Australian unis ‘failing to protect’ international students from sexual assault
More culturally-appropriate support is needed to protect international students from sexual violence at Australian universities, a senate inquiry has heard.
More culturally-appropriate support is needed to protect international students from sexual violence at Australian universities, a senate inquiry has heard.
Active-shooter training on one campus in Connecticut is being ramped up as the International Student Services team seeks to alleviate the safety concerns of international students.
International students in Tunisia are afraid to go to classes following a wave of racially-motivated attacks, a student association warned last week.
Another mass shooting in the US has raised questions about international student safety and whether gun violence will deter people from studying in the US.
Gun violence in the US is deterring international students from studying there, experts say as the country experiences another spate of shootings.
India's Ministry of External Affairs advised Indian students in Canada to "exercise due caution and remain vigilant" in response to what it describes as a "sharp increase" in incidents of hate crime. But education stakeholders describe that warning as an exaggeration.
Five students from India were killed in a car crash on March 12 when their van collided with a tractor trailer truck on a busy highway east of Toronto.
More work is needed for off-campus safety according to a guide from English Australia, which found more than half had experienced a critical safety incident.