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Rochecouste, Judith; Oliver, Rhonda; Bennell, Debra – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
This paper examines the cultural safety offered to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students within their university environments. In the context of this paper, cultural safety includes cultural competency, as recently subscribed by Universities Australia, and "extends beyond (to) cultural awareness and cultural…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders, Cultural Awareness, Racial Bias
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Fotovatian, Sepideh; Miller, Jenny – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
This case study profiles eight international PhD students and describes the process of the construction and negotiation of their social and institutional identities in an Australian university. Audio-recorded informal conversations of the students highlight the role of social membership, staffroom interactions and language in the construction of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Identification (Psychology), Audio Equipment
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Sawir, Erlenawati; Marginson, Simon; Deumert, Ana; Nyland, Chris; Ramia, Gaby – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2008
In a study of international student security, consisting of 200 intensive interviews with students, resident onshore in Australia, it was found that two thirds of the group had experienced problems of loneliness and/or isolation, especially in the early months. According to Weiss, students experience both "personal loneliness" because of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Coping, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns