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Safe and fair working conditions for international students

New visa protections update and survey briefing
13 Jun 2024
Description
International students are commonly exploited in Australian workplaces but fewer than 1 in 10 seek help. This could change, with new visa protections commencing 1 July. Working together, we can genuinely combat exploitation of international students in Australia.
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This webinar aims to:

  • Update international education stakeholders on new protection against visa cancellation, and short-term visa following student visa, for international students who take action to address exploitation. 
  • Brief sector on important upcoming survey on problems international students are encountering at work and help-seeking decisions, to inform policy development and service provision for different student cohorts. Survey, by the Migrant Justice Institute (MJI), provides students with important information about their rights, how to access new visa protections, and referrals to support (survey open 8 July-31 Aug).
  • Explain how international education professionals can support the survey, and access communication collateral. Providers with 150+ respondents will receive confidential findings about their students.

 

The survey is funded by the Commonwealth AGD and supported by Universities Australia, IEAA and other peak bodies. More information can be found here Get involved: 2024 National Temporary Migrant Work Survey — Migrant Justice Institute

MJI is an NGO that undertakes research and public engagement to achieve fair treatment for international students at work in Australia. MJI is led by law professors at UNSW and UTS. 

This webinar is an online and recorded event.

Disclaimer: Migrant Justice Institute will aim to contact registrants after the webinar to follow up engagement with the survey process. 

Audience

This webinar will prove useful for:

  • International student support staff across the sector
  • International student advocates
  • Communications staff who will distribute survey to students
  • International student education leadership 

Outcomes

Webinar participants will come away with a better understanding of:

  • New visa protections, beginning 1 July 2024, enabling students to pursue labour claims.
  • National survey aims and content and where to find previous research reports.
  • Familiarity and communications resourcing to promote the survey to international students, and how to get confidential report with findings on provider’s own students’ responses.
  • Contact points for further information.

 

This event is supported by IEAA’s Student Life Network, in collaboration with ISANA & English Australia
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Bassina Farbenblum

Co-Executive Director
Migrant Justice Institute

Bassina is an international lawyer, scholar and global expert on migrants’ rights. She is an Associate Professor at UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice, and Founding Co-Executive Director of the Migrant Justice Institute. MJI is Australia’s first national research and policy organisation dedicated to ensuring fair treatment of international students and other migrant workers in Australia and globally. Bassina previously worked as an impact litigator at the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Sydney, and the Australian Human Rights Commission, as well as a commercial litigator at WilmerHale (NY). Over the past decade Bassina has led numerous national and global research teams on migrants’ access to justice and frequently advises governments, service providers, unions, UN agencies and civil society organisations globally on law and policy changes needed to protect the rights of international students and other migrants at work.
Hon Phil Honeywood, IEAA-SF

Chief Executive Officer
International Education Association of Australia

Phil has been IEAA's Chief Executive Officer since November 2011. Previously, he was a Member of the Victorian State Parliament (1988–2006), Minister for Tertiary Education, Training and Multicultural Affairs (1996–1999) and Deputy Leader of the Opposition (2002–2006). Since retiring from politics, Phil worked at Stott’s Business College and Cambridge International College. Phil is the Chairman of the Roundtable of International Education Peak Body CEOs and a member of the Tuition Protection Service Board. Phil is also a Board member of the Bennelong Philanthropic Foundation and the Bangarra Group Board.

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Safe and fair working conditions for international students

International students are commonly exploited in Australian workplaces but fewer than 1 in 10 seek help. This could change, with new visa protections commencing 1 July. Working together, we can genuinely combat exploitation of international students in Australia.

This webinar aims to:

  • Update international education stakeholders on new protection against visa cancellation, and short-term visa following student visa, for international students who take action to address exploitation. 
  • Brief sector on important upcoming survey on problems international students are encountering at work and help-seeking decisions, to inform policy development and service provision for different student cohorts. Survey, by the Migrant Justice Institute (MJI), provides students with important information about their rights, how to access new visa protections, and referrals to support (survey open 8 July-31 Aug).
  • Explain how international education professionals can support the survey, and access communication collateral. Providers with 150+ respondents will receive confidential findings about their students.

 

The survey is funded by the Commonwealth AGD and supported by Universities Australia, IEAA and other peak bodies. More information can be found here Get involved: 2024 National Temporary Migrant Work Survey — Migrant Justice Institute

MJI is an NGO that undertakes research and public engagement to achieve fair treatment for international students at work in Australia. MJI is led by law professors at UNSW and UTS. 

This webinar is an online and recorded event.

Disclaimer: Migrant Justice Institute will aim to contact registrants after the webinar to follow up engagement with the survey process. 

Audience

This webinar will prove useful for:

  • International student support staff across the sector
  • International student advocates
  • Communications staff who will distribute survey to students
  • International student education leadership 

Outcomes

Webinar participants will come away with a better understanding of:

  • New visa protections, beginning 1 July 2024, enabling students to pursue labour claims.
  • National survey aims and content and where to find previous research reports.
  • Familiarity and communications resourcing to promote the survey to international students, and how to get confidential report with findings on provider’s own students’ responses.
  • Contact points for further information.

 

This event is supported by IEAA’s Student Life Network, in collaboration with ISANA & English Australia
When
13/06/2024 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
AUS Eastern Standard Time
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Online Via Zoom Webinar
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