TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-study work for international graduates in Australia
T2 - Opportunity to enhance employability, get a return on investment or secure migration?
AU - Tran, Ly Thi
AU - Rahimi, Mark
AU - Tan, George
AU - Dang, Xuan Thu
AU - Le, Nhung
PY - 2020/10/19
Y1 - 2020/10/19
N2 - New abstract: In a competitive international education market, the opportunity to gain post-study work experience in the host country is one of the key drivers of international students’ decision making and critical to education export, especially in top destination countries, such as Australia, Canada, the UK and US. Understanding the impacts of post-study work for international graduates is crucial forboth host countries’ international student recruitment and employment agendas and their ethical commitment to delivering on promise to the international cohort. Drawing on analysis of government policies and in-depth interview data, this study provides evidence about the effects of the post-study work policy in Australia. The overarching view from international graduates indicates that the temporary graduate visa does not seem to provide them with a competitive advantage in the Australian labour market as employers either are unclear about this visa or hesitate to recruit those on this visa. However, the visa brings multiple side benefits, including the chance to round off theiremployability skills, improve their English proficiency, and get a return on investment in overseas study. Many international graduates see the post-study work visa as a pathway to permanent residency despite the fact that visa reforms have broken the education-migration nexus.
AB - New abstract: In a competitive international education market, the opportunity to gain post-study work experience in the host country is one of the key drivers of international students’ decision making and critical to education export, especially in top destination countries, such as Australia, Canada, the UK and US. Understanding the impacts of post-study work for international graduates is crucial forboth host countries’ international student recruitment and employment agendas and their ethical commitment to delivering on promise to the international cohort. Drawing on analysis of government policies and in-depth interview data, this study provides evidence about the effects of the post-study work policy in Australia. The overarching view from international graduates indicates that the temporary graduate visa does not seem to provide them with a competitive advantage in the Australian labour market as employers either are unclear about this visa or hesitate to recruit those on this visa. However, the visa brings multiple side benefits, including the chance to round off theiremployability skills, improve their English proficiency, and get a return on investment in overseas study. Many international graduates see the post-study work visa as a pathway to permanent residency despite the fact that visa reforms have broken the education-migration nexus.
KW - Australia
KW - employability
KW - International education
KW - international graduates
KW - international students
KW - migration
KW - post-study work
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087796523&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14767724.2020.1789449
DO - 10.1080/14767724.2020.1789449
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087796523
SN - 1476-7724
VL - 18
SP - 495
EP - 510
JO - Globalisation, Societies and Education
JF - Globalisation, Societies and Education
IS - 5
ER -