This is the initiatives will be taken by IEAA in other States. The first time the Association has taken such action at IEAA Board believes longer term political engage- the State level (similar action is planned in the lead ment at the constituency level all across Australia is up to the NSW election in March 2011). a priority strategy. The initiative was followed up by a meeting with the Victorian Shadow Minister for Education, Peter Hall, at the Victorian Parliament at which the (then) Shadow Minister made a commitment to a public response. Subsequently the Liberal-National Coalition made a policy announcement endorsing a number of the key issues proposed by IEAA. The Victorian Government and the Greens did not respond to the Open Letter. Economic Impact of the Downturn The Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Meanwhile, in August ACPET commissioned the Employment (MCTEE) back in July called for an Allen Consulting Group to prepare a modelling of economic modelling of the impact of the downturn the economic impact of international education in international student numbers. Deloittes was taking account of the visa policy changes contracted by AEI to carry out this work. The peak announced in September 2009. Phase 2 of the bodies had requested a joint meeting with Deloittes analysis is based on a projected decrease in com- to scope the study. Initially the work was to be mencements over 2010-2012 that appears now to completed by the end of July. Subsequently the be conservative. However, the analysis points to completion date was put back to the end of significant direct and indirect economic effects of September. the downturn. The greatest impacts outside the education sector are not surprisingly in retail trade, accommodation, and cafes and restaurants Recently, AEI confirmed that the project proceeded industries. (without involvement of the education sector); that the consultants had had some difficulty with the modelling; and that a report was to be presented to the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) at its meeting on Friday 19 November. This has now happened, but the MCTEE Communiqué is less than forthcoming about devel- opments. It appears the project has been unpro- ductive, at least to date, which is not surprising given the failure to consult directly with industry about the parameters and the data to be used. Issue 34 Page 4 President’s Column The end of the year is rushing towards us and it seems interest in international education continues The IEAA Secretariat will be to increase. At the Australian International Educa- closed during the festive season tion Conference (AIEC) I said that I thought the biggest challenge facing the industry at that time was convincing Canberra there was a problem. We appear to now be at a stage where Canberra is Please note that the IEAA actively engaging with industry to find solutions to Secretariat will close from Friday current problems in international education, which 17 December until Tuesday 4 is very positive. We still seem to be operating in a January 2011. strategy vacuum, however, with little discussion focussing on the place of international education in our overall education system, in our economy or in society and our culture more generally. IEAA should take the lead on this last point in 2011. Feedback from the AIEC has been very positive, and in many respects IEAA believes the conference program represented a seminal moment in our discussions about international education - in terms of its social impact, student rights, the re- sponsibilities of sending and receiving countries and difficult topics like racism and social cohesion. It was also important in its success at engaging a broad stakeholder audience, including business and human rights groups, with new and effective alliances now in play in discussions with govern- ment about our current challenges. Hopefully wherever you are in the industry the tur- moil of the past 12 months will soon start to abate, and you can enjoy a break over the festive season. All the best, Stephen Connelly, IEAA President Issue 34 Page 5 AIEC 2010 in Summary Conference This year’s AIEC was a landmark, maybe a breakthrough Conference in terms of ideas and alliances for the future. It is will go down as one of the most important Conferences we have ever held.
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