Engagement with Asia via the new Colombo plan: impact on Australian students’ career directions and employability Tran, Ly Thi, Stafford, Glen, Vu, Thao Thi Phuong and Rahimi, Mark 2019, Engagement with Asia via the new Colombo plan: impact on Australian students’ career directions and employability. In Bui, H. T. M., Nguyen, H. T. M. and Cole, D. (ed), , Routledge, London, Eng., pp.95-108, doi: 10.4324/9780429058899-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Engagement with Asia via the new Colombo plan: impact on Australian students’ career directions and employability Author(s) Tran, Ly Thi orcid.org/0000-0001-6543-6559 Stafford, Glen Vu, Thao Thi Phuong Rahimi, Mark orcid.org/0000-0002-9278-3537 Editor(s) Bui, H. T. M. Nguyen, H. T. M. Cole, D. Publication date 2019 Chapter number 9 Total chapters 14 Start page 95 End page 108 Total pages 14 Publisher Routledge Place of Publication London, Eng. Keyword(s) New Colombo Plan Australia Asia study abroad employability career direction Summary The growing popularity of Asia as a destination for study abroad for Australian students has been largely attributed to the introduction of the New Colombo Plan (NCP) in 2014. Despite the NCP being positioned as a ‘Rite of Passage’ between higher education and employment for Australian’s young generations, to date little is known about how it impacts students’ career aspirations and employability. This paper is a response to this critical gap by examining the potential impact and benefit of undertaking study or internships in Asia on students’ career aspirations and employability from the perspectives of NCP students themselves. It is derived from a study that includes 52 interviews with academics, mobility officers and NCP students undertaking short-term mobility and internships in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Nepal and India. The findings show initial evidence of how mobility and interaction with Asia via the NCP experience enables Australian students to enhance, modify and transform their career habitus. The paper concludes with recommendations for developing effective strategies for translating study abroad into enhancing students’ employability and real career outcomes. ISBN 0367179865 9780367179861 Language eng DOI 10.4324/9780429058899-9 Indigenous content off Field of Research 160506 Education Policy 130103 Higher Education HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter Copyright notice ©2019, Routledge Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30128786 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 09 Aug 2019, 08:53:20 EST Sat, 10 Aug 2019, 05:01:49 EST Thu, 22 Aug 2019, 14:33:54 EST Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 06:03:27 EST Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 11:31:54 EST Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 11:34:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 14 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 22 Aug 2019, 14:33:54 EST

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