2010年10月29日，澳大利亞高等教育部長克里斯•埃文斯參議員(Senator Chris Evans)公布了澳大利亞政府委員會(Council of Australian Governments)制定的《澳大利亞國際學生戰略》(International Students Strategy for Australia)，其核心內容包括國際學生的福利、國際學生教育體驗的質量以及為他們提供最新的準確信息。

這項戰略概述了12項舉措，應對共同關注的四大關鍵領域，包括：國際學生的福利、消費者保護、國際教育的質量以及向國際學生提供更好的信息。

今年4月份，澳大利亞政府委員會致力于采取一系列實際舉措，作為本項戰略的組成部分，以便更好地為國際學生提供支持，包括：

一項全國社區參與戰略，促進國際學生與更廣泛的社區之間的聯系，包括增強國際學生對權益和支持服務的了解；

在2011年上半年成立一個國際學生顧問委員會(International Student Consultative Committee)；

“留學澳大利亞”信息門戶網站為在讀和有意赴澳大利亞學習和生活的學生提供權威、綜合、準確和最新的信息。該門戶網站從2010年7月1日起運行，用12種語言提供信息。

目前國際學生必須為預計的留學期限全程購買“海外學生健康保險”（OSHC），而不是僅購買留學第一年的“海外學生健康保險”。

該戰略中概括的其它措施包括開展國際學生調查、要求學校制定學生安全計劃，成立應對學校倒閉事件特別工作組以及加強《澳大利亞優質培訓框架》（Australian Quality Training Framework）及《海外學生教育服務（ESOS）法案》。

埃文斯參議員說，這項戰略將有助于推動人們更加廣泛地了解國際教育為澳大利亞以及為海外學生來源國所帶來的益處。

“它還將促進澳大利亞國際教育的可持續性發展”，他說。

“這一舉措是政府對“貝亞德審查”(The Baird Review)的補充回應，在各級政府已經采取的舉措的基礎上，使國際學生在澳大利亞的留學體驗更臻完美”。

該戰略公布于澳大利亞政府委員會的網站上，網址：www.coag.gov.au。

29 October 2010

International Students Strategy for Australia released

The wellbeing of international students, the quality of their educational experience and the provision of up-to-date and accurate information are central to the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) International Students Strategy for Australia released today by Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans.

The Strategy outlines 12 initiatives to address four key areas of concern including: international student wellbeing, consumer protection, the quality of international education and the availability of better information for international students.

In April this year, COAG committed to a range of practical initiatives to better support international students, as part of the Strategy. These include:

• A national community engagement strategy that will facilitate connections between international students and the broader community, including increased understanding of rights and support services;

• The development of an International Student Consultative Committee in the first half of 2011;

• The Study in Australia information portal, which has been providing authoritative, comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information for current and prospective students on studying and living in Australia. The portal has been active since 1 July 2010, with information in 12 languages.

• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), which is now compulsory for international students for the proposed duration of their student visit, not just their first year.

Other measures outlined in the Strategy include international student surveys, the requirement for providers to develop student safety plans, the establishment of provider closure taskforces, and a strengthened Australian Quality Training Framework and Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act.

Senator Evans said the Strategy will help promote a broader understanding of the benefits brought by international education to Australia and the countries from which international students come.

“It will also place Australia's international education on a more sustainable basis,” he said.

“This approach complements the Government’s response to the Baird Review and builds on initiatives undertaken at all levels of government to improve international students’ experiences in Australia.”

The Strategy is available on the Council of Australian Governments’ website at www.coag.gov.au.

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