Programme

Day 1: 6 June 2024

8.00am – 8.50am	Registration open
8.50am – 9.05am	Karakia Tīmatanga, Welcome and housekeeping
9.05am – 10.30am	Investigating the cross-border experience: An overview \| Chris Beard, ISANA NZ Identifying cross-border learners’ unique needs The international education sector: the key issues, challenges, and innovations Forming a whole-of-provider response to cross-border learner needs. Full session description
10.30am – 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am – 12.30pm	Effective intercultural communication for diverse learners \| Dr Valentine Ibeka, VUW Development Studies Common communication challenges for new cross-border learners Identifying dragnet strategies and tools for effective communication Improving whole-of-provider engagement with cross-border learners Full session description
12.30pm – 1.15pm	Lunch
1.15pm – 2.45pm	A pastoral perspective \| Dr Shireen Chua, Third Culture Solution Understanding the impacts of cross-border experience Developing culturally responsive pastoral care Whole-of-provider intercultural intelligence Full session description
2.45pm – 3.00pm	First day wrap; Looking ahead to day 2

Day 2: 7 June 2024

8.30am – 9.00am	Pre-session tea & coffee
9.00am – 10.30am	Professional boundaries for staff supporting at-risk students \| Dr Christina Baird Recognising the well-being challenges and risks involved for practitioners in caring for at-risk cross-border learners. Cultivating protective professional boundaries. Yes, but this is the real world! Exploring practical responses to the challenges of creating cultures of care. Full session description
10.30am – 11.00am	Morning tea
11.00am – 12.30pm	Enabling employment readiness \| Dr Angela Liew, University of Auckland Business School Employment dissatisfaction among cross-border learners: contributing factors Enabling early integration to enhance graduate employability. Highlighting and promoting graduate outcomes that value cross-border learners’ cultural capital Full session description
12.30pm – 1.15pm	Lunch
1.15pm – 2.45pm	Supporting integration and social connectedness \| Prof Colleen Ward, VUW Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research The importance of social inclusion: Understanding the challenges for cross-border learners Creating diversity-receptive environments for psychological well-being and constructive intercultural relations. From sentiments to frameworks: practical strategies for assisting learner integration and enhancing positive outcomes Full session description
2.45pm – 3.00pm	Symposium closes: Where to from here?