Establish a Faculty alumni network as a valuable business contact group and information resource. To establish a ranking of country priorities in terms of their future growth potential. Strategies Develop a current country of origin listing for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. Establish a country priority listing according to growth potential and nature of activity. To implement best practice in the management of financial and contractual matters as relevant to the international activities of the Faculty.
Strategies Encourage the deployment of a full-time specialist international finance officer.
Monitor department international budgets, travel, expenditure templates etc. Investigate the possibility of introducing flexible payments of international student fees. More than half of the international students who enter Australian universities in first year undergraduate programs are extending their studies beyond Year 12 programs that have been completed within Australia. Goal 16 To identify and target those international students who are undertaking Year 12 programs in Victorian schools. Strategy To identify and nurture relationships with those Victorian schools that have significant numbers of international students who are undertaking Year 12 programs.