People and Place articles from September 2008

People and Place archives from September 2008

Tale of two multilingual cities in a multilingual continent.(Sydney and Melbourne, Australia)(Statistical table)
September 1, 2008... Australia is becoming an increasingly multilingual nation, with the 2006 census recording 16.8 per cent of the population speaking a language other than English (LOTE) in their homes, compared with 14.8 per cent in 1991 and 16.2 per cent in...

Fit for intended use--a manufacturing metaphor applied to international business students and learning outcomes.
September 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION It is no secret that contemporary tertiary education in Australia is significantly reliant on international student fee income in a competitive market. Accordingly, the need to attract fee paying students involves strategies...

Dissatisfaction with immigration grows.(Statistical table)
September 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION Over the last 18 years attitudes to immigration in Australia have changed dramatically. In 1993 67 per cent of the electorate thought the intake too high while in the early years of this century this proportion halved to...

An assessment of the house of lords report on the economic impact of immigration to the United Kingdom.
September 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION On 1 April 2008, the Select Committee on Economic Affairs of the UK House of Lords handed down the findings of its review, The Economic Impact of Immigration. Its brief was to assess whether or not the immigration policies of...

Temporary migration and skills formation in the trades: a provisional assessment.(Statistical table)(Report)
September 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION There are only two ways for a nation to secure an adequate supply of skilled workers: domestic skill formation and immigration. Reflecting a major trend in the international sourcing of skilled labour (1) Australia has...

Guest-workers for Australia: win-win, token gesture or moral hazard?
September 1, 2008... THE RUDD GOVERNMENT'S TRIAL SEASONAL PACIFIC WORKER SCHEME The lobbying of Australian government to allow temporary unskilled guest-workers into Australia that has intensified over recent years has finally borne fruit. Australia's...